Plan Your First EuroVelo Trip

A practical guide for building your own multi-day cycling trip in Europe: the route, the daily stages, the trains, and a bed for every night.

€39 · PDF download with printable worksheets
free update for two years

About the author

Jane Gindin is an American writer based in Amsterdam. She rode 2,610 miles through six countries in 2025, the Rhine and Brittany in 2026, and writes about cycling and life at e-Jane.

14-day refund. Questions before you buy? jane@e-jane.com

Many European cycling routes have maps and GPX files but no day-by-day plan. This guide shows you how to plan your trip. It includes links to major routes, lodging sites, and points of interest. And if you buy it now, you'll get an updated version free for the next two years.

What’s inside

• Shape the trip: season, loop or one-way, duration, geography

• Map the route: detail your ideas, from start to finish

• Build the stages in Komoot: create your own tailored route for each day

• Other transportation: trains and ferries, how to book, transfers

• Lodging: networks, camping, hostels, hotels, and home-stays

• Gear: bike, bags, tools, clothing, and gadgets

• On the road: packing, organizing, and getting from one place to the next

• When things happen: heat, cancelled trains, a replanning checklist

• Worksheets: planning table, gear list, rail booking tracker, pocket itinerary, transfer margins, pre-departure checklist (also as a spreadsheet)

• A worked example: Nantes to Roscoff text here...