Hiking trails around Saxon Switzerland

The Elbe Sandstone Mountains south-east of Dresden are not high mountains but a landscape of table mountains such as the Lilienstein, rock ridges such as the Schrammsteine, and narrow ravines in between. Much of it lies within Saxon Switzerland National Park. The Elbe splits the region; S-Bahn trains and ferries link the two banks, and the Kirnitzsch valley tram reaches trails deep inside the park. Well-known goals are the Bastei with its stone bridge of 1851, and the Malerweg, a 112 km long-distance trail in eight stages of 10 to 20 km a day. Almost all routes in our data are footpaths, plus a few cycle routes along the valleys.