A: 9 days Malerweg (7 stages)

Day 1: Arrival at the first hotel in Pirna
Day 2: Liebethal/Pirna – Rathen (17 km, 350 m ascent)
Day 3: Rathen – Sebnitztal (17 km, 610 m ascent)
Day 4: Sebnitztal – Neumannmühle (20 km, 660 m ascent)*
Day 5: Neumannmühle – Schmilka (14 km, 620 m ascent)*
Day 6: Schmilka – Gohrisch (17 km, 600 m ascent)*
Day 7: Gohrisch – Rathen (17 km, 460 m ascent)
Day 8: Rathen – Pirna (15 km, 280 m ascent)
Day 9: Departure from Pirna

* three nights in Bad Schandau

B: 10 days Malerweg (8 stages)

Day 1: Arrival at the first hotel in Pirna
Day 2: Liebethal/Pirna – Wehlen (13 km, 130 m ascent)
Day 3: Wehlen – Hohnstein (13 km, 620 m ascent)
Day 4: Hohnstein – Kirnitzsch Valley (16 km, 410 m ascent)*
Day 5: Kirnitzsch Valley – Neumannmühle (16 km, 460 m ascent)*
Day 6: Neumannmühle – Schmilka (14 km, 620 m ascent)*
Day 7: Schmilka – Gohrisch (17 km, 600 m ascent)
Day 8: Gohrisch – Rathen (17 km, 460 m ascent)
Day 9: Rathen – Pirna (15 km, 280 m ascent)
Day 10: Departure from Pirna

* three nights in Bad Schandau

C: 8 days Malerweg for leisure hikers

From Liebethal to the Räumichtmühle in 6 short stages
Day 1: Arrival at the first hotel in Pirna
Day 2: Liebethal/Pirna – Wehlen (13 km, 130 m ascent)
Day 3: Wehlen – Hohnstein (11 km, 420 m ascent)
Day 4: Hohnstein – Sebnitztal (12 km, 410 m ascent)
Day 5: Sebnitztal – Postelwitz (9 km, 290 m ascent)*
Day 6: Postelwitz – Lichtenhain Waterfall (10 km, 300 m ascent)*
Day 7: Lichtenhain Waterfall – Räumichtmühle (11 km, 280 m ascent)*
Day 8: Departure from Bad Schandau or rest day, or continue hiking

* three nights in Bad Schandau

If both sections C and D are booked together, there will be a rest day between the two sections,
The rest day is already included in the price, but can also be omitted on request, in which case a discount applies.

D: 7 days Malerweg for leisure hikers

From the Räumichtmühle to Pirna in 5 short stages
Day 1: Arrival at the first hotel in Bad Schandau
Day 2: Räumichtmühle – Schmilka (10 km, 570 m ascent)
Day 3: Schmilka – Papstdorf (13 km, 250 m ascent)
Day 4: Gohrisch – Königstein Fortress (10 km, 410 m ascent)
Day 5: Königstein – Rathen (14 km, 120 m ascent)
Day 6: Rathen – Pirna (15 km, 280 m ascent)
Day 7: Departure from Pirna

There are only two hotel changes on Tour D

If both sections C and D are booked together, there will be a rest day between the two sections,
The rest day is already included in the price, but can also be omitted on request, in which case a discount applies.

Arrival:

Daily arrival.

First arrival in April, final arrival by the end of November.

By car or rail to the first hotel on the tour, parking will be allocated by the respective hotel, in some cases subject to a fee.
Rail travellers can be collected from the railway stations in Pirna or Bad Schandau, or take a taxi to the hotel.

Departure:

By rail: Return home from the railway stations at Pirna or Bad Schandau (Bad Schandau only in the case of the leisure tour)
By car: Return from the last hotel in Pirna or return from Bad Schandau Railway Station to Pirna (only in the case of the leisure tour).