Hiking Guides

Although signposting along the complete Malerweg is superb, a hiking guide and some audio and reading material are quite recommendable. And whoever joins a themed guided tour learns a lot about the little and the big secrets left and right of the hiking trail.

In this free brochure you find short descriptions of all 8 stages of the Malerweg Trail as well as a multitude of service information such as altitude profiles, sights, food and overnight places and other facts worth knowing. You also get useful hints about the topic of art along the Malerweg Trail and about worthwhile detours. Included is also the Malerweg Trail stamp pass as well as 15 other circuit hiking tours in Saxon and in Bohemian Switzerland.

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Hiking under expert guidance is perfect to get a deeper insight into nature’s interaction and the history of the National Park region. National Park rangers as well as certified National Park guides cover an enormous range of themed walks such as ant life tours, herbal tours or bird song hikes, to name just a few of the manifold topics. Some hikes lead to the remotest corners of the region. For some of the tours, a fee is required; many others are free of charge.

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There is a rich abundance of first-class hiking maps for the Elbe Sandstone Mountains from various publishing houses. A selected choice of such maps is available in our shop. Among other items Malerweg hikers find a suitable set of hiking maps published by Sachsen Kartographie in 1:30,000 scale containing eight handy maps with descriptions, photos and tips. Apart from that, a 1:25,000 scale leporello style set including all eight day stages and other information is available, too.

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In addition to the free Malerweg Trail brochure, there are various hiking guides available, published by “Hikeline” and “outdoor” and others that provide extra information and maps. Frank Richter’s book “Der historische Malerweg” (The Historic Painters’ Trail) describes the successive discovery of Saxon Switzerland by artists and tourists in the 18th and 19th century. The volume is illustrated with historic pictures of the landscape and focusses on painters’, musicians’ and poets’ fascination for the picturesque rocky landscape, on famous visitors of the area and the sketches, paintings and travel recitals they left to posterity. Manfred Schober’s book with the title “Malerweg Elbsandsteingebirge” (Elbe Sandstone Mountains Painters’ Trail) is more specialized to circuit day tours and amazes by its background information.

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