Pedalo Radtours from Passau
Bendictbikeway ...in the footsteps of Pope Benedict XVI...
- Trail distance approximately 235km
- This cycle tour does not just take in the biographic stations of the childhood and youth of the current Pope, but also the beautiful places of worship and the notable Benedictine, Sistine, Franciscan and Augustinian monasteries along the way. The route is mostly flat, but there are occasional undulations to contend with. Most of the route follows cycle and bridle ways, however there are sections on sign-posted side roads to be circumnavigated.
Route description:
- 1st day Wasserburg
- Individual journey to the middle age trading town and an overnight stay there.
- 2nd day Wasserburg - Mühldorf (around 50 km)
- Today we follow the Inn and, via Gars and Au, we continue to the impressive former Augustinian Monastery St. Maria where the Pope had reed organ music lessons at a young age. Through Aschau, home of the Ratzinger Family from December 1932 until Spring 1937, we reach Mühldorf, an historic town on the Inn with landmarks dating back to the middle ages.
- 3rd day Mühldorf - Burghausen (around 50 km)
- Today we will ride to Altötting via Tüßling. Altötting is well worth the visit, with the wood-carved, soot-blackened "Black Madonna" and the bandstand with the Chapel of Mercy just two great things to see. Altötting is the 'heart' of Bavaria and one of the 'hearts' of Europe according to the Pope. Then we proceed to the holy father's place of birth in Marktl. At the northern end of the market place, you can find a placard marking the house in which he was born on 16 April 1927. Our final destination for the day is Burgenhausen, home to Europe's longest castle.
- 4th day Burghausen - Waging am See / Surroundings (around 45 km)
- Via Raitenhaslach (beautiful baroque church) and Marienberg (Maria Himmelfahrt Rokoko pilgrimage church), we continue on to Tittmoning. With its well preserved townscape and distinctive castle, Tittmoning was home to the Ratzinger Family from 1929 and is not called the dreamland of the holy father's childhood for nothing. The family lived in the so called Stubenrauchhaus (nowadays a bank). Our final destination for the day is Waging am See / Surroundings.
- 5th day Waging am See / Surroundings - Chiemsee (around 30 km)
- From the warmest lake in Upper Bavaria we ride to Hufschlag, where the Pope lived from 1937, and then on to Traunstein. On 8 July 1951, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his ordination in the Traunsteiner Pfarrkirchen St. Oswald. We then continue on to where we will we spend the night, Chieming, home to the Maria Himmelfahrt parish church.
- 6th day Chiemsee - Wasserburg (around 60 km)
- We ride to Gstadt am Chiemsee via Seeon with its former Benedictine monastery. In Gstadt we have the option of taking a trip to Fraueninsel (the lady's island) with its Benedictine monastery, or to Herreninsel (the gentleman's island) with its New Castle (a smaller copy of Versailles) and notable Augustinian friary. After that, we will continue on to Wasserburg.
- 7th day Wasserburg
- Individual departures or extensions.
Details and costs
Dates
Every day between 1 May to 30 September
Service:
- 7 days/6 x overnight stay with breakfast (partially buffet) in***hotels and inns, all rooms with bath/shower and toilet
- transportation of baggage
- detailed travelinformation and maps
- Rates per person:
- double occupancy room 489,00 Euro
- single occupancy room 630,00Euro
- Division of the stage Mühldorf Burghausen with overnight stay in Altötting (= 7 overnight stays):
- Double room 559,00 Euro
- Single room 714,00 Euro
- Rent a bike:
- 7-speed tour bike with backpedal brake, on demand 21-speed with freewheel - 50,00 Euro
- Additional nights in Wasserburg:
- double occupancy room 47,00 Euro
- single occupancy room 69,00 Euro
Pedalo Radtours
Duschan Tistler e.K.
Kleine Messergasse 6
94032 Passau
Germany
Duschan Tistler e.K.
Kleine Messergasse 6
94032 Passau
Germany