Pedalo Radtours from Passau
Salzburg Lake Country and Salzkammergut
- Trail distance approximately 270km
- The route passes through the attractive scenery of Salzkammergut and along well-known lakes around the hilly countryside of Salzburg. You have to negotiate smaller and larger inclines on this tour but the height difference does not differ much. There are cycle paths for about one third of the route. The other two thirds are minor roads, country roads and woodland lanes.
Route description:
- 1st day Journey to Salzburg
- Find your own passage to Salzburg and overnight stay in Salzburg.
- 2nd day Salzburg – Trumer Lakes/ Waller Lake about 45–55km
- The first part of the tour leads from Salzburg to Oberndorf along the Salzach River. Oberndorf is known as the origin of the German song ‘Stille Nacht’ (Holy Night). Next stop is Arnsdorf where the ‘Stille Nacht’ museum is located. Then we move onto Michaelbeuern and see more of the impressive Trumer Lakes countryside. The destination of today’s tour will be one of the following lakes: Obertrumer, Matt, Graben or Waller Lake.
- 3rd day Trumer Lakes/ Waller Lake – Atter Lake about 40–55km
- Today’s tour leads us through the lake region of Egel Lakes, which are protected. You go from or pass the Waller Lake (depending on where you finished your tour yesterday) to Finster Loch at Irr Lake, which is more popular for fishermen than for swimming purposes. Passing Mond Lake town where you can see the castle and smoke house, we move on along the lake with the same name Mond Lake. The destination of today’s tour is Atter Lake.
- 4th day Atter Lake – Traun Lake about 55km
- The first 25 kilometres by bike to Weyregg are done by ship (note: this depends on the season). Passing Aurach valley you get to Traun Lake. In Gmunden, you may either decide to go for a short trip to the castle named Orth or have a look at the famous ceramic-factory. The bicycle museum in Altmünster invites you to have a look around and in Traunkirchen is the old Fisher’s pulpit.
- 5th day Traun Lake – Hallstätter Lake – Bad Goisern/ surroundings about 20–30km
- Today you travel by train to the Hallstätter Lake. From Obertraun (Dachstein ice cave) you move on to the beautiful lake resort of Hallstatt, where you find the oldest salt mine. The day’s destination will be Bad Goisern or one of the neighbouring places.
- 6th day Bad Goisern/ surroundings – Wolfgang Lake about 30km
- First you go by bicycle to the old imperial town Bad Ischl that was the summer residence of the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph I and his wife Sissi. You should not miss a visit of the imperial house of the Lehár Family as well as the health park and famous patisserie, Zauner. The tour goes along Ischler Ache to Wolfgang Lake. In St. Wolfgang you should visit the Weiße Rössl and the parish church. If you’re considering a train ride to Schafberg-Hill you should calculate a few hours for this trip. Other opportunities are a visit of the summer sled run in Strobl, the Zinkenbachklamm in Aber Lake and St. Gilgen and Mozart’s village.
- 7th day Wolfganglake – Salzburg about 60km
- Today you hand over your bicycle for the bicycle transport in St. Gilgen which will be returned to you in Kühleiten after we walked there. Then you are rewarded by a beautiful downhill ride to the Hinter Lake and through the Strubklamm to the Wies Valley. The tour goes on through the Glasenbachklamm to the Salzach Valley. It is worth a visit to Hellbrunn castle with its waterworks before you go back to the festival and Mozart’s town - Salzburg. You get back to the starting point of this tour on a very good expanded network of cycle paths in the town of Salzburg.
- 8th dayIndividual departure or tour extension
Details and costs
Dates
Daily between 15th April and 16th October
Service:
- 8 days / 7 overnight stays, including breakfast in selected hotels, inns, guesthouses of 3-star-level
- baggage transport
- Free shipping at the Atter Lake in the season from approx. 1th of May to 20th of September
- Train ride Lake Traunsee - Bad Aussee
- Free shipping at Hallstätter Lake (Hallstadt Markt - Hallstatt Bahnhof)
- Rates per person:
- double occupancy room 535,00 Euro
- single occupancy room 633,00 Euro
- Half-board extra charge 116,00 Euro
- Seasonal extra costs between 1. July - 31. August: 40,00 Euro
- Rent a bike:
- 21- gear change (including a free-wheel when required)
- 7-gear change bicycle with a back pedalling brake and 2 saddlebags 50,00 Euro
- additional night in Salzburg per person:
- double occupancy room 53,00 Euro
- single occupancy room 70,00 Euro
- seasonal price increase 11,00 Euro
- additional night at Trumer Seen per person:
- double occupancy room 38,00 Euro
- single occupancy room 45,00 Euro
- seasonal price increase 4,00 Euro
- additional night at Traunsee per person:
- double occupancy room 39,00 Euro
- single occupancy room 49,00 Euro
- seasonal price increase 6,00 Euro
- additional night at Attersee per person:
- double occupancy room 44,00 Euro
- single occupancy room 62,00 Euro
- seasonal price increase 10,00 Euro
- additional night in Bad Goisern/surroundings per person:
- double occupancy room 37,00 Euro
- single occupancy room 50,00 Euro
- seasonal price increase 9,00 Euro
- additional night at Wolfgangsee per person:
- double occupancy room 39,00 Euro
- single occupancy room 49,00 Euro
- seasonal price increase 7,00 Euro
Pedalo Radtours
Duschan Tistler e.K.
Kleine Messergasse 6
94032 Passau
Germany
Duschan Tistler e.K.
Kleine Messergasse 6
94032 Passau
Germany