Salzburg -Seven lakes bike round trip

Explore Austria with it`s beautiful lakes! Enjoy the landscape with high mountains, green meadows and forests. not to forget the ancient emperor`s residence Bad Ischl and the music and festival town Salzburg.
The “Salzkammergut“ is known as the capital of The Sound of Music and belongs to one of the most charming regions in all of Austria: blue lakes, imposing mountains, green meadows and forests truly create a fairy tale landscape. The pristine lakes Mondsee, Attersee, Traunsee and Wolfgangsee are the most well known bodies of water in the region. Other highlights on this cycling tour certainly include a former and highly regarded Austrian emperor’s summer-residence Bad Ischl and the Music and Festival City of Salzburg.

Accommodation: 3-4 * middle class hotels & inns.
Highlights: Salzburg, Lake Wolfgangsee, Gmunden, Lake Attersee, Lake Mondsee, Bad Ischl.
Train Station: Vienna, Salzburg
Airport: Salzburg/Munich/Vienna
Tour profile bicycle tour:
Level 2, country roads, cycling paths, field paths, terrain is hilly with some larger uphill stretches.
Tour description
Day 1: Salzburg
Independent arrival to Salzburg. Use the extra
time for a walk through the icturesque old part of
this fascinating town.
Day 2: Salzburg – Wolfgangsee (approx. 45
km/28 miles) by bike
You start your tour exploring the birth city of the
world famous composer W.A. Mozart and leave
same to the north to reach the old train tracks of
the Salzkammergut railway. Biking through
Eugendorf and St. Gilgen you reach the south
bank of the idyllic lake “Wolfgangsee”.
Day 3: Wolfgangsee – Traunsee (approx. 42
km/26 miles)
At first you should explore the old imperial village
of Bad Ischl, where you find traces of emperor
Franz Josef and his empress Sissi everywhere. A
must is the visit to the famous pastry shop “Zauner”. Along the river Traun you finally reach
your hotel on the lake “Traunsee”.
Day 4: Traunsee – Region Attersee (approx.
48 km/30 miles)
One of the highlights of this tour is the visit to
Gmunden, a picturesque village on the north bank
of the Traunsee and former imperial salt capital,
now well known for it´s touristic importance and its
beautiful handmade ceramics. Now you move on
to the beautiful area of Attersee.
Day 5: Region Attersee – Mondsee (approx.
32km/20 miles)
Just enjoy the ride along the Attersee, the most
favourite lake in the Salzkammergut region with
locals and visitors alike. This lake already inspired
famous artists like the composer Gustav Mahler
and the painters Gustav Klimt and Christian
Ludwig Attersee. Your path continues to Mondsee
and on to the village of Mondsee. Visit the church,
which was used as romantic backdrop for the
wedding the musical “Sound of Music”.
Day 6: Mondsee – Trumer Seenland (approx. 46 km/29 miles)
Along the old tracks of the “Ischler” railway that once brought guests into the Salzkammergut, you will cycle further to the Trumer Lake District; Obertrumer See, Mattsee and Grabensee.
Day 7: Region Mattse - Salzburg (approx. 46
km/29 miles)
On the day before departure there is still plenty of time to enjoy nautre`s beauty and pristine, before youcycle back to Salzburg.
Day 8: Salzburg
Individual departure or extension.

SELF GUIDED TOUR DETAILS AND PRICES:
| Price per person
in Euro |
Low season |
High season |
| Calendar 2013 |
April 27th to May 17th, Aug 31st to Sept 27th |
May 18th to Aug 30th |
Biketour |
Double room
pp |
599 |
629 |
| Single room |
755 |
785 |
| Half-board
supplement |
146 |
146 |
| Bike
rental |
62 |
62 |
| Electro
Bike rental (Flyers) pedal power 3-fold |
129 |
129 |
Extra night Salzburg 3-star hotel |
Double room
pp |
73 |
77 |
| Single room |
104 |
108 |
WHAT´S INCLUDED IN THE SELF GUIDED TRIP:
| Discount |
- With 2 full paying adults in double (additional bed):
0-6,99 years: -100%
7-11,99 years: -50%
12-14,99 years:
-25%
15-99 years: - 10%
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| Days/nights |
8 days/7 nights |
| Included services |
- 7 nights accommodation in comfort rooms in middle class three star hotels and inns with private facilities, breakfast or half-boardship ride on the
- Wolfgangsee incl bike
- Tasting of regional product, 1 handlebar bag per room as a present
- Daily luggage transport from hotel to hotel (1 piece per person, max. 20 kg)
- Detailed maps and information material per room
- Service hotline also available on weekends
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| Not included services |
- Arrival and departure; admission fees; ferries; (except the services which are included); insurances; Tips and
personal expenditures.
- Please ask price for individual transport from Munich to Salzburg. Parking approx. Euro 60 per week
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| Bike rental |
- 21-Gear KTM-Unisex-Bike (please indicate preferred number of gears upon booking), incl. panniers,
odometer.
- For children: Seats, Child trailer, Trailer bikes.
- LECTRIC POWERED BICYCLE: You can use an electric motor to do some of the work for you. Our “Flyers” (a Swiss product) increase your pedalling power 3 fold. This way, bikers with different athletic
conditions can book a bike tour together.
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