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.

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