Via Claudia Augusta

Across the Alps from FÜSSEN to BOLZANO – sporty

Your transalpine cycle trip starts from the foot of Ammergebirge mountain range and from the idyllic Forggensee. Past the Füssener Lechfall, the cycle path continues along the Lech into Tyrol's Ausserfern. The rugged elegance of the Lechtal Alps and the Zugspitze mountains flank the cycle path as far as the Ehrwalder Becken, a protected moorland, in whose subsurface parts of a Roman “beating road” of the Via Claudia Augusta are preserved. From Biberwier an organised shuttle-transfer takes you to Fernsteinsee Castle and the cycle path, embedded in the amazing Tyrolian landscape, meanders through the picturesque Gurgltal (Gurgl Valley) and into the Upper Inn Valley until Landeck.
A sporty, serpentine like ascent of approx. 700 metres awaits you between Pfunds and Nauders by Reschensee lake water reservoir. From there you take the Adige Cycle Path, along the playful river, through the lush fruit growing landscapes of the sun-drenched Vinschgau valley, via the spa town of Merano and on to the pulsating trading town of Bolzano.

Highlights
  • King Ludwig’s fairy tale castles of Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau, Schwangau by Füssen
  • Natural element water and wildly romantic mountainside – appealing and vast
  • Sunken church tower of Altgraun (14th century), Reschenstausee water reservoir
  • Historical centre and alcoves of Merano and Bolzano
  • Original milestone of Rabland, city museum of Bolzano
  • Walther square, fruit market, „Ötzi-museum“, Bolzano
  • Lake Caldaro, South Tyrolean Wine Road
Itinerary
Day 1: Individual journey to Füssen

King Ludwig II. and his fairy-tale castle welcome you in Füssen.

Included Services | Price per Person | Extras

Included services

  • Accommodation in carefully selected 3-star hotels *
  • 5 Overnight stays including large breakfast buffet
  • Luggage transport from hotel to hotel
  • Transfer across Fern Pass
  • Tirol West Card (reduced admission to Museums, such as Via Claudia Augusta-Centre...)
  • Extensive travel papers | GPS-data available on demand
  • Local tax in all places of accommodation
  • Phone service daily from 8:30 am to 7:00 pm

* Restaurant recommendations for dinner in all stage towns can be found in the travel information after booking

Price per person

Accommodation in a double room (from May 1st)
EUR
899,00
Accommodation in a double room (from May 15th)
EUR
959,00
Accommodation in a double room (from July 15th)
EUR
989,00
Single room surcharge
EUR
209,00

Extras

Rental of 21-gear touring bicycle
EUR100,00
Rental of Pedelec/E-Bike
EUR230,00
Extra night in Füssen in DR/B&B
EUR99,00
Extra night in Füssen in SR/B&B
EUR139,00
Extra night in Bolzano in DR/B&B
EUR99,00
Extra night in Bolzano in SR/B&B
EUR139,00
Transfer Bolzano-Füssen (Tues, Thurs, Sun)
EUR145,00
Vehicle transfer Füssen-Bolzano
on request