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Gems of Salzburg and Bavaria
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 Anyone who loves a bike tour through a soft hilly landscape and idyllic towns, embedded in-between mountains and lakes is going to enjoy this hike through the Bavarian Chiemgau. The guest meets with open-minded people that have spelled hospitality with a capital H. The warmth of the small towns is a real trump card. You can have a chat, eat and drink all on one table. The impressions of a special intensity stay behind with you.
You are confronted with an important historical past, because this is where Celts, Romans and the Bavarians used to live; from here Salzburg's archbishops and the Bavarian dukes have influenced the course of history. One should put the bike aside once in a while to take a look at excavations sites, fortresses out of the Middle Ages, gothic chapels and monasteries.
And naturally make a tour of the festspiele (festival) town Salzburg, the town where the tour begins and ends. Well maintained bicycle paths will take you on a tour through a part of traditional Bavarian culture - the customs and the cuisine. A high level of physical fitness is not required, but an interest in origin and authenticity. Then the tour around the Bavarian Sea (Chiemsee - Lake Chiem) will be an unforgettable experience.
Route features:
Usually hilly, mainly easy for biking. Partly bicycle paths, mainly meadow paths and sometimes side roads. A few short distances on traffic roads.
Oberammergau Passion Play Accommodation will also be booked by people attending the 2010 Passion Play, so early booking is recommended to avoid disappointment.
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1st Day: Salzburg
Individual arrival in Salzburg. Information and distribution of bicycles.
2nd Day: Salzburg - Waginger See (approx. 50 km, 30 miles)
Along the Salzach past Maria Plain to Oberndorf (birth place of “Silent Night, Holy Night”). Afterwards you are crossing the Austrian/Bavarian border to Laufen, from there on around (Lake) Abtsdorfer See to (Lake) Waginger See.
3rd Day: Waginger See – Übersee/Chiemsee (approx. 35 km, 22 miles)
You bike from the river Salzach to the river Traun, along the Traun to the capital of the Chiemgau, Traunstein (salt works district, town tower, Hofbräuhaus) and further to Übersee (south shore of the Chiemsee).
4th Day: Around the “Bavarian Sea” (approx. 60 km, 38 miles)
Around the lake Chiemsee. Enjoy the pure nature with several places worth seeing, for example the fresco cycle from the 12th and 13th centuries (Urschalling), Roman Museum (Seebruck) or the Horse Museum (Arlaching). Also visit the island Herrenchiemsee (King Louis castle). Numerous swimming possibilities. Some stages also with the ship possible.
5th Day: Übersee/Chiemsee – Inzell (approx. 30 - 45 km, 19 - 28 miles)
Through the “Bergener Moos”, the path will take you through Adelholzen (health springs) and Siegsdorf (Natural History Museum). From there along the red Traun on to Inzell.
6th Day: Inzell – Berchtesgaden (approx. 55 km, 34 miles)
Narrow passage trough the mountains on the German Alpenstrasse via Schneitzlreuth and along the Saalach to Bad Reichenhall (spring house of the salt works, Münster St. Zeno, spa gardens). Between Untersberg and Predigtstuhl along the saline path to Berchtesgaden (historically center, royal castle, Watzmann thermal spring).
7th Day: Berchtesgaden – Königsee – Salzburg (approx. 50 km, 30 miles)
A nice round tour to Lake Königsee and back to Berchtesgaden. On the east side of the Unters-berg you bike on the old salt-trading-path over Marktschellenberg (ice caves) at St. Leonhard (Untersberg rail) back to the country of Salzburg. On your way to the Mozart-town Salzburg you have the possibility to visit Hellbrunn (castle, trick fountains, zoo).
8th Day: Salzburg
Individual departure.
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Self-Guided:
Orientation meeting at first hotel
Accommodation in hotels,and guest houses category 3*** (4* in Salzburg)
Breakfast buffet or extended breakfast
Half board if booked: at least a 3-course evening meal
Luggage transport from hotel to hotel
Detailed route guidance
One set of detailed travel documents (maps, route description, places of interest, telephone numbers) per room
Marked route
7-days service hotline
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Self-Guided: Saturdays: 4/24 to 9/25/2010
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Self-Guided:
€598: Tour package
€129: Single supplement (if 1 person per room)
€118: Optional dinner (half board) plan
€49: High season (July and August) surcharge
€55: Rental bike
€140: Electrically assisted bike
Additional night in Salzburg:
4*:
Double room: €69
Single room: €104
High season (July and August): €18
4****:
Double room: €69
Single room: €104
High season (July and August): N/A
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Fly into Munich or Salzburg.
If you fly into Munich, you have two primary ways to get to Salzburg (current as of October 23, 2006):
1. There are airport shuttle vans from Munich to Salzburg daily at 11:30 a.m. and 1, 6, 9 and 11:45 p.m. for 43 euros one-way (73 euros round-trip). Shuttles return to Munich at 3:30, 8 and 10 a.m. and 2 and 5 p.m. You can book online at: http://www.salzburgermietwagenservice.at (click Bestellen/Order in the top menu). It takes about two hours, door to door, and they’ll drop you at the start hotel. Reservations are required at least four days in advance.
2. You can travel by train from Munich Airport to Munich East station and then on to Salzburg. Trains leave several times an hour, the trip takes about 3.5 hours, and the cost is about 25-30 euros each way.
Free parking lot in the courtyard of the hotel of departure, car park garage €50 each week, payable on the spot.
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