8-day Self-guided Cycling Tour around Austria's 10 lakes

Mondsee, Attersee, Traunsee, Wolfgangsee, Wallersee, Trumer Lakes and many more! The well-known lakes in the Salzkammergut are particularly popular because of their natural and cultural diversity. Every lake tells its own story: from Empress Sisi to the Trapp family, you will learn some anecdotes about famous Austrian people. What’s special about the Ten Lakes Tour? You’ll find crystal-clear water as far as the eye can see and dreamlike shorelines for cooling off. All this awaits you on your cycle tour through Salzburg and Upper Austria. The enjoyment you’ll find makes the Ten Lakes Tour a unique and unforgettable cycling trip. Promise!

Highlights:

• ‘Silent Night’ village of Oberndorf: If you cycle along the Salzach, you reach the village of Oberndorf. It’s the birthplace of the Christmas carol Silent Night. If you feel like more culture and history, you’ll be happy. If you cycle a few kilometres to Arnsdorf, you’ll find the famous Silent Night Museum.
• Schafberg: Climb up the mountain on a rack railway train. The Schafberg is known as a fabulous lookout point and lies in the centre of the province of Salzburg. When you reach the top, you have a wonderful panoramic view of the surrounding lake district of the Salzkammergut!
• Imperial Villa, Bad Ischl: Bad Ischl is the gateway to the mountains and alpine lakes in the Salzkammergut. But that is far from everything! This place is also home to the ‘Imperial Villa’ the beloved Austrian Empress Sisi and Emperor Franz Joseph I enjoyed in the summer months. Tip: The famous tea house of Empress Sisi is definitely worth a visit.

Tour character: Level 3

On the banks of the lakes and at the river Salzach, the routes are completely flat. In between, the terrain is mainly hilly. Depending on the option chosen, approximately one third of the route is on cycle paths and almost all the rest is through fields and on forest paths, farm roads, and quiet side roads. There are only a few short sections on roads with more traffic.

Included in the Cycling Tour:

• 7 overnight stays in 3* hotels, inns and guest houses (hotel upgrades on request)
• Breakfast
• Luggage transfer between hotels

• Digital travel documents incl. navigation app, GPS-data, route book

• Boat excursion on the Attersee (only during Jul & Aug)
• Train journey Lake Traunsee – Lake Hallstatt (incl. bike)
• GPS tracks available and app navigation
• Service hotline

Not included:

• Bike rental and bike insurance
• Tourist taxes, if due
• Sporty bike - 179 EUR
• Anything not mentioned in 'included
• Arrival and departure

Arrival / parking / departure:

• Arrival by train to Salzburg, if necessary continue to the Trumer Seen by bus, duration approx. 45 minutes
• Salzburg or Munich airport
• Parking in Salzburg: limited number of hotel parking spaces, costs approx. € 12 to € 15 per day; public Garage, costs approx. € 80 to € 115 per week

Notes:

• Departures any day 
• Hotel upgrades available on request
• Extra Nights (price depends on booked date)
  
  • Salzburg - from 75 EUR p.p (+59 EUR single person)

If you would like to rent a bike (99 EUR) or E-bike (289 EUR), please contact our office when booking: [email protected]

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