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Cycle Drau 6-day Self-guided Cycling Tour Level 1
This cycle holiday is the most comfortable and sunniest route to get to know the South of Austria up close and personal: hand-picked beauty spots of the region oozing plenty of southern flair and hence creating light-hearted holiday bliss. Leisurely the Drau cycle path meanders along the river leading you through Eastern Tyrol and Carinthia. Both left and right you pass by mountains. You cycle past proud castles, palaces, languorous villages and ancient towns. Not to forget: the Italian cuisine, Tyrolean specialities and Carinthian delights, which all turn the Drau cycle path also into a culinary pleasure.
The Drau cycle path mainly runs directly along the Drau-riverbank, is perfectly developed, leads on either asphalt, sand or fine gravel and is signposted throughout.
If you would like to rent a bike (89 EUR) or e-bike (219 EUR) please contact our office when booking: [email protected]
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Arrival in Lienz
Arrival in Lienz in Eastern Tyrol located at the confluence of the rivers Isel and Drau. With a total of two thousand sunshine hours annually it is Austria’s sunniest holiday region. The breathtaking panorama onto the Alps and the Lienz-Dolomites will excite you.
Lienz – Toblach - Lienz (approx. 50 km)
A train ride takes you comfortably together with your bikes from Lienz to Toblach, located shortly before the Italian border. The river Drau is still a young river in this section, babbling and breaking her way through the narrow Pustertal-valley. Defiant fortresses, castels and palaces rise majestically above the valley and herald desires of the once rich and powerful. Modest Romanesque chapels, Gothic and Baroque churches, crucifixes and piety columns invite for a short break. Over a long distance the rugged, bizzare rockfaces of the Lienz-Dolomites tower over the landscape and hence turn today’s stage into an unforgettable experience. Day Finish again in Lienz.
Lienz – Berg (approx. 35 km)
From Lienz, the confluence of the rivers Isel and Drau, you again follow the river Drau now appearing in a shade of gray, by the locals called ‚glacier milk‘, which is due to very fine rock particles coming from the gigantic rocks. Along ancient Roman trade routes – past ruins, castles, little churches and wayside crosses – you cycle through the picturesque Oberdrautal-valley. En route you pass pretty villages such as Pirkach, Oberdrauburg and the first market town on Carinthian soil, Dellach.
Berg – Spittal (approx. 45 km)
Today you cycle mostly along the river Drau through the marvellous Carinthian farmland featuring forests, fields, old farm houses and little hamlets. Cosy wine taverns, called ‚Buschenschenken‘ await with proper farm food and invite you to take a break. Past time-honoured farm houses decorated with flowers the well-developed Drau cycle path takes you to Spittal an der Drau. The centre of Spittal features a main square, which you might call ‚cute‘ and a particularly beautiful palace, which is considered one of the most impressive Renaissance building with the clearest style in all of Central Europe and is called ‚Porcia‘ named after the previous owners.
Spittal – Villach (approx. 40 km)
Today you cycle through the ‚Cultural Promenade of Upper Corinthia‘. You leave the area of Spital along the river Drau and immerse yourself into an ancient cultural scenery, meadows and forests and idyllic wetland- areas. Past Kellerberg palace always along the river Drau you reach Villach. The heart of Villach features the pretty old part of town with its Italian flair and the cosy pubs and restaurants. The Drau-metropolis presents itself to visitors adequately as vivacious and oozing southern flair. Part of the charcter of the town is definitely the river Drau, meandering through Villach just like a blue ribbon.
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Start | End | Max. No. Guests | Accommodation | Price p.p. | ||
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Jun 04 2023 | Jun 09 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Jun 11 2023 | Jun 16 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Jun 18 2023 | Jun 23 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Jun 25 2023 | Jun 30 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Jul 02 2023 | Jul 07 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Jul 09 2023 | Jul 14 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Jul 16 2023 | Jul 21 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Jul 23 2023 | Jul 28 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Jul 30 2023 | Aug 04 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Aug 06 2023 | Aug 11 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Aug 13 2023 | Aug 18 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Aug 20 2023 | Aug 25 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Aug 27 2023 | Sep 01 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Sep 03 2023 | Sep 08 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 938€ | ||
Double rooms | 759€ | |||||
Sep 10 2023 | Sep 15 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 878€ | ||
Double rooms | 699€ | |||||
Sep 17 2023 | Sep 22 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 878€ | ||
Double rooms | 699€ | |||||
Sep 24 2023 | Sep 29 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 878€ | ||
Double rooms | 699€ | |||||
Oct 01 2023 | Oct 06 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 818€ | ||
Double rooms | 639€ | |||||
Oct 08 2023 | Oct 13 2023 | 12 | Single rooms | 818€ | ||
Double rooms | 639€ |
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