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King Louis and the Bavarian Sea  

The Bavarian Chiemgau and Lake Chiem

Austria and Bavaria

Somebody who loves a bike tour through a soft hilly landscape and idyllic towns, embedded in-between mountains and lakes is going to enjoy this trip 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.

Of course, a tour of the festival city Salzburg, the town where the tour begins and ends completes the experience.. Well maintained bicycle paths will take you on a tour through a part of traditional Bavarian culture – the traditions and the cuisine. A high level of physical fitness is not required, but rather an interest in originality and authenticity. Then the tour around the Bavarian Sea (Chiemsee – Lake Chiem) will be an unforgettable experience.

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ITINERARY:

Note - "See" is the Austrian word for Lake

Day 1 - Arrival in Salzburg

Arrival in Salzburg , information and distribution of bicycles.

Guided Tour - City Tour

Day 2 - Salzburg – Waginger See (lake)  approx. 50 km/31mi

Along the Salzach past Maria Plain to Oberndorf (birth place of “Silent Night, Holy Night”). Crossing of the Austrian/Bavarian border to Laufen, from there on around Lake Abtsdorfer See to Lake Waginger See.

Day 3 - Waginger See (lake) – Übersee/Chiemsee approx. 35 km/22mi

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).

Day 4 - Around the “Bavarian Sea” approx. 60 km/37mi

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.

Day 5 - Übersee/Chiemsee – Inzell approx. 30 km/18mi

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.

Day 6 - Inzell – Berchtesgaden approx. 55 km/34mi

Narrow passage through 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 centre, royal castle, Watzmann thermal spring).

Day 7 - Berchtesgaden – Königsee – Salzburg approx. 50 km/30mi

A nice round tour to Lake Königsee and back to Berchtesgaden. On the east side of the Untersberg 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).

Day 8 - Individual departure

The tour ends after breakfast

Overnight Itinerary : Salzburg, Waginger See (lake), Übersee/Chiemsee (2 Nights), Inzell, Berchtesgaden, Salzburg

GUIDED OR SELF-GUIDED INN TOURS

SELF-GUIDED TOUR  #AUB-2310/SG8  8 DAYS - $790

High season surcharge $70 (high season - Arrivals Aug 1 - 31)

EXCLUSIONS : The insurances (especially for the bicycles : theft and breakage are payable locally),  the transfers from and to the airport, the beverages, the lunches, items of a personal nature such as telephone and laundry..

Self Guided tours: We do not intervene for flat tires. However, should any breakdown occur that prevents the completion of the days journey we will make repairs on the road. A phone number will be provided. All other types of necessary repairs that do not make cycling impossible will be repaired at the hotel each night.

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