Innsbruck is the capital of the Tirol region and a place embraced by the snowcapped peaks of the Alps. As you cycle in Innsbruck, along the cobblestone streets in the Altstadt (Old Town), you will come across magnificent Gothic architecture as well as Innsbruck’s most famous landmark, the Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof). Your Tirol bike tour will be highlighted with quaint old villages, old aristocratic houses and castles, fortress ruins, lakes and famous churches, including a Baroque Cistercian convent and the St. Prokulus Church housing the oldest frescos in the German-speaking area. Cycle the cozy town of Meran which offers exquisite views of the surrounding mountains and valleys and allows for several excursions, including one on the famous Trappeinerweg. It also offers some marvelous shopping. The numerous vineyards and orchards in the Àdige Valley will make for some wonderful stops. The beautiful flat landscape will continue past shimmering lakes, including the Montiggler Lakes, before you find yourself in Bolzano, one of Italy's beloved cities that is also famous for its spa resorts.
Season 1: $1490£776$1,352€904$1551kr9672$1,019Season 2: $1589£828$1,441€964$1654kr10314$1,087Season 3: $1622£845$1,471€984$1688kr10528$1,110
Season 1: April 25 to May 8 and September 26 to October 10, 2020 Season 2: May 9 to June 19 and September 12 to September 25, 2020 Season 3: June 20 to September 11, 2020 *Special dates on request
extra options
2020 Single Supplement: $328£171$298€199$341kr2129$224Electric bicycle rental: $171£89$155€104$178kr1113$117Half board: $328£171$298€199$341kr2129$224*Rental Bike Plus: $73£38$66€44$75kr471$50
Extra nights: Innsbruck (4 star hotel): per person/night: $114£59$103€69$118kr738$78Single supplement: $48£25$43€29$50kr310$33Bolzano (4 star hotel): per person/night: $124£64$112€75$129kr802$85Single supplement: $74£39$67€45$77kr481$51
Transfer: Minibus to Innsbruck: $107£56$97€65$112kr695$73
(Every Saturdays, incl. bike, to be paid on site, advanced reservation needed)
please note
*Rental Bike Plus is a higher quality Rental Bike (with hydraulic Magura breaks HS 11, Shimano Deore XT) allows for a slightly sportier sitting posture, 27 gears offer the highest flexibility and a high-quality Suntour suspension fork provides the best possible comfort across all surfaces)
From Innsbruck Airport, the cost per taxi is approximately €22.
Climate
Average high/low temperature in °F for Innsbruck: April 60/39º, May 69/46º, June 75/52º, July 78/55º, August 76/54º, and September 69/49º. A good website to research average high/low temperatures and other important weather-related facts is
weatherbase.com
Recommended
Including 3-course dinners with the tour. Follow this tour with Bolzano to Venice.
Remarks
Electric bicycle available for this tour.
DOCUMENTS
Before you travel, please check your country's passport and visa requirements and the passport and visa requirements of the country/countries you plan to visit. For US citizens, the US Department of State website is a good source of information. The Country Information tab in the International Travel section provides details about passport validity, blank passport pages required, etc. For our other international clients, please be sure that you research your own country's travel requirements. It is each traveler's responsibility to ensure proper documentation.
*Important note: Beginning July 1, 2021, additional documentation from the European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETIAS) will be required to visit any of the 26 Schengen-member countries for tourism, business, medical, or transit. This is an additional check on security rather than a visa.
Skill Level
This self-guided tour is considered moderate with daily distances between 22 to 40 miles per day; and a total of 186 miles over 6 cycling days. Routes include flat terrain and rolling hills, some steep. Between the Resia Pass and Bolzano, there’s more than 1200 m difference in altitude.
Where You’ll Stay
Accommodations in quality 3-star hotels. In Innsbruck and Bolzano, stay in 4-star hotels.
2020 Dates Arrival possible every Saturdays and Wednesdays between April 25 to October 10, 2020
Day-To-Day Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Innsbruck Day 2: Innsbruck – Imst, 41 mi. (65 km) Day 3: Imst – Mals/Burgeis, 31 mi. + 25 mi. by bus (50 km + 40 km by bus) Day 4: Mals/Burgeis – Merano, 41 mi. (65 km) Day 5: Passeiertal (valley)/Merano, 25 mi. (40 km) Day 6: Merano – Auer, 31 mi. (50 km) Day 7: Auer - Bolzano, 22 mi. (35 km) Day 8: Departure from Bolzano
All distances are approximate.
DAY 1: Arrival in Innsbruck Following your arrival in Innsbruck by 6 pm, there is an introductory presentation and the bikes will be distributed. Feel free to explore and bike Innsbruck: highlights include the town tower and the Goldenes Dachl. Built-in 1500, this roof was built for Maximilian I, the Holy Roman Emperor, and is covered with 3000 gold-plated copper tiles. The balcony once served as Maximilian’s "ringside seat" during festive events in the square below.
DAY 2: Innsbruck - Imst, 41 mi. (65 km) On the former Treidelweg (Treidel Path), you will travel along the Inn River through many small villages and then cycle through Stams, where there ARE a Baroque Cisterian Convent and convent museum. The evening destination is the town of Imst. Highlights of today's tour include several nice churches, old aristocratic houses, and fortress ruins.
DAY 3: Imst - Mals/Burgeis, 31 mi. (50 km) with 25 mi. (40 km) by bus Today your Tirol tour will begin along the River Inn and pass the Kloster Zams monastery en route to Landeck. From here, there is a bus transfer to Nauders where you will begin a 100 m climb up to Reschenpaß/Resia Pass before cycling downhill to Reschensee, or Resia Lake. From there, the route takes you alongside paths to Malles Venosta, where the town center has many towers, or to Burgeis at the foot of the fortress of Marienburg.
DAY 4: Mals/Burgeis - Merano, 41 mi. (65 km) The first part of the day includes a cycle tour to Glurns with its fully preserved medieval city walls. Then, over the Montani ruins, the discovery site of the Nibelungen manuscript, through Schlanders/Silandro, and past the church of St. Prokulus, which houses the oldest frescos in the German-speaking area. Then, it is downhill to Merano, where many fortresses and castles, such as the Reinhold Messner Castle Juval, can be found along the way.
DAY 5: Passeiertal (valley)/Merano, 25 mi. (40 km) Today, you have the option of making a bike trip to Passeiertal to the Sandwirt, the birthplace of Andreas Hofer, to wander on the famous Trappeinerweg path, or you may go on a shopping trip under the bowers of Merano.
DAY 6: Merano - Auer, 31 mi. (50 km) Today's stage will take you via Lana (Schnatterpeck Altar) and through numerous orchards and vineyards in the area of the S. Tyrolean Wine road, past many fortresses, castles, and ruins such as Hocheppan (famous frescos), as well as the Cathedral in the Country in St. Pauls to Lake Kalterersee. You usually spend the night in the cozy wine town of Auer.
DAY 7: Auer - Bolzano, 22 mi. (35 km) Today is an option to choose a flat route through the Àdige Valley or with a beautiful landscape and an ascent, you can cycle through the Montiggler Lakes and pass the Ruin Sigmundskron into Bolzano.
DAY 8: Departure Bike tour in Italy will end with departure from Bolzano following breakfast.
It’s quite difficult to review this trip as there were many great experiences like the scenery after we escaped the narrow valley from Innsbruck to about Imst but there were some cons. In the beginning of the trip we felt the cycle path, even though fantastic to have, was often too close to the railway or an autobahn (and the associated noise) to make for wonderful riding. The hotels and half board were mostly good but some noisy and the one in Imst not only noisy but also the food was definitely (for half board), poor. Some hotels were standouts - the small excellent hotel in Mals and the food in the hotel in Meran. The guides were not accurate with addendums with corrections and GPS (as per our previous bike trip) would have been better.
We really loved our ride from Innsbruck to Bolzano. The scenery through Austria was breathtaking and the hotel accommodation was excellent. We have not stopped telling our friends what an amazing time we had, all thanks to Tripsite.
What an awesome bike trip!! Well organized, incredible scenery, great hotels, mild/moderate difficulty. Recommend to anyone in reasonable fitness level.
We recently completed the Innsbruck to Bolzano bike tour and it was incredible. The scenery along the route was spectacular! The difficulty of the trails was reasonable with very little vehicular traffic except in the towns. The hotels were also very nice and well located. The only exception was Hotel Chrys in Bolzano. the hotel was rather dated and it was quite a distance from the center of town. However, the incredibly helpful staff at the Chrys made up for its less than ideal location. I would highly recommend this tour and would love to do it again one day. Biking allowed us to see areas and small towns we never would have visited if we were travelling via car or train.
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Tour Reviews
Barry N. 1 year ago Verified Reviewer
It’s quite difficult to review this trip as there were many great experiences like the scenery after we escaped the narrow valley from Innsbruck to about Imst but there were some cons. In the beginning of the trip we felt the cycle path, even though fantastic to have, was often too close to the railway or an autobahn (and the associated noise) to make for wonderful riding.
The hotels and half board were mostly good but some noisy and the one in Imst not only noisy but also the food was definitely (for half board), poor.
Some hotels were standouts - the small excellent hotel in Mals and the food in the hotel in Meran.
The guides were not accurate with addendums with corrections and GPS (as per our previous bike trip) would have been better.
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Brent H. 1 year ago Verified Reviewer
Great trip. The scenery was breathtaking and the hotels were in good locations close to the center of towns.
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Suzanne P. 2 years ago Verified Reviewer
We really loved our ride from Innsbruck to Bolzano. The scenery through Austria was breathtaking and the hotel accommodation was excellent. We have not stopped telling our friends what an amazing time we had, all thanks to Tripsite.
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Philip S. 3 years ago Verified Reviewer
Loved the route through small towns & vineyards in Sud Tyrol.
Guide book could be improved with maps incorporated.
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Philip S. 3 years ago Verified Reviewer
The most memorable part of this trip was riding through kilometers of apple orchards on a beautifully paved bike trail.
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Phil & Kim 3 years ago Verified Reviewer
What an awesome bike trip!!
Well organized, incredible scenery, great hotels, mild/moderate difficulty.
Recommend to anyone in reasonable fitness level.
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Rita Coutre 6 years ago Verified Reviewer
We recently completed the Innsbruck to Bolzano bike tour and it was incredible. The scenery along the route was spectacular! The difficulty of the trails was reasonable with very little vehicular traffic except in the towns. The hotels were also very nice and well located. The only exception was Hotel Chrys in Bolzano. the hotel was rather dated and it was quite a distance from the center of town. However, the incredibly helpful staff at the Chrys made up for its less than ideal location. I would highly recommend this tour and would love to do it again one day. Biking allowed us to see areas and small towns we never would have visited if we were travelling via car or train.
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