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 is 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 along side 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.
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Travel Details
Travel
Fly to Innsbruck or Salzburg.
Local Travel
Take the train from Innsbruck airport to Innsbruck city center. Short taxi or walk to your first hotel. If arrival is Salzburg, again, train to city center and then train to Innsbruck.
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.
Recommended
Including 3-course dinners with the tour.Follow this tour with Bolzano to Venice.
Remarks
Electric bicycle available for this tour.
Tour Operator
This tour is operated by Eurobike. We do not run these tours ourselves, we never have. We work from the commission the European tour operators offer us plus a small administration fee of €20. We pride ourselves on the strong working relationship we have with all our tour operators and the services we provide.
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Customer Feedback
Philip S. 8 months ago
Loved the route through small towns & vineyards in Sud Tyrol.
Guide book could be improved with maps incorporated.
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Philip S. 8 months ago
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 8 months ago
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 4 years ago
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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