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Mozart Trail

Freedom Holiday Self Guided Grading Level 3
8 days/7 nights Low Season £425pp High Season £475pp Tour Code AU008
 

In the days of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart travelling was exhausting, but nowadays things have changed. The so called “Mozart Bike Path” gives you the possibility to visit the places where this famous composer has spent his lifetime. You visit famous recreation areas such as the Chiemgau and the Salzburg- and Berchtesgardener region.

 

Includes

  • 7 nights in 3 star hotels (based on 2 people sharing)
  • 7 x breakfast
  • Bike hire
  • Ticket for boat on Chiemsee
  • Luggage transfer
  • Maps and route information

Excludes

  • Flights
  • Cycling Helmets

Optional extras

  • Insurance £21pp
  • Single Supplement £70
  • Half Board £85pp
  • Extra night in Salzburg £46pp (Single £61)
  • Reductions for children

How to get there

  • Fly to Salzburg
  • Fly to Linz where a train can be taken to Salzburg
  • Website for train timetable and booking tickets is Bahn.de
 

Tour starts every Saturday and Sunday from 13th May to 17th September

*High Season 24th June – 1st September
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Daily Itinerary
 

Day 1 Arrival in Salzburg

Located between the two mountains Kapuzinerberg and Mönchsberg and the River Salzach Salzburg is a picturesque city with small alleys, quaint colourful town homes, rich castles and palaces, neat gardens and a high density of churches and monasteries. Salzburg is a city whose hidden corners and romantic streets unveil new impressions time and time again.

Day 2 Salzburg – Oberndorf – Laufen – Waging am See 28 miles

On your way to Laufen you will cycle through a small village called Oberndorf, where the famous Christmas song silent night - holy night was composed. In the city of Laufen the bavarian part of the Cycle Path starts. Your destination today is situated on the lakefront of the Waginger See the “hottest” lake in Oberbayern.

Day 3 Waging a. See/Umgebung – Chieming – Chiemsee/Chiemgau 23 miles

Today you will cycle through the heart of the Chiemgau till you reach Chieming. Afterwards you cross the Chiiemsee by boat. You have the possibility to visit the Herren- and Fraueninsel (without bike). Your hotel will be situated either next to the Chiemsee or nearby.

Day 4 Chiemsee/Chiemgau – Aschau – Sachrang - Niederndorf –Kaiserwinkel 33 miles

You are leaving the Chiemsee and cycle, passing Aschau, to the lovely countryside of the Priental Valley. This valley is situated between the Lake Chiemsee and the City of Kufstein. At the pass you have a breathtaking view on the impressive mountains of the Kaisergebirge. Afterwards a rapid downhill stretch waits for you to take you to your hotel in the village of Kaiserwinkel.

Day 5 Kaiserwinkel – Kirchdorf in Tirol – Waidring – Lofer 28 miles

This day you are spending in a region where Mozart used to take a rest on his trips to Italy. The route today will lead you through the nice villages of Kaiserwinkel – Kirchdorf in Tirol – Waidring and finally Lofer, where you will spend the night.

Day 6 Lofer – Berchtesgaden/Königssee 28 miles

On ancient salt trading paths you will reach the historic city of Bad Reichenhall a famous Salt and recreation city. The rest of the route will lead you on to the wonderful city of Berchtesgaden.

Day 7 Berchtesgaden/Königssee – Salzburg 18miles

A highlight of the tour is your trip to the Königsee. Locked in by impressive mountains this lake is one of the main attractions in the Alpine and National Park of Berchtesgarden. The last miles of the trip lead you back on the Tauern Bike Path through the Saalachtal to Salzburg.

Day 8 Depart Salzburg.

It is the end of the holiday so time to make your way home

 

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