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Welcome to Hooked on Cycling Holidays and our cycling holidays around the Austrian Lakes in the surrounding hills of Salzburg ( known as the Salzkammergut ) . Our Cycling Holiday which passes alongside ten of these wonderful lakes with the high mountains as its backdrop is available as a self led tour. We have graded this cycling holiday as a level 2 tour of which probably half the route is alongside the lakes and flat with some hillier areas along the route between the lakes. This cycling holiday is suitable for both beginners and experienced cyclists who feel they can cycle the daily distance.
This tour has some fantastic contrasting scenery , firstly the tour starts in rolling countryside using extremely quiet country lanes used only by the farmers and on some dedicated cycle ways. Here the lakes are shallow and the water is brown in colour. After a few days you reach the mountains and the lakes now turn a wonderful Blue Green colour and the mountains reflect in them providing some stunning scenery. This region is known more famously as the Sound of Music country and also Salzburg is the home of Mozart. This region is certainly stunning and very peaceful. The crystal clear lakes mirror image the surrounding hills covered by lush pine forests. It is now so easy to reach Salzburg with low cost airlines with no extra travel in Austria making this tour extremely convenient. Come to the sound of Music country and you will experience something a little different. Important scenes of this great film classic were taken in Salzburg , on lake Fuschl , in St Wolfgang and St Gilgen. Much to see along the route , not only great scenery and famous film locations but also Bad Ischl the summer residence of the Austrian Emperors and Silent Night Chapel in Oberndorf the town where the famous Christmas Carol was composed.
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Independent tours from 19th April to 11th October
Level 2 tour
Day 1 Salzburg
Tour information, handing over of bicycles and for group tours, guided city tour. Visit the old city and explore the history behind Mozart. It is well worth spending an extra nights in Salzburg to fully appreciate all it has to offer.
Day 2 Salzburg -Trumer lakes / Wallersee 33 miles / 55 km
Cycling along the river Salzach to Oberndorf (birthplace of the Christmas carol ”Silent Night“), Arnsdorf (Silent-Night-Museum) to Michaelbeuern (abbey - Monastary) and on to the Trumer-Lake country (Obertrumer lake, lake Mattsee, lake Grabensee) and partly at the lake Wallersee. Shorter distances possible. This is rolling green countryside to superbly quiet country lanes
Day 3 Trumer Lakes/ Lakes Wallersee to Attersee/Mondsee 30-36 miles , 50-60km km
Crossing the natural reserve of the small lakes Egelseen to the village Schleedorf (agricultural showings and cheese-dairy) and on to the idyllic Irrsee. To Mondsee (wedding scene of Sound of Music at the church), along the lake Mondsee to the lake Attersee (biggest lake of the Salzkammergut . You are now approaching the mountain scenery and you also cycle on dedicated cycle ways or country lanes.
Day 4 Lake Attersee/Mondsee to Traunsee 33 miles , 55 km
First a boat trip to Weyregg to avoid busy roads. Through the valley Aurachtal to lake Traunsee with the impressive old town of Gmunden (lake castle Orth, ceramic artisans), Altmünster (bicycle museum) and Traunkirchen (pulpit
Day 5: Lake Traunsee - Lake Hallstatt - Bad Goisern and surroundings 18 miles , 30 km
By train from Traunsee to Obertraun on Lake Hallstatt (Dachstein ice caves). Along the lake to Hallstatt (oldest salt mine, name-giver to a prehistoric time). Hallstatt is UNESCO protected due to it famous Salt mine and very pretty alpine village. Approach Hallstatt by boat and you see the wooden houses and boat houses perched on the waters edge. In time gone by there were no roads in the region and the Lake was the only way to access the old town and also the only way to export the salt. This was a great way to protect the commodity from smugglers as salt was a worthwhile commodity as time ago. Tour end is Bad Goisern or a neighbourhood town
Day 6 to Wolfgangsee 23 miles , 35 km
Via Bad Ischl (summer residence of the Austrian emperor, park, Sisi’s teahouse) along the river Ischler Ache to the lake Wolfgangsee: St. Wolfgang (famous “White Horse Inn”, old church, rack-railroad on the mount Schafberg), Strobl, Abersee and St. Gilgen, the Mozart village on lake Wolfgangsee are covered to day.
The air shot at the beginning of the Sound of Music film was taken at lake Fuschlsee to lake Wolfgangsee
Day 7 Wolfgangsee to Salzburg 30 miles , 50 km
On the cycle path to St. Gilgen, walking tour to Kühleiten (your bicycles are transferred by bus). Descent to lake Hintersee and through the gorge Strubklamm to the Wiestal valley (reservoir). Through the gorge Glasenbachklamm to the Salzach valley.
Visit the castle Hellbrunn (with gazebo from the film Sound of Music), Leopoldskron castle (featuring as Trapp Villa in the Sound of Music Film), Abbey Nonntal (the oldest female convent, important feature of the real Trapp history and of the Sound of Music film – convent of Maria, there she met the Baron von Trapp and also married him in 1927), Mirabell Garden (Sound of Music film – children and Maria dancing around the Pegasus monument), and many other important sights.
Day 8 Salzburg
Individual Departure or stay and extra night
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What is Included
- 7 Nights Bed and Breakfast
- 3 star hotels, country inns and pensions
- Welcome meeting
- Information Pack
- Routes and Maps
- Luggage transfers
- Ship trip on Lake Attersee ( 17th May - 16th September )
- Train Traunsee - Lake Hallsatt
- Bike transfers as per schedule
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Extras
- 21 speed Rental Cycle
- Cost before and after tour
- Half board
- Extra nights
- Hotel up grade to 3 / 4 star
- High season supplement ( July and August )
- Flights
- Travel Insurance
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Tariff 2008
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Tour Code CEAUS3
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Single occupancy in standard Grade
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£492
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Price per person based on two persons sharing double/twin room in standard Grade
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£410
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Hotel Upgrade Independent Single / Double per persons
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£615 / £492
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Cycle rental
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£42
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Extra nights Salzburg normal B&B per person standard / upgrade
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£39 Double £53 Single / £55 Double , £79 Single
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Half Board independent tour ( not extra nights ) standard / upgrade
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£95 / £118
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Extra nights St Wolfgang normal B&B per person
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£45 Double £54 Single
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High Season Supplement ( July & August )
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£33 / £48
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Extra Nights in Trumer Lakes , Mondsee , Attersee and Bad Goisern also possible please ask for prices
Fly BA , Ryanair or Flybe to Salzburg
How to get there
Fly to Salzburg
By Car to Salzburg where parking is available
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