Krimml to Salzburg Austrian Cycling Holiday | Cycling Holiday in Austria | Self Guided Cycling Holiday

It is hard to believe that you can cycle so easily and on predominantly flat roads through the heart of the Alps and yet that is what this tour offers. The route follows the Tauern cycle route from the village of Krimml, home to one of the largest waterfalls in Europe, to the beautiful city of Salzburg. Two nights in the lakeside resort of Zell am See give you time to have a rest from cycling or the opportunity for you to explore that area in more detail. Pretty villages, bedecked with flowers and superb mountain scenery accompany you throughout the ride. The holiday begins and ends with a night in Salzburg and you will therefore have ample time to look round this fascinating old city.

Grade: A couple of the days are quite long distances but as the roads are mostly flat or downhill the holiday is graded as easy.

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Day 1 Arrive Salzburg.

Day 2 Transfer from Salzburg to Krimml.
At midday you are taken by bus from Salzburg to Krimml, the journey taking about 2 hours. You will have ample time to visit the waterfall.

Day 3 Krimml to Mittersill.
There is a reasonable amount of downhill on this first day's cycling as you descend the valley of the Salzach with high alpine peaks on both sides. ~ 22 miles

Day 4 Mittersill to Zell am See.
In Uttendorf there is an information centre where you can learn all about this Hohe Tauern region. Further down the valley you come to Piesendorf where there is a swimming pool and then it's not far to the pretty lakeside village of Zell am See, your home for two nights. ~ 31 miles

Day 5 A day at your leisure in Zell am See.

Day 6 Zell am See to Lofer.
You leave the Salzach to follow the Saalach, first making your way along a delightful quiet network of lanes to Maria Alm. As a backdrop to the village is the impressive Steinernes Meer, a great wall of rock rising abruptly. Beyond Saalfelden the valley narrows before reaching Lofer. ~ 28 miles

Day 7 Lofer to Salzburg.
The last day's cycling takes you further down the Saalach valley to Unken, beyond which the river and your route go through a gorge. Here you enter Germany and pass through Bad Reichenhall before returning to Austria and your destination of Salzburg. ~ 37 miles

Day 8 Departure.

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