Cycling in Austria - Bike and Beer Freedom Holiday

Bike and Beer

Freedom Holiday

Self Guided

Grading

7 days/6 nights

£xxxpp

Tour Code AU012

This holiday is no longer being offered.

Your holiday is based in a hotel in the idyllic Ibmer Moor - tranquil, solitary and yet within cycling distance of major attractions such as Salzburg, Burghausen and Trumer Lake District. During the day you cycle to various Austrian and Bavarian beer-centres.

Includes

6 x nights in 4 star Hotel with use of facilities
6 x breakfast buffet style
6 x evening meal, one with beer tasting
Welcome drink
1 x beer-bath and straw-bed
1 x farmer’s golf
1 x beer tasting in Obertrum
1 x visit of Stiegls Brewery World
All transfers as per program for the cycle tours
Bike hire
Maps and route information

Excludes

Flights
Cycling Helmets

Optional extras

Insurance £22pp
Extra night in Salzburg £46pp (Single £60)
Single Supplement £45

How to get there

Fly to Salzburg. Take a taxi to the railway station Salzburg (duration about 15 min, cost about 10 to 15 Euros). There a regular local train service (very pretty scenery along river Salzach) runs to station
Lamprechtshausen. Duration approx. 35 min, cost about 7 Euros.
The hotel staff will meet guests at the station in Lamprechtshausen and take them to the hotel.
We can also arrange a taxi service to meet the guests at the airport, cost per ride 65 Euro.
Website for train timetable and booking tickets is Bahn.de

This holiday is no longer being offered.

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Daily Itinerary

Day 1 Sat Arrival in Dorfibm

Arrive in Dorfibm approx. 35 km north of Salzburg. If you arrive early you can start with an easy ride to nearby moor-lakes.

Day 2 Sun Round trip 28 miles

Via St. Radegund you cycle towards the River Salzach and then to Burghausen. A couple more kilometres takes you to the ancient monk’s brewery of Raitenhaslach with its beautiful historic brewery inn and beer-garden. Along shady forest lanes you return to the hotel.

Day 3 Mon Relax day

A relaxing day with a round of farmer’s golf. Old farm tools were put together to form an impressive “Farmer’s golf course” similar to a giant’s Mini-golf course. You walk about 5 km through tranquil forests, meadows and fields and the idyllic moor. Back at the hotel your day is completed in a most unusual way: you plunge into a large wooden barrel filled with an aromatic beer-bath and sip a pint of beer freshly drawn from the tap next to your barrel. Afterwards a rest on a freshly made bed of straw awaits you.

Oberndorf Day 4 Tue Round trip 28 miles

After breakfast a bus transfers you to Salzburg and to the “Brewery World” of the biggest private brewery of Austria for a taste of the various beer specialities. You cycle along the River Salzach through the beautiful old town of Salzburg to Oberndorf, where the famous Christmas carol “Silent Night” was written. Return on solitary country lanes to the moor-lakes and the hotel.

Day 5 Wed Relax day

Enjoy the hotels facilities: panorama swimming pool with underwater massage, infra-red cabins, solarium, 3 saunas, roller-massage. In the afternoon the friendly hosts serve coffee and cake.

Day 6 Thu Round trip 22 miles

On country lanes you cycle to Michaelbeuern monastery. You then cycle to the idyllic lakes of Mattsee, Obertrumersee and Grabensee which are divided only by small strips of land. In Obertrum am See you again find a brewery with a rural country-inn and beer-garden. Taste three different beer-specialities of the family run brewery Sigl and sustain yourself with a hearty snack of bread and ham. The transfer bus returns you safely to the hotel in time for your evening meal. 22 miles

Day 7 Fri Departure

Time to make your way home or extend your stay.