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Completely guided and Escorted Bicycle Group Tour
Salzkammergut "Salt Chamber

9 Days 28th August 2012- 05th September 2012

Experience the Salzkammergut bicycle way property accompanies you by the singular mountain and sea-landscape between Salzburg and upper Austria. The salt chamber ( Salzkammergut ) bicycle way property accompanies you by the singular mountain and sea-landscape between Salzburg and upper Austria. The Trumer sea-country, sea-realms the Alpine foreland, the quiet angles of the steirischen Ausseer of country, the roof stone, the imperial summer-resort bath Ischl and the city worth seeing Gmunden - cultural and Alpine landscape something special. On your bicycle journey you become acquainted with the many landscape facets of the Salt Chamber and to love. In bath Ischl, resounding place and in the steirischen Ausseer country was the cradle of the salt mining. Therefore this area gave its name to the salt chamber property around the upper Traun. Here the full splendour of the internal salt chamber property unfolds approximately around the Hallstaetter, Altausseer and Grundlsee. The majestic roof stone massif is awake with its glacier fields over this fantastic landscape.

Our program Salt Chamber fully guided Group Tour

• 28th August 2012 Jorney to Salzburg
  The next international airports at Salzburg are Salzburg and Munich. From Munich to Salzburg you can go with train, and a wonderful showing to the Alps in 2 hours to Salzburg. Afternoon in your hotel meeting with your guide from Tour de Spokes, welcome drink and talking about the important things around this bicycle tour. And your time for a nice talking with the other guests. In the evening time for own sightseeing or culture. For you a Concert from Mozart`s music in the concert hall Mirabell. In 27. January in 1756 a son was born to the monarch-archiepiscopal chamber musician Leopold Mozart by his Mrs Anna Maria in the house Getreidegasse No 9. Today Mozarts birthplace is one of the most-visited sights of Austria and contains a museum in among other things the family portraits are issued. Mozarts children's violin, his concert violin, his pianoforte and important individual subjects as well as compositions of the boy wonder in facsimile and first printing are to be admired there.
  
  
• 29th August 2012 Salzburg Sightseeing
  Today after breakfast we have a city guidance with our own guide in English language to the historical places from Salzburg, the time 3 hours. On all steps at this guidance you feel the history from Salzburg. In afternoon your own time for sightseeing or shopping in the Getreidegasse, perhaps you make a tour on the traces from “Sound of Music”, to all important places.
  
  
• 30th August 2012 Salzburg - Trumer Seen - Wallersee 55 Kilometer
  On the first bicycle day we leave Salzburg and ride our bicycle along Salzach to Oberndorf, the place of birth from the Christmas song "silence night ". Over Arnsdorf, where an attendance in the quiet "silence night "museum is worthwhile itself, we continue ride to Michaelbeuern into with its surely impressing Trumer lake country. Overnight today is on the Wallersee.
  
  
• 31th August 2012 Wallersee - Mondsee/Attersee
  Our today's tour to the moon lake, where you should visit the castle and the main hall. The church in Moonlake, Mondsee, is well known from the movie with Julie Andrews, “Sound of Music”.
  
  
• 01th September 2012 Mondsee/Attersee - Traunsee 45 Kilometer
  The first 25 kilometers you enjoy the distance to Weyregg with the ship. By the Aurachtal we arrive at the Traun See. When we arrive Gmunden, we visit castle Orth, and in evening perhaps you visit the Gmundener ceramic factory.
  
  
• 02th September 2012 Traunsee - Bad Ischl - Bad Goisern - Hallstätter See 50 Kilometer
  We ride today with our bicycles the first to the emperor city Bad Ischl, the summer residence of emperor Franz Joseph I. and its Sissi. The attendance of the emperor mansion, the Lehar house, the kurparks and the confectionery Zauner we should make a visite. Over Bad Goisern we ride along the Hallstätter See to Hallstatt. Hallstatt is the prettys See-Village from this world. Hallstatt have the oldest salt mine. And on top you see the rocks from the Dachstein. Enjoy the atmosphere from Hallstatt.
  
  
• 03th September 2012 Hallstatt - Obertraun - Bad Aussee - Altaussee 35 Kilometer
  After breakfast we make a sightseeing in the old original salt mine from Hallstatt, and see there the „Men in the Salt“. Then we ride our bicycle along the Hallstätter See to Obertraun. Then the way goes uphill, 23% on 1.7 kilometers. When you not can ride uphill, maybe you walk this short way. On top we follow now flat the way to Bad Aussee ( the geograpicle middle point from Austria ). We ride to Altaussee. And later on evening you are invite to visit and enjoy the traditional celebration with the beer tent. A traditional celebration of the top class in the Steirische salt chamber property, with native music, good meal and beverages, in the middle in the wonderful natural landscape of the Ausseer landscape directly at the Altaussee lake.
  
  
• 04th September 2012 Altaussee - Grundlsee - Toplitz See and back to Altaussee 40 Kilometer
  After the breakfast we ride to Bad Aussee, visit in the park the stone from the geographical middle point from Austria, and follow the Traun Valley to the Grundlsee. Along the Grundlsee we ride to Gößl, and then we arrive the lovely and quiet lake Toplitzsee. A small boat tour will bring us across the Toplitzsee to the Kammersee, there is the spring from the river Traun. Backwards it will be then time to enjoy a rest and break with a drink on the terrace from the “Fischerhütte” on the Toplitzsee. And then we ride relaxed back to Altaussee.
  
  
• 05th September 2012 Altaussee - Salzburg
  After the breakfast is your transfer back to Salzburg main station, from there you have national and international options with train. Or perhaps you want to enjoy a little longer the pretty landscape from the “Styrene Salt Chamber”, be any days more here, we will give you much options for you stay here.

Inclusive in this bicycle tour:

• 8 overnights with breakfast in our charming hotels and guesthouses with privat bathroom and shower
• Transfer from Bad Aussee back to Salzburg main station
• Completeley guided and escortet bicycle tour with your own native guide
• On all bicycle ride days snacks, fruits, drinks and energie bars
• City guidance in Salzburg
• Sightseeing and guidance in the old salt mine in Hallstatt
• Detailed books and information, special for the historical highlights along the tour
• Rental bicycles 21 gears
• Daily luggage transfer from hotel to hotel
• Pannier bag for the bicycle for your daily things
  

Options:    Extra Nights in Salzburg + 45,- € per Person