Isar cycle path

Isar cycle path — Feu­er und Eis Tou­ris­tik — Expe­ri­ence natu­re actively

From the source of the Alps to the Danu­be — the Isar cycle path in all its beauty

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The Isar Cycle Path has spec­ta­cu­lar stops to offer: the start in the Alps, the finish at the mouth of the Danu­be and the cos­mo­po­li­tan city of Munich right in the midd­le. The jour­ney beg­ins at the moun­tain out­let of the Isar in Schar­nitz. The val­ley of the Isar widens and offers fan­ta­stic views of the Bava­ri­an Alps on the way to Mit­ten­wald. The­re are num­e­rous sights along your rou­te through Bava­ria on the Isar cycle path. 

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The rooftops of Munich under the white-blue sky. The Frauenkirche and Rathausen tower above the densely built-up traditional city.

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View of Bad Tölz and the Isar

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The rooftops of Munich under the white-blue sky. The Frauenkirche and Rathausen tower above the densely built-up traditional city.

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View of Isar river stage near Munich

Sec­tions and vari­ants of the Isar cycle path 

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Evening atmosphere on the Isar

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View of Bad Tölz and the Isar

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View of the Wetterstein mountains from Mittenwald

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View of Isar river stage near Munich

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View of Bad Tölz and the Isar

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View of Bad Tölz and the Isar

Small sign­post Isar cycle path 

The river Isar rises around 19 kilo­me­ters from Mit­ten­wald (in the dis­trict of Gar­misch-Par­ten­kir­chen), which is the start­ing point of the Isar Cycle Path. The desti­na­ti­on for the cycle tour is around 300 kilo­me­ters fur­ther on in Deg­gen­dorf, a small town on the Danu­be. From Mit­ten­wald, the first stretch leads to Krün. At an alti­tu­de of around 850 meters, you reach the Isar­win­kel. On this sec­tion of the stage, you have an unob­s­truc­ted view of a won­derful moun­tain pan­ora­ma of Bava­ria. You then reach Vor­der­riß in the upper Isar­win­kel. From the­re, you con­ti­nue to the Syl­ven­stein reser­voir. The lake was crea­ted by man and was actual­ly used for flood pro­tec­tion and as a water reser­voir for dry peri­ods. The myths sur­roun­ding the sun­ken vil­la­ge of “Fall”, which fell vic­tim to the con­s­truc­tion of the reser­voir, still sur­round the lake. Howe­ver, the fact that the church tower rises out of the lake during dry peri­ods is a fairy tale. 

The rou­te leads downhill from the reser­voir through a rock tun­nel towards Len­gries. From here, the rou­te con­ti­nues through the enchan­ting juni­per heath along the Isar to Bad Tölz. After con­ti­nuing from Bad Tölz on a chain of hills, you reach Gerets­ried and thus other sub­urbs of Munich. The rou­te takes you direct­ly into the cen­ter of Munich. You should not miss out on a hear­ty Bava­ri­an snack at the Vik­tua­li­en­markt. But high­lights such as Nym­phen­burg Palace, BMW Welt, FC Bay­ern Munich’s Alli­anz Are­na, the Deut­sches Muse­um or the Hof­bräu­haus and Mari­en­platz are also wai­ting to be dis­co­ver­ed in the sta­te capi­tal of Munich. Munich’s 1972 Olym­pic Park is also criss-crossed by num­e­rous cycle paths. You lea­ve the city through the impres­si­ve Eng­lish Gar­den and can con­ti­nue your tour on the cycle path wit­hout stressful city traffic. 

Through the Erdin­ger Moor to Freising 

On the way to the for­mer epis­co­pal town of Frei­sing, you cycle through the allu­vi­al forest and pass the Erdin­ger Moor. You reach Moos­burg on a cycle path along the Isar through the Marz­lin­ger Au. Here you can choo­se bet­ween two cycle paths for the next stage. The main rou­te along the Isar takes you to Lands­hut, the capi­tal of Lower Bava­ria. Traus­nitz Cast­le towers unmist­aka­b­ly over the city and can be visi­ted all year round. 

On the next sec­tion of the rou­te, you pass many Isar reser­voirs and then reach the town of Din­gol­fing. Frei­sing, Lands­hut and Din­gol­fing-Land­au pre­sent them­sel­ves as coun­ties worth see­ing. Via Land­au an der Isar you now reach the Gäu­bo­den, which is a land­scape in the Danu­be val­ley and is one of the lar­gest loess soil are­as in sou­thern Ger­ma­ny. You ride along small coun­try roads towards your desti­na­ti­on, Deg­gen­dorf. If you still have enough ener­gy, you can cycle across the Isar estua­ry to Thun­dorf and from the­re take the Danu­be fer­ry to Nie­der­al­t­eich. The Isar cycle path offers you lots of cycling fun. Long stages with breath­ta­king views of the Bava­ri­an Alps, idyl­lic forests and river land­scapes as well as cul­tu­ral sights pep­pe­red with many high­lights and optio­nal excur­si­on desti­na­ti­ons await you on this tour. 

A small sel­ec­tion of sights along the Isar cycle path 

Which places are on the Isar cycle path? 
In the order from the source of the Isar to its mouth (down­stream), the fol­lo­wing towns are on the cycle rou­te: Schar­nitz, Mit­ten­wald, Wall­gau, Leng­gries, Bad Tölz, Munich, Frei­sing, Moos­burg, Lands­hut, Din­gol­fing, Land­au an der Isar, Platt­ling, Deggendorf. 
The Isar rises in the Kar­wen­del Natu­re Park in the Hin­ter­au­tal val­ley. The Hin­ter­au­tal is pro­ba­b­ly the most bike-fri­end­ly val­ley in the enti­re Kar­wen­del. It is the­r­e­fo­re defi­ni­te­ly worth taking a detour the­re by bike from your start­ing point on the rou­te in Mittenwald! 
Then we look for­ward to recei­ving your tra­vel report, which we will be hap­py to publish on our Face­book page or our tra­vel blog! 

*Feu­er und Eis Tou­ris­tik is an offi­ci­al coope­ra­ti­on part­ner of the Isar Cycle Path 

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