Inns­bruck — Reschen­pass — Mer­ano — Venice: sporty

From the val­ley basin of the Alpi­ne metro­po­lis of Inns­bruck, you cycle upstream into one of the most fasci­na­ting regi­ons in the heart of the Alps, as the Inn Cycle Path mean­ders, nest­led in the rug­ged Tyro­lean moun­ta­ins, to the Obe­re Gericht in the Lan­deck dis­trict. A spor­ty, ser­pen­ti­ne ascent of approx. 700 meters in alti­tu­de awaits you bet­ween Pfunds and Nau­ders on the Reschen Pass. From Lake Reschen in South Tyrol, the Adi­ge cycle path takes you along the playful river through the lush fruit-gro­wing land­scapes of the sun-dren­ched Vinsch­gau Val­ley via the spa town of Mer­ano to the Cas­tel­fe­der vaca­ti­on regi­on. The viney­ards alre­a­dy exu­de a sou­thern flair, blen­ding into the land­scape in swee­ping lines and allo­wing the South Tyro­lean low­lands to mer­ge seam­less­ly into Tren­ti­no and its sophisti­ca­ted capi­tal Tren­to. The reward for the climb to Alta Valsug­a­na is a magni­fi­cent view of the ther­mal regi­on of the fer­ti­le Sug­a­na Val­ley, who­se cycle path along the Bren­ta River accom­pa­nies you almost as far as Felt­re. With the graceful hills of the world-famous Pro­sec­co-gro­wing regi­on of Val­d­ob­bia­de­ne behind you, your rou­te takes you through tran­quil vil­la­ges and his­to­ri­cal­ly signi­fi­cant towns such as Tre­vi­so, befo­re Quar­to dAl­ti­no announ­ces the desti­na­ti­on of your jour­ney. The train takes you direct­ly to the cen­ter of Venice and not­hing stands in the way of an exten­si­ve stroll through the Sere­nis­si­ma with its palaz­zi and art treasures.