Via Clau­dia Augus­ta — From Augs­burg to Bol­za­no: sporty

The bike path winds through the Augs­bur­ger Wald recrea­tio­nal area, fol­lo­wing the Lech River through the bota­ni­cal tre­asu­re tro­ve of the Lech Val­ley heath­lands all the way to Schon­gau. In the distance, the sil­hou­et­te of the Bava­ri­an Alps alre­a­dy rises, at times ele­gant­ly shrou­ded in a deli­ca­te veil. Pas­sing the Füs­sen Lech Falls, the bike path con­ti­nues along the Lech into the Tyro­lean Außer­fern regi­on. The mist lifts, and the rug­ged ele­gan­ce of the Lech Val­ley Alps and the Zug­spit­ze mas­sif flank the bike path all the way to the Erwal­der Basin, a pro­tec­ted moor­land area whe­re sec­tions of a Roman mili­ta­ry road*—the Via Clau­dia Augusta—lie pre­ser­ved under­ground. From Biber­wier, an orga­ni­zed trans­fer takes you to Fern­stein­see Cast­le, and the bike path car­ri­es you briskly through the pic­tures­que Gurgl Val­ley into the Upper Inn Val­ley as far as Lan­deck. A chal­len­ging, win­ding climb of about 700 meters in ele­va­ti­on awaits you bet­ween Pfunds and Nau­ders at the Reschen Pass. From Lake Reschen in South Tyrol, the Adi­ge Cycle Path fol­lows the mean­de­ring river through the lush fruit-gro­wing land­scapes of the Vinsch­gau Val­ley to the spa town of Mer­ano. The viney­ards exu­de a sou­thern charm as they nest­le into the land­scape in swee­ping cur­ves around Lake Kal­tern, idyl­li­cal­ly crad­ling the bio­to­pe in their embrace. In the lively com­mer­cial city of Bol­za­no, you can reflect on your cycling trip over a lei­su­re­ly, rela­xing ape­ri­tif at Waltherplatz.