Via Clau­dia Augus­ta — Crossing the Alps from Augs­burg to Lake Garda

Get out of the city and into natu­re! Through the local recrea­ti­on area of Augs­burg Forest, the cycle path leads along the Lech river through the bota­ni­cal tre­asu­re tro­ve of the Lech­tal heaths, pas­ses the gent­le hills of the Pfaf­fen­win­kel natu­re regi­on near Schon­gau to the Forg­gen­see lake and leads past the Füs­sen Lech Falls direct­ly into the Tyro­lean Alps. From Reut­te, an orga­ni­zed trans­fer takes you to Fern­stein­see Cast­le and the cycle path takes you through the pic­tures­que Gur­gl­tal val­ley into the Tyro­lean Ober­land. A trans­fer takes you up the ascent to Nau­ders on the Reschen Pass. From Lake Reschen in South Tyrol, the Adi­ge Cycle Path takes you along the playful river through lush orchards and cul­ti­va­ted land­scapes until the Vinsch­gau Val­ley mer­ges into the Burg­gra­fen­amt Meran near Töll, at the for­mer Roman cus­toms sta­ti­on of the Via Clau­dia Augus­ta. Sou­thern flair is exu­ded by the viney­ards that nest­le in swee­ping lines around Lake Kal­tern, seam­less­ly mer­ging from the South Tyro­lean low­lands into Tren­ti­no and inter­rupt­ed only by sta­te­ly cast­les on stee­p­ly slo­ping high pla­teaus. It is almost only a stone’s throw from Tren­to to Riva del Gar­da and the deep blue moun­tain lake beck­ons with its rug­ged rocks and the deli­ca­te pink of the ole­an­der bushes