Via Clau­dia Augus­ta — From Füs­sen to Lake Garda

Your cycle tour across the Alps beg­ins along the anci­ent rou­te of the Via Clau­dia Augus­ta across the Forg­gen Reser­voir. After a brief inter­mez­zo with King Lud­wi­g’s visi­ons in his Neu­schwan­stein Cast­le, the cycle path fol­lows the Lech past the Füs­sen Lech Falls and on 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 to 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 leads 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 tran­si­tio­ning from the South Tyro­lean low­lands to 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 Lake Gar­da beck­ons with its rug­ged rocks and the deli­ca­te pink of the ole­an­der bushes.