Via Clau­dia Augus­ta from Füs­sen to Venice

In the Foot­s­teps of the Romans! Your cycling jour­ney across the Alps beg­ins along the anci­ent rou­te of the Via Clau­dia Augus­ta, which cros­ses the Forg­gen­stau­see. After a brief inter­lude explo­ring King Ludwig’s visi­ons at his Neu­schwan­stein Cast­le, the bike path con­ti­nues past the Lech Falls near Füs­sen and fol­lows the Lech River into the Tyro­lean Alps. From Reut­te, an orga­ni­zed trans­fer takes you to Fern­stein­see Cast­le, and the bike path car­ri­es you briskly through the pic­tures­que Gurgl Val­ley into the Tyro­lean Ober­land. A trans­fer takes you up the climb to Nau­ders at the Reschen Pass. Start­ing at Lake Reschen in South Tyrol, the Adi­ge Cycle Rou­te takes you along the mean­de­ring river through lush orchards and farm­land until you reach Töll—at the for­mer Roman cus­toms sta­ti­on on the Via Clau­dia Augusta—where the Vinsch­gau Val­ley tran­si­ti­ons into the Burg­gra­fen­amt regi­on of Mer­ano. The viney­ards exu­de a sou­thern charm as they nest­le into the land­scape in swee­ping cur­ves around Lake Kal­tern, seam­less­ly tran­si­tio­ning from the South Tyro­lean low­lands into Tren­ti­no. You’ll lea­ve the city of Tren­to by trans­fer and cycle through the famous Valsug­a­na ther­mal regi­on along the Bren­ta River, which accom­pa­nies you almost all the way to Felt­re. With the graceful hills of the world-famous Val­d­ob­bia­de­ne Pro­sec­co regi­on behind you, your rou­te takes you through tran­quil vil­la­ges and his­to­ri­cal­ly signi­fi­cant cities such as Tre­vi­so, befo­re Quar­to d’Altino signals the end of your jour­ney. By train, you’ll arri­ve direct­ly in the cen­ter of Venice, and not­hing will stand in the way of a lei­su­re­ly stroll through the Sere­nis­si­ma with its palaz­zi and art treasures.