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Cycling between castles and wine taverns

Cycling between castles and wine tavernsPhoto: Tom Bierl
Cycling between castles and wine taverns
Many well-maintained paths, mostly traffic-free, lead to the wine villages, such as St. Michael or Kurtatsch, and to the Montiggl lakes, which are always warm enough for swimming in summer, and to Lake Kaltern.

Many people just cycle through here from Merano to Bolzano and continue along the Via Claudia Augusta along the Adige towards the Adriatic. A detour to the vineyards between Terlano/Terlan and Termeno/Tramin would be well worthwhile, and not just because of the good wine that thrives here and is served in countless cosy wineries and inns.

Beyond the wine, excursions to the church of St. Pauls/Eppan and Hocheppan Castle are recommended. The most exciting of many, as more than 180 castles, palaces and noble residences characterise the lovely landscape around Appiano/Eppan on the South Tyrolean Wine Road. And if it gets a little too rural for your taste, we recommend a bike trip to the nearby provincial capital of Bolzano for shopping, feasting or sightseeing. You can also see the famous "Ötzi" in the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology.

The cycling infrastructure is very good with many tarmac, well signposted cycle paths. The terrain is hilly to mountainous away from the Adige Valley, but the cycle paths usually have tolerable gradients.

GPS data

You can download the GPX track for this tour download directly via this link or find it in the MYBIKE Collection on komoot

Tour tip 1: Pleasure tour, 54 km, 360 metres in altitude;
Kaltern - Kalterer See - Tramin - Kurtatsch - Margreid - Kurtinig - Gmund - Kalterer See - Eppan - Kaltern

Tour tip 2: Round tour Überetsch-Unterland, 59 km, 360 metres in altitude; Terlan - Sigmundskron - St. Michael - Kaltern - Auer - Sigmundskron - Terlan

Journey

Many Eurocity trains from Munich via Brenner stop in Bolzano.

Tour combinations

Adige cycle path, Isarco cycle path

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Overnight stay

Hotel Traminer Hof in Tramin, traminerhof.it
Hotel Neuhausmühle in Vilpian/Terlan, www.neuhausmuehle.com
Hotel Gantkofel in Andriano, www.gantkofel.com
Terzer Inn in Kurtatsch, www.gasthof-terzer.it/de
Hotel Wilma in Nals, www.hotelwilma.com

Maps/Literature

Kompass Cycling Map 3414 "Merano, Bolzano surroundings", 1:70,000

Information

South Tyrol South holiday region, tel. 0039-0471/633488, www.suedtirols-sueden.info

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