1st cycle tour around Lake Starnberg
If you have Lake Starnberg, which was still called Würmsee until 1962, on your doorstep, you can definitely talk about a locational advantage as a cyclist. The great thing about it is that the circular tour doesn't get boring even after the umpteenth time. Only at the weekend does the route around the "Fürstensee" tend to get a little bumpy. It doesn't matter where we get on our bikes on this tour. If you are travelling, it is best to choose an S-Bahn station, e.g. from Starnberg, and start in an anti-clockwise direction. We cycle southwards along the shores where the future Empress Sisi grew up, past parks, old villas, Possenhofen Palace and Garatshausen Palace.
2. the great art loop - multi-day tour for connoisseurs and nature lovers
Great art and the most beautiful Upper Bavaria characterise this long tour between Munich, Landsberg am Lech, Tegernsee and Garmisch-Partenkirchen. We start directly in Munich. We save the galleries and art galleries for our return. First we cycle through the Isar floodplains, then along the Mangfall towards Tegernsee and on to Bad Tölz and Lenggries. On the next stage through Jachenau, the route climbs up to Walchensee, also known as the "Bavarian Caribbean" because of its turquoise blue water. After the high mountain section, we follow the Loisach from Garmisch-Partenkirchen and cross the Murnauer Moos.
3. on the trail of art in the Pfaffenwinkel
With so much attractive nature in the foothills of the Alps, the fine arts should not be neglected. Why do you think so many famous painters have focussed on this landscape? At the start of the tour in Penzberg, the Campendonk Collection beckons. A little to the south, in Sindelsdorf, the painter Heinrich Campendonk, a member of the expressionist artists' group "Blauer Reiter", lived more than a hundred years ago. At the turning point of the tour in Bernried on Lake Starnberg, the Buchheim Museum awaits with its extensive collection of the Expressionist painters' association "Die Brücke". True art fans should take two days for this museum tour.
4. from the Wendelstein to the state capital
Most day trippers cycle such tours from the city out into the mountains and back by train. We do it the other way round. We get on our bikes at Bayrischzell railway station, right in the middle of the Alps. If you're early enough, you can take a scenic cable car ride to the Wendelstein. The cycle route winds picturesquely between high mountains past Geitau and Fischbachau to Schliersee. Connoisseurs first stop for a coffee in the cosy ambience of La Stazione at Neuhaus station. In summer, you can stop for a swim at the lake.
5th summit enjoyment between Ammersee and Hohenpeißenberg
This day tour in the "Pfaffenwinkel" region takes in two prominent onion domes in a row: Andechs Monastery and the summit church of Hohenpeißenberg. The almost 1,000 metre high Hohenpeißenberg needs to be conquered with muscle or motor power: Between the valley town of Peißenberg and the summit, there are a good 300 metres in altitude in one go. But the struggle on the narrow tarred road is worth it. Because of its magnificent views, the Hohenpeißenberg is also known as the "Bavarian Rigi" in reference to the Swiss panoramic mountain. Apart from this summit and turning point, the route shines with its lack of traffic and abundance of nature. To avoid the rather noisy shore area of Lake Ammer, the route scrambles through old forest. After crossing the Ammer near Pähl, the nature reserve including the "bird sanctuary" on the southern shore of the Ammersee is worth mentioning, as is the flat landscape of the largely drained moorland west of Weilheim.
6th Isar valley and Karwendel massifs: gravel biking along the young Isar river
The backdrop is dominated by the mighty Karwendel cliffs, with the young Isar babbling at their feet, still a wild mountain river here. We are in the border region of Bavaria and Tyrol, easily accessible by train from Munich via Garmisch-Partenkirchen. If you want to head straight into the mountains, the gravel tour starts in Scharnitz on the Austrian side. If you want to warm up a little, start in Mittenwald in Bavaria and cycle the beautiful flat section through the Riedboden. We also follow the Isar in Scharnitz. Just after the last houses, the road changes from tarmac to gravel again. At the turn-off into the Gleirschtal valley, we can consider adding a detour to the source of the Isar - ten beautiful, relatively flat kilometres.
7. in the west of the Bavarian Sea - from Prien to the Eggstätt-Hemhofer lake district
We start at the railway station in the popular, lively town of Prien am Chiemsee heading north. First we cycle through the villages and reach the shores of Lake Chiemsee north of Westernach. We then continue along the cycle path, mostly directly by the lake. If you are cycling in summer, don't forget your swimming gear. There are plenty of lidos. In Hochstätt, Cafe Toni is a must-stop: the most beautiful view of the lake and the Alpine panorama. And the tip for a snack: in Gollenshausen, the Seehäusl beer garden right on the lake. In Seebruck, we turn away from Lake Chiemsee, briefly following the River Alz to Seeon. The former Benedictine monastery there with its small lake is well worth a visit.
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