Tour tips:
The Berchtesgadener Land is the first region in Germany to be properly geared up for leisure cycling with the Flyer bike and has created its own infrastructure. This includes seven hire stations for the special bikes, which - together with three other pure exchange stations - always provide new energy (empty battery - full battery).
The Hochschwarzeck mountain railway offers a special service, where you can take the cable car up to the mountain pasture while charging your batteries. Flyer bikes are available to hire from 18 euros/day. Information about the Flyer infrastructure (participating hotels and hire stations, battery exchange stations, package deals, tour tips, Flyer events, etc.) is available from movelo GmbH, Getreidegasse 9, 83435 Bad Reichenhall, Tel. 08651/7666666, mailto:info@movelo.com , http://www.movelo.com . An overview of other Flyer holiday regions with special infrastructure can be found on the website http://www.flyertravel.ch
Journey:
By train via Munich to Bad Reichenhall or Berchtesgaden, http://www.bahn.de or http://www.fahrtziel-natur.de
The quickest way to get here by car is via the A8 Munich-Salzburg motorway to the Bad Reichenhall exit. From there, take the B 20 to Bad Reichenhall and Berchtesgaden.
Contact:
Berchtesgadener-Land-Tourismus GmbH, Bahnhofsplatz 4, 83471 Berchtesgaden, Tel. 08652/ 6565030, Fax 6565099, mailto:info@berchtesgadenerland.com , http://www.berchtesgadener-land.com
Further information can be obtained from the Berchtesgaden National Park Authority, tel. 08652/96860, http://www.nationalpark-berchtesgaden.de . The central contact point on site is the National Park Centre in Berchtesgaden (Franziskanerplatz 7, Tel. 08652/64343).
Accommodation:
The Hotel Panorama, Baderstraße 3, 83435 Bad Reichenhall, Tel. 08651/76330, Fax 763330, mailto:info@ph-panoramahotel. de , http://www.ph-panoramahotel.de . Flyer hire station in the hotel. Bed and breakfast in a double room costs from 52.50 euros per person. The Berghotel Rehlegg, Holzengasse 16 - 18, 83486 Ramsau, Tel. 08657/98840, Fax 9884444, mailto:info@rehlegg.de offers an equally beautiful mountain panorama, http://www.rehlegg.de . Flyer hire station in the hotel. Bed and breakfast in a double room costs from 57 euros per person.
Tip:
Anyone interested in history should not miss the documentation on the Obersalzberg. The Munich Institute of Contemporary History provides information about Hitler's Alpine base using state-of-the-art multivision technology. Tel. 08652/947960, http://www.obersalzberg.de
Literature/Maps:
Cycle route descriptions with map sections at a scale of 1:75,000 can be found in the "Berchtesgadener Land" cycle atlas (€11.90) from Esterbauer Verlag. The Freytag & Berndt hiking and cycling tour map WKD5 "Berchtesgaden - Bad Reichenhall - Königssee", scale 1:25,000, 6.80 euros, is suitable for orientation.
