Cycling tour Austria: Ten Lakes Tour Salzkammergut

Arrival Salzburg or Trumer Lakes

Welcome to the Salzkammergut! At your starting hotel you will receive your tour information and, if booked, your rental bikes.

Please note: If your arrival hotel has been booked at Lake Trum, the following day tours will be postponed accordingly. In this case you start the tour with the route described on day 3 and cycle Salzburg – Trumer Seen on the last cycling day.

Bike tour Salzburg – Trumer Seen Wallersee, approx. 55 km, 560 m ↑, 480 m ↓, ~ 5 h

Along the Salzach you cycle to Oberndorf (birthplace of the Christmas carol “Silent Night”), Arnsdorf (Silent Night Museum) to Michaelbeuern (Abbey) and further to the Trumer-Seen-Land (Obertrumer See, Mattsee, Grabensee) and partly to the Wallersee. Shorter, direct variant also possible!

Bike tour Trumer Seen – Mondsee, approx. 45 km, 550 m ↑↓, ~ 4 h

Through the nature reserve of the Egel lakes to Schleedorf and on to the idyllic Irrsee. Overnight stay Mondsee (castle, smoke house).

Bike tour Mondsee – Attersee – Traunsee, approx. 65 km, 850 m ↑↓, ~ 7 h

Boat trip / crossing to Attersee when arriving in July and August, outside these times you cycle along the Attersee. Through the Aurachtal you cycle to the Traunsee with Gmunden (Orth Castle, ceramics factory), Altmünster (bicycle museum) and Traunkirchen (fisherman’s pulpit).

Cycle tour Traunsee – Hallstätter See – Bad Goisern, approx. 60 km, 540 m ↑, 470 m ↓, ~ 6 h

By bike or train from Lake Traun up to Obertraun on Lake Hallstatt (Dachstein ice caves). Along the lake to Hallstatt (“most beautiful lakeside town in the world”, oldest salt mine). The stage destination is Bad Goisern or one of the neighboring villages.

Bike tour Bad Goisern – Wolfgangsee, approx. 35 km, 330 m ↑, 280 m ↓, ~ 4 h with ferry crossing

Via Bad Ischl (Emperor’s Park, Emperor’s Villa, Sissi’s Teahouse) along the Ischler Ache to Lake Wolfgang: St. Wolfgang (Weißes Rößl, Parish Church, rack railroad up the Schafberg), Strobl, Abersee (Zinkenbachklamm) and St. Gilgen, the Mozart village on Lake Wolfgang are stage towns.

Bike tour Wolfgangsee – Salzburg, approx. 70 km

Along the cycle path to St. Gilgen (“Mozart’s village”) and further to the deep blue Fuschlsee. From there into the Tiefbrunnau, past the Hintersee and through the Strubklamm into the Wiestal (reservoir). Through the Glasenbach gorge into the Salzach valley. Shortly before Salzburg, Hellbrunn Palace (park, zoo, water games) is worth a visit. The destination is the festival and Mozart city of Salzburg with its numerous sights (fortress, old town).