Road bike Around the Dolomites
Road bike tour at the food of UNESCO world heritage
The Dolomites are your constant companions during this round tour at the foot of the legendary “PALE MOUNTAINS”, on the list of UNESCO world heritage due to their “unique monumental beauty”. A marvellous landscape with bizarre rock formations, crystal clear lakes and flourishing fruit- and wine yards are waiting to be enjoyed.
Start point of this tour is the valley Hochpustertal, demarcating the Dolomites towards the North. Then you continue along the Eisacktal and Etschtal Valleys, forming the west boarder, passing South Tyrol’s capital Bolzano and reaching Trento. On the southern part of the Dolomites you will cycle through the Valsugana Valley to Feltre. The former Dolomites railway track will lead you into the direction of the Olympic town Cortina d’Ampezzo. Finally you will greet the famous Three Peaks from the Höhlensteintal and you turn back to the Hochpustertal.
Sporty cycling tour for road bikers with a basic training on little trafficked roads (except during high season July/August).
TRAVEL ITINERARY
8 days / 7 nights
Day 1: Alta Pusteria (Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco)
Individual arrival at the hotel in Alta Pusteria. Free, unguarded public car park near the hotel.
Day 2: Hochpustertal – Mühlbach/Rio Pusteria
(approx. 105 km, ascent 1.650 m difference in altitude)
The first part of your cycling day leads along the river Rienz which accompanies you to Valdaora before you cycle over the Furkelpass into the Ladin-speaking valley Gadertal and back to the main valley Pustertal into the Michael- Pacher-town Brunico. After a short ascent on the sunny high plateau with its villages Falzes, Issengo and Terento you will get to the ruins of Mühlbacher Klause. Leaving the Pustertal you cycle on through the Eisacktal Valley and the apple-high plateau Naz-Sciaves into the ancient Bishop’s town Bressanone. Bressanone is worth to be visited! From here, the route runs along the river Etsch. From far cloister Säben is welcoming you soaring over the city of Chiusa, where you will spend the night.
Day 3: Klausen/Chiusa – Trient/Trento
(approx. 110 km, ascent 1.630 m difference in altitude)
From Chiusa you cycle over the high plateau Renon, famous for its earth pyramids and the marvellous view over Schlern and Rosengarten into South Tyrol’s capital Bolzano, where two different linguistic cultures meet each other as well as the Italian and Tyrolean life styles. After a visit of Bolzano`s pedestrian and shopping area “Lauben” and the fruit market you cycle over South Tyrol’s wine road. Once you have passed Lake Kalterer See you will leave the mostly German speaking province of South Tyrol and get after Salorno into the Italian speaking Trentino. Fruit trees and wine yards accompany your way to the former bishop’s town Trento with its inviting historic town and castle Buonconsiglio.
Day 4: Trento – Feltre
(approx. 105 km, ascent 1.900 m difference in altitude)
After a longer ascent to Lake Caldonazzo, inviting you for a longer stop, you cycle through the Valsugana to Borgo Valsugana. You continue on the scenic road through small picturesque villages to Feltre, a little town on the former „Via Claudia Augusta“, an important Roman military road from Aquileia to Augsburg.
Day 5: Feltre – Pieve di Cadore
(approx. 130 km, ascent 2.700 m difference in altitude) or easy variant via Belluno (approx. 85 km, ascent 1.000 m difference in altitude)
You leave Feltre and cycle along the southern part of the Dolomites to Cesiomaggiore, also called “Village of Cycling“. The route leads you onto Passo San Boldo, a small alpine pass in the Veneto region. After a rapid descent, you will reach the hilly Prosecco region on the edge of the northern Italian plain at the foot of the Alps. Passing Lago di Santa Croce, you cycle through the Piave Valley to the stage destination Pieve di Cadore. If you prefer to make the day less challenging, you can choose the shorter, direct option via Belluno.
Tag 6: Feltre - Pieve di Cadore
(ca. 75 km, Aufstieg ca. 2600 Hm)
Durch Laubwald-Alleen gelangen Sie nach Belluno, der kleinen Hauptstadt der gleichnamigen Provinz. Ihren heutigen Weg säumen malerische kleine Ortschaften, die immer wieder zum kurzen Verweilen einladen. Im Norden fällt Ihr Blick zurück zu den mächtigen südlichen Dolomiten, den Wegbegleitern auf Ihren ersten Etappen. Sie setzen Ihren Weg Richtung Norden fort, vorbei an Longarone. Diese Ortschaft wurde innerhalb kürzester Zeit neu aufgebaut, nachdem sie im Jahre 1963 nach einem Felssturz am ehemaligen Vajont-Staudamm durch eine Flutwelle überschwemmt wurde. Auf dem neu gebauten Radweg geht es von Longarone bis nach Pieve di Cadore, Ihrem heutigen Etappenziel.
Day 6: Pieve di Cadore – Alta Pusteria
(approx. 90 km, ascent 1.600 m difference in altitude)
From Pieve di Cadore you cycle to Auronzo. We suggest a short detour to lake Misurina surrounded by the massif of the Drei Zinnen (Three Peaks), Monte Piana, the Cadini group, Monte Cristallo and in the South from Marmarole and Sorapiss. Your way continues over the Tre Croci Pass into the Olympic city Cortina d’Ampezzo and through the valley Höhlensteintal to Villabassa/Dobbiaco, end point of your road bike tour.
Day 7: Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco
Individual departure or possibility to extend your stay.
Prices and dates
| Standard | ||
|---|---|---|
| Package | view calendar | |
It is recommended to purchase an optional travel cancellation policy. Prices valid subject to changes in the offer, omissions, printing errors or arithmetic.
| Price per night in double room with breakfast | Toblach | From 01/05/2022 to 17/06/2022 | 59 € |
| Single room supplement per night | Toblach | From 01/05/2022 to 17/06/2022 | 17 € |
| Price per night in double room with breakfast | Toblach | From 18/06/2022 to 11/09/2022 | 79 € |
| Single room supplement per night | Toblach | From 18/06/2022 to 11/09/2022 | 17 € |
| Price per night in double room with breakfast | Toblach | From 12/09/2022 to 25/09/2022 | 59 € |
| Single room supplement per night | Toblach | From 12/09/2022 to 25/09/2022 | 17 € |
It is recommended to purchase an optional travel cancellation policy. Prices valid subject to changes in the offer, omissions, printing errors or arithmetic.
| rental bike 21-gear (men) | 89 € | |
| rental bicycle TOP (men) | 129 € | |
| Roadbike | 195 € | |
| rental bike 21-gear (women) | 89 € | |
It is recommended to purchase an optional travel cancellation policy. Prices valid subject to changes in the offer, omissions, printing errors or arithmetic.
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General information
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By car: By car on the Brenner/Brennero motorway (A22) to Brixen/Bressanone – take the exit Brixen/Bressanone - Pustertal/Val Pusteria, then through the valley Pustertal/Valle Pusteria (SS49) to Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco, depending on the location of your hotel or drive along the Felbertauernstraße to Lienz in Eastern Tyrol (Austria) and then further into Italy through the valley Pustertal/Valle Pusteria to Toblach/Dobbiaco or Niederdorf/Villabassa, depending on the location of your hotel.
By train: Take the train from Innsbruck over the Brenner/Brennero to Franzensfeste/Fortezza. Change the train to the Pustertal/Valle Pusteria - Lienz and get off either at Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco depending on the location of your hotel. Timetable available on: www.deutschebahn.de, www.oebb.at, www.trenitalia.com.
By plane: Low cost flights are available to Innsbruck airport, “Sant’ Angelo - Antonio Canova” airport in Treviso and/or to the Marco Polo airport in Venice. On request, we can organize transfers from the airport to the starting point of the cycle tour.
Hotels 3*** category.
Attention: Tourist tax – if requested – has to be paid on the spot!
Free unattended parking facilities for the duration of the bicycle tour at a nearby public parking area.
Pinarello Prince Carbon Mod. 2020 – Shimano 11V (on request, limited availability) or similar version.
• Accommodation in hotels 3*** category
• Breakfast buffet or full breakfast
• Personal tour information
• Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel
• Well planned routes
• Detailed documents (maps, GPS tracks, places to visit, important telephone numbers)
• Telephone service hotline for the entire tour
• Arrival to the starting point of the tour
• Departure at the end of the tour
• Drinks, tourist tax and all extras
• Lunch, Dinner
• Not mentioned entries
• Rental bikes and Travel insurance
• All not expressly mentioned under the item „Included services“
FAQ
Questions and answers
This question is often asked when planning this kind of holydays. And unfortunately, the answer is anything but easy. Of course, we try to give you the opportunity to estimate the sporting challenge with the announcement of the racing bike tour, kilometre and altitude information, etc.
But if it is already difficult to estimate it for oneself, then it is almost impossible for us to answer this answer satisfactorily.
Nevertheless: A realistic self-assessment and a good preparation are very important and make the trip a positive experience and unforgettable holiday and not a fight.
After a fixed booking we will be gladly to send you the GSP data.
