Road biking tours in the Salzkammergut

Various racing bicycle tours in the Salzkammergut region

Reel off uncountable kilometres, feel the wind in your helmet and test your physical boundaries: many sportspeople just cannot resist the temptation of the narrow wheels.

Go to new places with your road bike: in the road biking region Salzkammergut you go through wonderful lake and mountain landscapes of a unique variety during your road biking tours.

Bad Goisern – road biking tour to the Attersee variant 1

This beautiful tour takes you to the most beautiful Salzkammergut lakes.

Starting from Landhotel Agathawirt in Bad Goisern you take the main road B145 to the emperor’s town Bad Ischl. At the junction Bad Ischl Nord you take the road to Ebensee / Gmunden. Before reaching Ebensee you turn left into the Weißenbachtal valley (B153) and reach Weißenbach am Attersee. Via Strobl and Bad Ischl you finally go back to Bad Goisern.

Bad Goisern – Attersee with the racing bike variant II - long

The first part of this variant is the same as variant I until Weißenbach am Attersee. Then you cycle anti-clockwise around the Attersee and pass the villages Steinbach, Weyregg, Schörfling and Seewalchen, Attersee, Nussdorf and finally Unterach. Here you take the road to Mondsee. Just as in variant I you then go via Wiesenau and Schafling to St. Gilgen, then on to Strobl and Bad Ischl until you reach Landhotel Agathawirt in Bad Goisern.

Bad Goisern – Strobl on the racing bike

A beautiful and easy racing bike tour from Bad Goisern to Lake Wolfgang and through the emperor’s town Bad Ischl. Along the main road B145 you go slightly downhill to Bad Ischl. On a parallel path to the main road you cross the emperor’s town before you bike on a short stretch of the main road B158 to Pfandl. There you turn right at the traffic lights to the “Alte Wolfgangseestraße” L546. Via Wirling and Radau the road goes to Strobl and from here along the B158 back to the starting point in Bad Goisern.

Two men ride down a road in the Salzkammergut on their racing bike
The most beautiful road bike tours in Bad Goisern

Obertraun – Bad Aussee road biking tour

This tour leads you through the picturesque Koppental valley.

From the hotel you take the east shore hiking and biking path to Obertraun. There you make a turn to the road leading into the Koppental valley before you conquer the steepest part, the Koppenpass with a challenging gradient of max. 23%. On you go to Bad Aussee and then on the main road B145 towards Bad Goisern. At the traffic junction Bad Goisern Süd you turn to the main road B153 towards Gosaumühle. Here you turn at the junction and go via Hallstatt and Obertraun back to Hotel Agathawirt.

Road bike holidays in Landhotel Agathawirt

Have we wetted your appetite to explore the unique natural landscape of the Dachstein-Salzkammergut with the road bike? Bikers will be very well cared for in Landhotel Agathawirt and will always receive valuable tips for their bike tours by the hosts themselves. Send us a no-obligation enquiry for your holidays in Landhotel Agathawirt in Bad Goisern!

Selected road bike routes around Bad Goisern

Blacksmith - Lindermayr

Spital am Pyhrn, Oberösterreich, Österreich
  • All weather
  • Suitable for groups

The blackmith workshop worked for the collegial church of Spital over 500 years ago and from 1808 onwards for a period of 150 years the factory was used as tool smith for waggoners, wood-cutters and farmers.

The former smithy of the pin Spital am Pyhrn caused by commercial traffic to and from Venice in the time after 1300. The first detectable blacksmith Andreas was still working for the hospital.

Andreas Ferdinand Lindermayr took over the smithy at a time in the Baroque style of the pin promised fruitful work. Became famous for the ornate lines of the 1734 completed his degree grid of the Collegiate Church.
Until the middle of the Steyr Smith delivered from his jobs, including grave crosses, window baskets, pub signs and door hardware. His son Matthew expanded the business to a Frätschlerei, a general store and also ran the weapons Locksmith and watchmaking.

The renovation at the National Exhibition in 1998, enabled the establishment of a blacksmith shop. It also includes an exhibition on the history of the blacksmith and the blacksmith's trade with interesting exhibits.



Hint / Advice: The end grille of the Spital am Pyhrn collegiate church, made by Andreas Ferdinand Lindermayr, is considered one of the most beautiful ironworks in Austria. Try yourself as a “blacksmith” and work on the glowing iron with a hammer.

Private: A9 towards Graz - exit Spital am Pyhrn - town center or from Kirchdorf on the B138 towards Spital am Pyhrn - town center after the municipal office turn left - (after 50m on the right) Weinmeisterstraße 6

Public: By bus - line 911 or 436 to the Spital am Pyhrn Hauptplatz stop - walking time approx. 1 min.



Hint / Advice: The end grille of the Spital am Pyhrn collegiate church, made by Andreas Ferdinand Lindermayr, is considered one of the most beautiful ironworks in Austria. Try yourself as a “blacksmith” and work on the glowing iron with a hammer.

Summer: Guided tours - every Wednesday from 9 - 12 - free of charge with the Pyhrn-Priel Card.

Daily visits are possible for a fee by prior arrangement by telephone.

Winter: In the cold season only by appointment (book a week in advance)

Closing day
  • Monday
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • Friday
  • Saturday
  • Sunday
Accessibility / arrival

Private: A9 towards Graz - exit Spital am Pyhrn - town center or from Kirchdorf on the B138 towards Spital am Pyhrn - town center after the municipal office turn left - (after 50m on the right) Weinmeisterstraße 6

Public: By bus - line 911 or 436 to the Spital am Pyhrn Hauptplatz stop - walking time approx. 1 min.

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General price information
  • Adults: Admission incl. guided tour and forging demonstration: EUR 10
  • Children: Admission including guided tour and forging demonstration: EUR 8

Groups of 15 or more also get free entry

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Discounts (Memberships)
  • Pyhrn-Priel-Card
    Free participation in guided tours of the forge and blacksmith demonstrations as often as you like.
  • Phyrn-Priel seasonal pass
    Free participation in guided tours of the forge and blacksmith demonstrations as often as you like.
  • Holiday coupon Pyhrn-Priel
  • All weather
  • Suitable for groups
  • Suitable for schools

Somewhat suitable for wheelchairs: Assistance is sometimes necessary. The measurements do not (fully) conform to the legally stipulated ÖNORM.

Access
  • ground level accessible
other information
  • path width (min. 150 cm)
  • Escort required
  • Entrance to the building
  • Outside area
  • Comment Access / ramps: The upper floor of the building is only accessible via a wooden staircase, so it is not handicapped accessible!

Contact


Blacksmith - Lindermayr
Weinmeisterstraße 6
4582 Spital am Pyhrn

Phone +43 7563 206 - 43
mobile +43 676 6375251
E-Mailerika.m.mayr@aon.at
Webwww.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at/sc…

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Contact person
Mrs Erika Mayr
Verein für Kultur und Geschichte
Weinmeisterstraße 6
4582 Spital am Pyhrn

Phone +43 7563 206 - 43
mobile +43 676 6375251
E-Mailerika.m.mayr@aon.at
Webwww.urlaubsregion-pyhrn-priel.at/schauschmiede.html

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