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.
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
National Park Panorama Tower Wurbauerkogel
- All weather
- Suitable for groups
- Suitable for pushchairs
A magnificent mountain backdrop awaits you from the panorama tower on the Wurbauerkogel in the Pyhrn-Priel vacation region. No fewer than 21 two-thousand-metre peaks can be seen on the adventure mountain in good visibility. The names of the surrounding peaks can be read on the panorama panels on the various floors. At the top of the viewing platform, you can enjoy a 360-degree panoramic view. This ranges from the Sengsengebirge to the Reichraminger Hintergebirge and the Haller Mauern, the Warscheneck and the Totes Gebirge. You can also see the striking Kleiner Buchstein in the Gesäuse National Park!
You can experience non-stop wow moments from a new perspective at the glass tower in Windischgarsten.
Fascination of rock" exhibition
Knowledge to take away at the panorama tower
The glass panorama tower on Wurbauerkogel is 21 meters high and extends over six floors. It not only offers spectacular views of the surrounding Upper Austrian mountain panorama, but also houses an interesting exhibition. In the "Fascination of Rock" exhibition, visitors of all ages can learn all about the local mountain world and the flora and fauna adapted to the conditions. On 150 square meters, extraordinary, remarkable and world-class achievements from the animal and plant world are presented to visitors. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
Hint / Advice:
- A special tip: With the audio guide you get a lot of additional information in German, English and Czech.
- Comfortably take the panoramic lift to the viewing terrace. When visibility is good, 21 2000m peaks can be seen!
- Starting point for hikes in the Kalkalpen National Park. Start/finish theme trail “Nature Traces” leads to the National Park Lodge Villa Sonnwend.
A9 - Roßleithen exit - B138 in the direction of Windischgarsten - town center - turn off at the municipal office to the Bergbahn car park. The "arrival" to the 858m high Wurbauerkogel is easiest with the chair lift, on foot on marked hiking trails (walking time approx. 3/4 hours, almost 250 meters in altitude), by bike or car.
Hint / Advice:
- A special tip: With the audio guide you get a lot of additional information in German, English and Czech.
- Comfortably take the panoramic lift to the viewing terrace. When visibility is good, 21 2000m peaks can be seen!
- Starting point for hikes in the Kalkalpen National Park. Start/finish theme trail “Nature Traces” leads to the National Park Lodge Villa Sonnwend.
Easter 2025: Maundy Thursday to Holy Saturday April 17-19 and Easter Monday April 21 from 10 am to 4 pm
All weekends in April: April 5/6; 12/13; 26/27 from 10 am to 4 pm
Group visits are gladly possible upon request: Phone registration +43 7562 5266-17
SUMMER SEASON - May 1 to November 2, 2025
May 1 - June 27
Monday to Sunday from 10 am - 4:30 pm
June 28 - September 7
Monday to Sunday from 9:30 am - 5 pm
September 8 - September 30
Monday to Sunday from 10 am - 4:30 pm
October 1 - November 2
Tuesday - Sunday from 10 am - 4:30 pm
Monday is a rest day!
858 m
Accessibility / arrivalA9 - Roßleithen exit - B138 in the direction of Windischgarsten - town center - turn off at the municipal office to the Bergbahn car park. The "arrival" to the 858m high Wurbauerkogel is easiest with the chair lift, on foot on marked hiking trails (walking time approx. 3/4 hours, almost 250 meters in altitude), by bike or car.
- Toilet facility
- Diaper room
- Playground (outdoors)
Mountain inn at the Tower
- Shop
- Adults: € 6.70
- Discounted adults (groups of 20 or more): € 5.70
- Children up to 15 years: € 3.70
- School groups: € 3.20
Tower Quiz: € 1.50 per student
A brochure with many puzzles and exciting tasks related to the exhibition in the Panorama Tower National Park Kalkalpen, specifically for school groups
- Student groups with school class
NatureEvent National Park: from 15 participants (incl. guided half-day tour, panorama tower incl. film and exhibition, one Alpine Coaster ride)
€ 19.50 for school classes
€ 17.00 per pupil for holders of a Pyhrn-Priel Card
With Pyhrn Priel Card € 17.00
schulEvent wigwam = All 3D adventure stations + panorama tower Kalkalpen National Park incl. "Fascination Rock" exhibition & film
€ 27.00 per pupil
€ 24.00 per pupil for holders of a Pyhrn-Priel Card - Groups
NatureEvent National Park: from 13 participants (incl. guided half-day tour, panorama tower incl. film and exhibition, Alpine Coaster ride)
€ 30.50 for adults
€ 25.50 for holders of a Pyhrn-Priel Card
teamEvent wigwam = All 3D adventure stations + panorama tower Kalkalpen National Park incl. "Fascination Rock" exhibition & film
€ 735.00 All-inclusive up to 15 participants | additional persons € 49.00 each
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Pyhrn-Priel-Card
Free admission, tour of the tower and "Fascination of Rock" exhibition including cinema, as often as you like. -
Phyrn-Priel seasonal pass
Free admission, tour of the tower and "Fascination of Rock" exhibition including cinema, as often as you like. -
Family Card OÖ
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- Holiday coupon Pyhrn-Priel
- All weather
- Suitable for groups
- Suitable for schools
- Suitable for pushchairs
- Suitable for single travelers
- Suitable for friends
- Suitable for couples
- Suitable for children
- Spring
- Summer
- Autumn
- Winter
Completely suitable for wheelchairs. The object complies with the legally stipulated ÖNORM.
- ground level accessible
- door width (min. 80 cm)
- handicapped accessible lift
- lift door access area with 150 cm depth
- lift size (cabin width > 110cm, depth >140cm
- lift door width minimum 80 cm
- The elevator touch panel is at 85 cm height
- Comment Elevator: Exit/entry only possible on the ground floor and first floor (viewing platform!) - intermediate floors not accessible without barriers!
- Entrance to the building
- Toilet facility for disabled people
- Outside area
- Comment Access / ramps: Arrival by car to the car park at the top station of the Wurbauerkogel chairlift, max. 50 m on the asphalt path to the entrance to the Panorama Tower (moderate gradient!).
Contact
National Park Panorama Tower Wurbauerkogel Wurbauerkogel 29
4581 Rosenau am Hengstpaß
Phone +43 7562 200 - 46
Fax machine +43 7562 205 - 16
E-Mailpanoramaturm@kalkalpen.at
Webwww.kalkalpen.at/
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Contact person
Nationalpark Panoramaturm Wurbauerkogel
Wurbauerkogel 29
4581 Rosenau am Hengstpaß
Phone +43 7562 200 - 46
Fax machine +43 7562 205 - 16
E-Mailpanoramaturm@kalkalpen.at
Webwww.kalkalpen.at/
