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

Traun Bike Trail R4

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Path number: R4
Starting place: 4810 Gmunden
Destination: 4481 Asten

duration: 5h 21m
length: 82,8 km
Altitude difference (uphill): 180m
Altitude difference (downhill): 361m

Lowest point: 245m
Highest point: 465m
difficulty: medium
condition: medium
panoramic view: Some Views

Paths covering:
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The Traun bike trail is one of the most important north-south routes for cyclists in Upper Austria.

You cycle from the beautiful town hall square in Gmunden am Traunsee along the Traun river to the “Marienbrücke” bridge (a short bike pushing distance of approx. 100 metres), then you continue via Laakirchen and Ohlsdorf to the Traunfall river falls. The route continues in the direction of Stadl-Paura and Lambach with its Benedictine monastery. Continue along the river to Wels. You finally reach your destination in Linz, where the Traun river flows into the Danube river.
 
Signage: R4 (Part of the Upper Austrian cycling network)


Opening times of the power plant bridges at Ottensheim – Wilhering and Abwinden – Asten: open to cyclists all year round and 24 hours a day

In the area of Laakirchen (Steyrermühl to be exact), the route had to be adjusted at short notice due to the existing bridge closure and changed for about 300 meters along the main road. We ask for your understanding!


Starting point: Gmunden - Traun bridge
Destination: Junction with Danube bike trail at Abwinden/Asten.

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Accessibility / arrival

By car:
A1 highway Vienna - Salzburg - exit Steyrermühl B 144 towards Gmunden or Regau B 145 towards Gmunden for 7 km. Access from motorway also possible from Lindach and Vorchdorf exits.
From Germany via Passau on A 8 to Wels intersection, continue on the A8 south until Voralpenkreuz intersection, then take A1 towards Salzburg to the exits noted above.

By train:
Main Western line (No. 100.) Salzburg - Vienna changing at Attnang / Puchheim, take the Salzkammergut line (No. 170.) to Gmunden station.
From Germany via Passau to Wels, change in the direction Attnang / Puchheim taking the Salzkammergut line (No. 170) to Gmunden station.
From Graz Selzthal and Stainich Irdning to Gmunden.

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Traun Bike Trail R4
Oberösterreich Tourismus Information
Freistädter Straße 119
4041 Linz

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 Interactive elevation profile

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Tour-Details

Path number: R4
Starting place: 4810 Gmunden
Destination: 4481 Asten

duration: 5h 21m
length: 82,8 km
Altitude difference (uphill): 180m
Altitude difference (downhill): 361m

Lowest point: 245m
Highest point: 465m
difficulty: medium
condition: medium
panoramic view: Some Views

Paths covering:
Asphalt, Gravel

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