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

Tour Attergauer Oberservation Tower

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Path number: 1c
Starting place: 4880 St. Georgen im Attergau
Destination: 4880 Berg im Attergau

duration: 1h 40m
length: 4,8 km
Altitude difference (uphill): 309m
Altitude difference (downhill): 53m

Lowest point: 575m
Highest point: 873m
difficulty: medium
condition: medium
panoramic view: Great panorama

Paths covering:
Asphalt, Path / trail, Gravel, Hiking trail

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The hike to the Lilchtenberg is one of the most popular hikes. Starting point is directly at the rehabilitation centre of Kogl or at the country inn Spitzerwirt. The signposted hiking trail 1c is also the most direct route to the Attergau observation Tower.

From the parking lot at Landgasthof Spitzerwirt, hike right along the road, past the Reha Center to the Mair-Zeininger carpentry shop. Past this, the road leads in the direction of Lichtenberg into the forest and winds continuously up the mountain. After about 2 km you leave the road and turn right into a forest path.
You hike alternately on forest roads and forest paths until you reach the junction "Attergauer Aussichtsturm", which you reach from here in about 10 minutes. The same path leads back to the starting point.

There is also the possibility to extend this tour a bit. You can make the way back via the "Klauswald". Here you go from the "Attergauer Aussichtsturm" to the Berggasthof Danter and further along a piece of meadow path to the crossroads in the forest. Now follow the "Hubert-Gantioler-Weg" downhill to the forest road and turn left - you hike via the Klauswald and the Koglberg back to the starting point.

REFRESHMENT STOPS:
Berggasthof Danter, Lichtenberg
Country inn Spitzerwirt, Kogl

Access to the Attergau lookout tower by car & bus: 
Access to the tower is possible by car as well as by bus to the parking lot Aussichtsturm is possible. (Buses please at Berggasthof Danter) From here a 10 minute walk along a gravel road leads to the Attergauer Aussichtsturm.
Starting point: Parking area at the country inn Spitzerwirt
Destination: Attergauer Observation Tower on the Lichtenberg

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Accessibility / arrival

By car:
From Salzburg via motorway A1 – Exit St. Georgen im Attergau – right on the Attergaustraße
(L540) to the center.
From Vienna/Linz via motorway A1 – Exit St. Georgen im Attergau – right on the
Attergaustraße (L540) to the center.
From Bad Ischl – Weißenbachtal (B153) – follow B152 to Unterach and then B151 to
Attersee than left to the Attergaustraße (L540) to St. Georgen.
By train:
From Salzburg or Linz/Vienna with „Austrian Federal Railways“ or „Westbahn“ to Attnang
Puchheim - via regional train to Vöcklamarkt and St. Georgen
By plane:
Arrival to Airport Salzburg or Linz – with the car/bus or train to St. Georgen im Attergau.

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  • Pets allowed
  • Suitable for seniors
  • Suitable for single travelers
  • Suitable for families
  • Suitable for friends
  • Suitable for couples
  • Suitable for children
Most economical season
  • Spring
  • Summer
  • Autumn

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Tour Attergauer Oberservation Tower
Tourismusverband Attersee-Attergau - Informationsbüro St. Georgen i. A.
Attergaustraße 55
4880 St. Georgen im Attergau

Phone +43 7666 7719 - 80
E-Mailinfo.attergau@attersee.at
Webattersee-attergau.salzkammergut.at
https://attersee-attergau.salzkammergut.at

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Tour-Details

Path number: 1c
Starting place: 4880 St. Georgen im Attergau
Destination: 4880 Berg im Attergau

duration: 1h 40m
length: 4,8 km
Altitude difference (uphill): 309m
Altitude difference (downhill): 53m

Lowest point: 575m
Highest point: 873m
difficulty: medium
condition: medium
panoramic view: Great panorama

Paths covering:
Asphalt, Path / trail, Gravel, Hiking trail

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