Bike tour Riffian/Rifiano - Vernuer/Vernurio - Riffian/Rifiano
You can travel long distances on a bike, feel a sense of freedom and warm up for the best adventures. Experience the thrill of discovering new places on two wheels in South Tyrol, where the cycling season starts as early as March. If you are a hardened cyclist, you’ll have your best time cycling on pass roads and on the valley cycle route. You’ll surely find a wealth of family-friendly excursions through South Tyrol’s unique cultural landscape and if you hop on the e-bike, you’ll probably travel even further.
Bike tour Riffian/Rifiano - Vernuer/Vernurio - Riffian/Rifiano
Bike tour Saltaus/Saltusio - Prenn - Meran/Merano - Saltaus/Saltusio
Bike tour St. Leonhard/S. Leonardo - Stuls/Stulles - Moos/Moso - St. Leonhard/S. Leonardo
Starting point: Aschbach cableway mountain station (1,342 m)
Destination point: Vigiljoch mountain (1,743m)
Bike tour Riffian/Rifiano - Trail along the Passer River Causeway - Riffian/Rifiano
Route length in km: 17,9
Vertical climb: ascent 373m – descent 1.156m
Surface: asphalt, forest path, Single-Trail-section
Required technical skills: S0/S1 – easy
Route length in km: 16,5
Vertical climb: ascent 98m – descent 928m
Surface: asphalt,forest path
Required technical skills: S0 – easy
Bike tour St. Leonhard/S. Leonardo - Walten/Valtina - St. Leonhard/S. Leonardo
Passo della Mendola – Passo delle Palade Tour
Naturno – Merano – Lana – San Paolo – Appiano – Passo della
Mendola – Fondo – Passo delle Palade – Merano – Naturno
The tour starts from Nalles and leads past the church to the castle Schwanburg (private property). From here, turn right in the direction of Sirmiano. Above the castle Payersberg (private property), a road will lead you to the Bittnerhof and onwards to the Pitzoner-route back to Nalles. This tour can also be done in the opposite direction: Turn left when you see the castle Schwanburg (private property).
From Nalles the tour runs along the Etschtal Valley bicycle path to Settequerce. From there it goes through San Maurizio, over Grieser square and past the victory monument to the Walter square, the center of the city Bolzano.
It continues through the Portici of Bolzano to the meadows of Talvera, with a view of the Castle Firmiano (Messner Mountain Museum). It runs along the river Isarco, farther south.
You pass under the Messner Mountain Museum, from here on the tour leads you along the Etschtal Valley bicycle path and along the wine road back to Nalles.
The 20-km bike path along the Passer river promises unforgettable moments with your family.
Shuttle service to Glorenza – Via Claudia Augusta cycle
path from Glorenza to Naturno
A relaxing cycling path for nature lovers
Length: about 20 km; difference in altitude: about 370 m.
This slightly ascending and largely natural bike path leads from the center of Meran/Merano (the Sissi Statue in Elisabeth Park - Summer Promenade) along the Passer River, and ends in St. Leonhard/San Leonardo. This path does not lead directly through the villages that lie along its route, but cyclists can take a detour into anyone of them.
Please note that the bus line 240 from Meran to St. Leonhard is not equipped for bicycle transport.
In Val Passiria, we sample apples from South Tyrol at the country’s first
Apple Hotel.
Route length in km: 17,9
Vertical climb: ascent 777m – descent 761m
Surface: asphalt, forest path, 1 short Single-Trail-section (Mohlboch)
Required technical skills: S0/S1 – easy with short Single-Trail-section S1
Bike tour Moos/Moso - Pill/Bovile - "Hütt" - Bergkristall - Pfelders/Plan - Moos/Moso
Circuito di Naturno (Naturno – Plon – Kreuzbrünnl lungo la Bike Highline Meran/o fino a Ötzi trail – Platzgumm – Ötzi Flow Trai - Naturno)
This is a long but easy tour, with little difference in altitude, which leads mostly along gravel roads through the Passeiertal valley and into the main town of St. Leonhard.
The Mausloch Panorama Flow Trail is ideal for beginners and starts at the rustic Mausloch Alm. It winds its way 900 metres down the Merano Highline to the start of the Ötzi Trail in a flowing and varied landscape, thus creating the connection to the challenging Ötzi Trail.
Bike tour St. Martin/S. Martino - Breiteben/Pianlargo - Christl/Cresta - St. Martin/S.Martino
Passo di Monte Giovo Tour
San Leonardo, Passiria – Valtina – Passo di Monte Giovo –
Valtina – San Leonardo, Passiria
The Adige cycling path along the Via Claudia Augusta is a cultural experience through gardens and architecture. The cycling path leads you through the beautiful landscapes of the Etschtal Valley from the Vinschgau Valley to Merano/Meran and to the south to Bolzano/Bozen and Caldaro/Kaltern. Here is the description of the tour from Stava/Staben near Naturno/Naturns to Nalles/Nals, which leads you to Merano and further south. Without any big efforts you can explore the wide valley. The tour is ideal for families and bikers who want to take it slow.
https://maps.merano-suedtirol.it/en/etschradroute
Parcines/Rablà – Naturno – Castelbello – Laces –
Coldrano – Lago di Coldrano and back
One reaches the Bike Highline Meran/o through various Uphills, or by utilizing either the Aschbach cableway or the shuttle service. From the Bike Highline Meran there are various single and also forest trails returning back down into the valley.
The stretch between the Tablanderalm and Mauslochalm mountain pastures is technically challenging. All other routes are generally accessible & do not present complications.
Route length in km: 36,4
Vertical climb: ascent 1.552m – descent 1.521m (the ascent with the cableway Aschbach/Riolagundo helps you saving 800 m of altitude difference in the ascent)
Surface: asphalt, forest path, cart path
Required technical skills: S0/S1/S2 – easy with 2 short Single-Trail-Sections S1/S2