Benedict Cycle Path

Cycling tour along the rivers Inn and Salzach and lake Chiemsee

This cycling trip leads you through the area between the rivers Inn and Salzach and lake Chiemsee along the footsteps of the former Pope Benedikt XVI. Magnificent church buildings and monasteries of different religious orders await you on this cycling tour, and you will also discover impressive landscapes and interesting cities such as Burghausen, Wasserburg and Tittmoning during your cycling holiday with spirit. 

TOUR PROFILE: The route runs mostly along flat roads, but every once a while you have to accept short gradients. Predominantly you cycle on quite bike- and agricultural paths. Sometimes you also have to use sign-posted side roads.


Tour description:

DAY 1: ARRIVAL IN WASSERBURG

Individual arrival to the medieval town Wasserburg am Inn in Bavaria. The entire old town is a sight! Many architectural and cultural-historical buildings such as the town hall, Frauenkirche, the Inn bridge, ... you can discover after your arrival on a walk through the city befor your bike tour starts the next day!

DAY 2: WASSERBURG - MÜHLDORF (APPROX. 51 KM)

Today you follow the River Inn via Gars and arrive at Au, the home of the former collegiate church of the Augustinian Canons of St. Maria and its adjoining monastery with stunning stucco and many ceiling frescos. Now Franciscans live in the monastery. Via Aschau you reach the medieval city of Mühldorf.

DAY 3: MÜHLDORF - BURGHAUSEN (APPROX. 48 KM)

Via Tüßling you cycle to Altötting. Here it is worth visiting the wood-carved, sootblackened “Black Madonna”. Altötting is the oldest and most important place of pilgrimage in Bavaria. Continue on to the birthplace of the former Pope Benedict XVI, to Marktl. Your destination for today is Burghausen, where the longest castle in the world is situated.

DAY 4: BURGHAUSEN - WAGING AM SEE (APPROX. 46 KM)

Via Raitenhaslach (splendid Baroque church) and Marienberg (Rococo-pilgrimage church “St. Maria Himmelfahrt“) you reach via Tittmoning your today's destination of accommodation Waging am See.

DAY 5: WAGING AM SEE - CHIEMSEE/SURROUNDINGS (APPROX. 30 KM)

From the warmest lake in Upper Bavaria you cycle via Hufschlag to Traunstein. With various churches and museums qualifies this village as an historical center of the Chiemgau. Afterwards you cycle to Chieming where you can visit the parish church “Mariä Himmelfahrt”.

DAY 6: CHIEMSEE/SURROUNDINGS - WASSERBURG (CA. 65 KM)

You cycle via Seeon with its former Benedictine Monastery to Breitbrunn. You can take a short cut by missing out Seeon and cycle the first stage directly along Lake Chiemsee to Gstadt instead. In Gstadt you have the possibility to make a trip to Frauenchiemsee with its Benedictine Monastery or rather also to Herrenchiemsee. Return journey to Wasserburg.

DAY 7: DEPARTURE OR EXTENSION

Individual departure or extension.

Services:

  • 6x Accomodation in the desired category
  • breakfast buffet
  • Luggage transport (No limit to the amount of pieces of luggage) daily between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.
  • Rental bike- complete protection insurance
  • Best prepared travel documents
  • Service Hotline

Extras:

  • Rental bike (unisex touring bike with freewheel) - € 89,-
  • E-Bike - € 209,-
  • GPS- Data for free

Accommodation:

You will stay in hotels and inns with 3*** level.


Minimum number of participants:

2 persons


Overview

Daily arrival possible from 01.05. to 05.10.2023

7 days / 6 nights

Individual


Prices 2023

Season 1

01.05.-09.05.2023

INDIVIDUAL TOUR
P.p.P in DB/BB € 599,-
P.p.P in SR/BB € 819,-

Additional night

01.05.-09.05.2023

WASSERBURG
P.p.P. / night in DB/BB € 70,-
P.p.P. / night in SR/BB € 95,-

Season 2

10.05.-31.05. & 04.09.-05.10.2023

INDIVIDUAL TOUR
P.p.P in DB/BB € 798,-
P.p.P in SR/BB € 1.018,-

Additional night

10.05.-31.05. & 04.09.-05.10.2023

WASSERBURG
P.p.P. / night in DB/BB € 70,-
P.p.P. / night in SR/BB € 95,-

Season 3

01.06.-03.09.2023

INDIVIDUAL TOUR
P.p.P in DB/BB € 828,-
P.p.P in SR/BB € 1.048,-

Additional night

01.06.-03.09.2023

WASSERBURG
P.p.P. /night in DB/BB € 70,-
P.p.P. / night in SR/BB € 95,-

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