Like music to my ears!
With its many churches, monasteries, squares and palaces, musical Salzburg sets the tone for this journey. Starting off, you'll be exploring the city of Mozart and Maria. In the beautiful Mirabellgarten, Julie Andrews as Maria, together with the seven Von Trapp children, sang - do, re mi - down the baroque stairs. About the ancient Celt town of Hallein, about the world's largest ice cave, the Eisriesenwelt, about the Liechtensteinklamm, one of the longest and deepest gorges in the Alps, or about the formidable Gasteiner Ache waterfall in the mountain town of Bad Gastein. In the days that follow, so - do, re mi - the hymn continues. For Spittal an der Drau with its Renaissance castle Porcia and for the small, old spa town of Villach and its southern charm.
From mountain peak to hill country
First, a visit to the Altstadt, a climb up the 14th-century St. Jacob's Church and a coffee with, yes indeed, apfelstrüdel. Then, our journey continues: over nice and easy cycle paths, old railroad lines and car-free roads where you'll cycle mostly along the banks of wide rivers. And look at that, the border is in sight. Auf Wiedersehen. The journey after Tarvisio, toward medieval Venzone is one of spectacular beauty, we think so at least. Then the mountinas give way to rolling hills. With the high peaks of the Alps towering over your back, before you lies the Adriatic coastline. But first, the authentic Italian cities of Udine and Palmanova. Finally, in Grado, your Carbonara awaits. Prego!
