Alps motorcycle tour - Alps and Lakes

Welcome to Germany! Depending on your arrival time, you could choose to take some rest and/or make a tour around the city visiting numerous interesting sights or just enjoying an excellent beer or some of the typical German specialties like Weisswurst - sausages with cabbage, famous Schweinshaxe (pork knuckle), etc.

We will leave Munich in the morning, take an easy ride through the South Germany towards the Berchtesgaden National park, ride over the one of the most beautiful lakes – Chiemsee, stop for a coffee break and reach Koenigsee and Berchtesgaden at lunch time.  There will be an opportunity to visit the "Eagles Nest" – Adolf Hitler’s notorious holiday mansion or a 500 years old salt mine. After the visit, we are heading towards the beautiful Zell am See, where you will enjoy the rest of the day and evening.

Today we are entering Austria and riding towards the scenic Grossglockner high Alpine road and the highest peak of the Austrian Alps (the altitude of the Grossglockner peak is 3798 m) with the Pasterze glacier. The road is reaching the highest altitude of 2504 m through its 48 km of an amazing ride. This is truly the one of the world's best motorcycle routes! After lunch with a view of the highest Alpine peaks, we will be heading towards Italy and reach the beautiful city of Merano, one of gateways of the Italian Dolomites, in late afternoon.

Merano is an Alpine town in Italy’s South Tyrol region. It is known as a spa town and famous for its art nouveau architecture. Here, you can choose between relaxing in the spa or visiting some of the very interesting sights, such as the Trauttmansdorff Castle, with its terraced gardens. You could also simply enjoy the local cuisine, wines, beer and the vistas of this beautiful city. In the castle, there is also something called a Touriseum, an interactive museum, with the exhibits relating to Alpine tourism.

The 1st circle of our exciting explorer tour goes over the famous Stelvio Pass and its highest peak with the altitude of 2758 m. We will enjoy its 48 amazing curves, while the amazing scenery will follow us to the top where we will relax eating sausages, taking photos, and shopping for the must-have t-shirts and stickers. This is another one of the world's best rides and reaching its top is a good cause for celebration! We will spend a relaxing evening and stay the night in our hotel in Bormio.

Today we will be riding the part if wonderful Swiss Alps mountain passes that will show us all its glory! We will spend a relaxing evening and stay the night in our hotel in Livigno.

We will take a break in the lovely city of Livigno where you will decide whether to simply rest in the hotel and enjoy the spa or take a walk around the city and go shopping since Livigno enjoys a special tax status as a duty-free area. The Italian VAT (value added tax) is not included in the prices here, so you can use this opportunity to do some shopping at excellent prices.

Today we are heading towards the Swiss Alps! Just like in a wonderful dream! This day is dedicated to the amazing Alpine passes that will take your breath away and make sure you enjoy this ride of a lifetime – Brenino pass, Splugen pass, Andermatt, Furka pass and Grimsel pass.

Riding back towards Italy and its lakes. We will stay the night on Lake Como, one of the deepest lakes in Europe. Over 400 m deep, Lake Como has been a popular retreat for aristocrats and wealthy people since the Roman times. It is still a very popular tourist attraction with many artistic and cultural gems. Many celebrities have had or still have houses on the shores of the Lake Como (Madonna, George Clooney, Gianni Versace, Ronaldinho, Sylvester Stallone, Julian Lennon, Richard Branson). We will enjoy the authentic culinary specialties such as veal and polenta and other delicious meals accompanied with some wonderful wines for your complete satisfaction!

A ride along the eastern shore of the Como lake, followed by an overnight on the Garda lake. You will enjoy a picturesque villages all along the lakes shores in a relaxing ride followed by delicious dinner at Garda lake before a great enjoyable rest day. 

This is Italy`s largest lake. It is a glacier lake formed 6 million years ago and a popular holiday location with many beautiful places around the lake: restaurants with great food and small beaches to rest or swim, take boat tours or visit the city of Verona famous for its Roman Arena, as well as a home of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (you can visit the famous Juliet's house). The choice is all yours!

Today we are entering the magical Italian Dolomites! This will be a marvellous ride towards Sella Ronda and Val Gardena, enjoying breath taking scenic views of Dolomites entering Sella Ronda, overnight stay in the amazing place at the top of the Sella pass, surrounded by the Dolomites, beautiful sunsets and night skies filled with stars.

It's time to experience sunsets of amazing Dolomites! These mountains are the true gems of nature and one of the UNESCO World Heritage sights. Did you know that the Dolomites are a formations of living organisms: fossilized coral reefs dating from the ancient oceans from 250 mil years ago? Now, let's see them from up close! The tour takes us along some amazingly pleasant roads passing between and around the rocky formations, and right through the several world-famous passes and must-see locations for every bike rider. 

We will be leaving the area of the Dolomites by passing over some of the WWI heritage sites of Passo Falzarego and Passo Pordoi  (here we can take a break and visit the WWI museum in the middle of the Dolomites, where some of the toughest battles took place). We are heading back towards Germany and Garmisch Partenkirchen, a ski resort known for the 1936 Winter Olimpics held during the WWII. Garmisch-Partenkirchen was a major hospital centre for the German military. After the war, it was used by the U.S. military as a recreation centre for the US military personnel stationed in Europe and their families. Here we will end our marvellous journey. We will get back to Munich – our starting point. We will say goodbye to this wonderful city, but only until we meet again for our next adventure.  

Here is where we say goodbye to our next journey! We sincerely hope you enjoyed and looking forward to greet you in any of our tours. If you have an afternoon or evening flight, you can have a walk around the Old town and enjoy a local sights and tastes before you leave.