CULINARY CYCLE TOUR ON THE DRAU CYCLE PATH

From Tyrolean Schlipfkrapfen to fine Alpe Adria specialties

about 250 km

 

from € 889

8

Days

DESCRIPTION:

This Drau Cycle Path journey takes you from one regional culinary specialty to the next. Thanks to the influences of the Alpe-Adria region in the border triangle of Austria, Italy and Slovenia, Carinthian cuisine has its own unmistakable character. In addition, Carinthia has many slow food restaurants that refine and offer regional products of the highest quality.

They start on Drau cycle path in Lienz in East Tyrol with traditional specialties such as Schlipfkrapfen, try Carinthian Kasnudln in the Drautal and enjoy a whitefish or the Carinthian Laxn trout variety on a fine lakeside terrace on Lake Millstatt or the sophisticated Lake Wörthersee. The Italian influence is becoming more and more noticeable with antipasti, pasta, polenta, calamari and Pinot Grigio. And in between, a rustic Carinthian Buschenschank tempts you every now and then, where you can sample juicy bread, homemade spreads, bacon and sausages straight from the farmer.

SERVICES:

  • 7 nights in 4*- star hotels (mostly) and very good 3*- star hotel (1x time)
  • rich breakfast buffet
  • Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel (2 pieces of luggage per person)
  • Bikeline bike tour book "Drauradweg"
  • restaurant recommendations
  • Cycling maps, information material, GPS tracks on request
  • Service hotline (7 days a week)

GETTING THERE:

Individually to Lienz, easily accessible by train from May 10.05st. until October 28.09.2025nd, XNUMX,
every Saturday, Minimum participants: 2 persons
With a minimum number of 4 participants, special dates are possible on request.

Event information (related to arrival dates):
Hotel rooms cannot be booked during the major events United World Games in Klagenfurt (June 19.06-22.06.2025, 27.07), Villach Kirchtag (July 03.08.2025-August 02.09, 07.09.2025) and European Bike Week (August XNUMX-September XNUMX, XNUMX) in Villach.

PRICE:

Category:
Hotels with 4* and 3* star level

Season 1:
€ 889, -
per person in a double room
10.05. to 17.05.2025
22.09. to 28.09.2025

Season 2:
€ 979, -
per person in a double room
18.05. to 30.05.2025
08.09. to 21.09.2025

Season 3:
€ 1.029 per person in a double room
31.05. to 07.09.2025

EXTRAS:

Single room surcharge: € 300, -

local tax: if due, is not included in the travel price.

RENTAL BIKES
Trekking bike: € 119
E-bike: € 219, -

return transfer with the comfortable minibus including pick-up from the hotel on Lake Klopeiner to Lienz: € 90,- per person excl. bike, transport of customer's own bike plus € 25,-.
Please reserve the seats in advance.

Parkplatz: You can park your car in Lienz for the duration of your trip in a public car park near the train station (unguarded) for a fee of approximately €25 per week.
The parking fees are not included in the all-inclusive price and are to be paid either directly at the hotel or in the parking garage.

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Arrival in Lienz - Tyrolean Schlipfkrapfen

Individual arrival in Lienz in East Tyrol and check-in at the hotel. We recommend a visit to the enchanting city center of Lienz and the tasting of East Tyrolean specialties such as Schlipfkrapfen or Kaspressknödel

Osttiroler Schlipfkrapfen (c) TVB Osttirol National Park Hohe Tauern, Martin Lugger

Osttiroler Schlipfkrapfen (c) TVB Osttirol National Park Hohe Tauern, Martin Lugger

Lienz - Berg im Drautal, approx. 35 km - Drautal meat fritters

You start your bike tour on the beautiful Drau cycle path with a wonderful view of the mountains of the Lienz Dolomites. On the outskirts of Lienz, the Roman Museum Aguntum attracts visitors, presenting the history of the old Roman settlement in an attractive way. On the way you can make a detour to the herb village of Irschen. At the end of your stage in the mountains, we recommend trying Drautal meat fritters.

Drau Cycle Path © Franz Gerdl

Drau Cycle Path © Franz Gerdl

 

Berg im Drautal - Spittal/Drau, approx. 40 km - Carinthian Kasnudeln

Following the upper Drautal, you ride partly along the river bank and partly a bit off the beaten path through small villages. At the stage destination Spittal/Drau you should take the time for a city tour, especially the Renaissance castle of Porcia is worth a visit. For dinner today we recommend THE Carinthian specialty, Carinthian Kasnudel.

Carinthian cheese noodle - a real specialty to enjoy

Carinthian Kasnudel (c) Franz Gerdl

Millstätter See - round trip approx. 39 km - Reinanke

From Spittal/Drau we head to the nearby Millstätter See. In Seeboden you switch to the Millstätter See cycle path and cycle directly along the natural lake shore to Döbriach, where you should have a drink in the See Lounge or at a lido. On the way back, the main town of Millstatt lures with a monastery worth seeing, cool lakeside terraces and fresh fish, the Millstätter See Reinanken.

 

a great adventure - explore Lake Millstatt by bike

Millstätter See Cycle Path (c) Uwe Geissler

Spittal an der Drau - Villach, approx. 42 km - Villach culinary cult

We continue on the Drau Cycle Path, mostly on the natural riverbank. Halfway, in Feistritz, you can take a break at a nice snack bar with its own fruit press and taste Carinthian delicacies from the farmer. Arrived in Villach, the well-preserved town center with its cafés and shops invites you to stroll and linger. The proximity to Italy can be clearly felt, many Italian dishes have found their way into the city's kitchens. The Küchenkult restaurants offer special quality. And what you should also try: original Villach beer

Coffee maker Cuisine Kuechenkult Region Villach Tourismus GmbH Martin Hofmann 1

Coffeemaker Culinary Kitchen Cult (c) Villach Region, Martin Hofmann

Villach - Velden am Wörthersee - Krumpendorf/Klagenfurt, approx. 45 km - herb char

Today you spend at the most famous Carinthian bathing lake, the Wörthersee. Cycle first to Velden and stroll along the beach promenade to the famous Schlosshotel and treat yourself to a break in one of the beach cafés and an original Italian gelati. From a culinary point of view, we recommend a fish, a herb char or a Kärntna Laxn, enjoyed on a lake terrace.

Dinner by the lake

Dinner by the lake (c) Tine Steinthaler

 

Klagenfurt - Ferlach - Klopeiner See, approx. 30 km - Carinthian Brettljause & Had'n

Back on the Drau Cycle Path, you first cycle to the former gunsmith town of Ferlach. The Drau is now getting wider and wider and your pleasure bike tour leads through the natural Rosental on beautiful causeways to the warmest bathing lake in Europe, the Klopeiner See. Strengthen yourself with a traditional Carinthian Brettljause or taste the regional buckwheat specialty Hadn, such as a Hadn cake.

1762 Carinthia advertising Michael Seyer

Carinthian Brettljause(c) Carinthia advertising Michael Seyer

Departure

After breakfast individual departure or extension at Lake Klopeiner See.

Lake Wellness Klopeiner See (c) Southern Carinthia, America Holzer

Lake Wellness Klopeiner See (c) Southern Carinthia, America Holzer

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