Join us on this unique tour of “Quattro Paesi” (Four Countries): Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. With snow-capped mountains, this breathtaking scenery can only truly be experienced from the bike. We venture to some of the highest passes including the renowned Stelvio, the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps.

Ride in the tyre tracks of our cycling heroes, and let the Peloton Tours team guide you through four countries, including the Austrian Alps, Dolomites, Italian Alps, Swiss Alps and Lake Como. This fully organised tour allows you to ride some of the most impressive mountain rides and enjoy the off-bike activities all the more.

Dates:

23rd May 2019 to 7th June 2020

From:

$8250.00

Rider Types on this Trip:

• Sportive

• Elite

• Cycling Focused

What's Included:

1. 15 nights accommodation twin share* at a selection of curated hotels

2. All breakfasts

3. 10 dinners

4. All ground transportation

5. All luggage transfers and transportation during your trip

6. 2 expert ride guides

7. Minimum of two daily group ride options

8. Experienced mechanic

9. Ride support vehicle

   * Single room supplement available on request

What's Not Included:

• Airfare and transportation to and from the trip meeting/departing locations

• Accommodation before and after the trip

• Personal items purchased during the trip

• Additional hotel expenses

• Travel and personal insurance

• Lunches & drinks

• Five dinners are not included. We invite you to explore the local cuisine at your leisure.

Day 1

Arrival Day. Check into our wonderful hotel in the centre of town. Rest up at the hotel or enjoy sightseeing in town before welcome drinks at a local beer house and dinner at a local favorite restaurant in town.

Hotel

• Munich Sofitel

Included Meals

• Dinner

Day 3

Today we depart Munich and ride toward the mountains and crossing the border to Austria. A steady flat ride along Lake Starnberg, then through the valley to Garmisch-Partenkirchen, before we tackle our first mountain pass of our trip. From here its all downhill to our destination Innsbruck. 

Enjoy your hotel and the splendid mountain panorama, relax by the pool and recover from your first big day in the mountains, before enjoying a first class dinner and a glass of wine.

Sportive Ride / Elite Ride

• Munich-Innsbruck

• 133.24km

• 1923m

Hotel

• Adlers Hotel

Included Meals

• Breakfast & dinner

Day 4

Innsbruck has so much to offer from city walks in front of the majestic alpine backdrop, to mountain hikes high above the rooftops of the regional capital. Home to two Winter Olympics, Innsbruck is a picture postcard destination for major sporting events. From the heart of the city it takes just 20 minutes to travel up to 2,000 metres above sea level using the funicular railway and cable car.

Road bike riders like us are spoiled for choice around Innsbruck. Today you have a choice of two rides, a longer ride with the challenging Kitzbüheler Horn (another bucket list climb) as the day’s finish, or a route featuring spectacular panoramic views but keeping down low with the high mountains either side of you. Take your pick depending on how the legs are feeling and spend the rest of your day recovering &/or exploring what Innsbruck has to offer.

Sportive Ride

• Innsbruck-Innsbruck

• 40km

• 286m

Elite Ride

• Innsbruck-Kitzbüheler Horn

• 110.7km

• 1774m

Hotel

• Innsbruck

Included Meals

• Breakfast only. Tonight we invite you to explore the local cuisine at your leisure.

Day 7

With a long history of visiting the Dolomites we know all the best rides around! We’ve picked two different rides to challenge you in the heart of the Dolomites, but both getting you back to the Alpin Garden hotel in time for a can’t miss late lunch.

Ride 1 will take you over Passo Pini then down through Castlerotto and onto the steep and long Passo Nigra. Descending Passo Costalungo we head up to Canazei before taking the left turn onto Passo Sella and descending back to Alpin Garden.

Ride 2 takes you over Passo Sella and Passo Pordoi to Arabba, and from there we continue descending to Caprile. The next part of the ride starts steep and does not stop. Passo Fedia is a tough climb but rewarding once reaching the lake at the top. From here there’s one more climb to get over before getting back for lunch. Passo Pordoi is a pleasant climb out of Canazei but ramps up on tired legs when we turn off for the 6km up the Sella. However once over the top from its 16kms of down hill back to the hotel.

Sportive Ride

• Sella-Castlerotto

• 100.1km

• 2895m

Elite Ride

• Sella Fedia

• 108.7km

• 3651m

Hotel

• Alpin Garden Wellness Resort

Included Meals

• Breakfast & dinner

Day 9

Today is a day off. Sleep in and enjoy the many things to do in Merano. Thermal baths, shopping, cafes, bars and beautiful gardens to explore.

Enjoy your day off and refresh ahead of a big day tomorrow.

Hotel

• Hotel Therme Merano

Included Meals

• Breakfast only. Tonight we invite you to explore the local cuisine at your leisure.

Day 10

Today we move regions and to the town of Bormio. Our group takes the cycle path, which keeps us off the main road all the way to Prato, at the bottom of the Stelvio Pass. Then its time to tackle the infamous Stelvio Pass: 48 hairpins and 1,550m of hurtical over 25km gets us over the highest pass in Italy, before we’re rewarded with 23km down hill run into Bormio. It’s a scenic ride and the Stelvio is both fun and challenging, but equally achievable for riders of all ability.

Sportive Ride / Elite Ride

• Merano-Bormio

• 94.8km

• 2652m

Hotel

• QC Terme Bagni Nuovi Bormio

Included Meals

• Breakfast & dinner

Day 11

Wake up in the mountains, have breakfast and make a choice of an epic or easy ride. The epic ride takes us down the valley to Mazzo and over the infamous Mortirolo Pass, in to the valley towards Ponte di Legno and up the Gavia Pass. That’s the climbing done for the day with it all down hill back to Bormio. This is a ride our tours are famous for - it’s EPIC!

Our gentle ride takes us up a switchback climb to the mountain lake above our hotel for a photo before a fast ride back to the hotel for coffee.

Sportive Ride

• Bormio-Bormio

• 42.9km

• 1049m

Elite Ride

• Bormio-Mortirolo-Gavia-Bormio

• 114km

• 3522m

Hotel

• QC Terme Bagni Nuovi Bormio

Included Meals

• Breakfast & dinner

Day 12

Like Innsbruck, St. Moritz has hosted the Winter Olympics twice, and our tour many times. Departing Bormio we have 3 passes to climb . First up is Passo Foscagno which feels like you’ve reached the top of the world, then Passo Eria and descending into Livigno which is one of the highest towns in Italy. The last pass of the day is the Bernina Pass which takes us into our fourth country, Switzerland, and to our finishing destination and playground of the rich & famous, St Moritz.

Sportive Ride / Elite Ride

• Bormio-St Moritz

• 74.8km

• 2203m

Hotel

• Schweizerhof Swiss Quality Hotel

Included Meals

• Breakfast & dinner

Day 13

Today we have another bucket list ride that takes us down through the town of Zernez, a short ride next to the river bed before turning left at Susch and onto the Fulela Pass. This pass reaches 2300m before its a big descent down to the town of Davos. The ride then takes us along a magical valley before we make the left hand turn and start the Abula Pass. Also reaching 2300m it winds its way next the the Bernina Express railway with its many viaducts and tunnels to take us back to St Moritz.

The sportive option is shorter out and back to the top of the Abula Pass and will give you the experience of riding to the top of the Swiss Alps without the distance of our elite option. Take in the scenery with a stop at the mountain tops gift shop before the rewarding descent back down to St Moritz.

Sportive Ride

• St Moritz-St Moritz

• 59km

• 1543m

Elite Ride

• St Moritz-Fulela-Abula-St Moritz

• 140km

• 3424m

Hotel

• Schweizerhof Swiss Quality Hotel

Included Meals

• Breakfast only. Tonight we invite you to explore the local cuisine at your leisure.

Day 14

Total we leave St Moritz and Switzerland to cross the border back into Italy. Its a long ride but the first 70km is all downhill until we reach the top of Lake Como. We then ride alongside the lake through many magical small towns, stopping for a coffee along the way before reaching our final destination on our trip - the town of Como.

Enjoy the rest of your day exploring Como with its many shops, bars & cafes before dinner and gelato.

Sportive Ride / Elite Ride

• St Moritz-Como

• 134.4km

• 1805m

Hotel

• Albergo Termius

Included Meals

• Breakfast & dinner

Day 15

Our final ride takes us along the other side of Lake Como to the town of Bellagio sitting on the point of the lake and below our climb up to Madonna del Ghisallo. A church dedicated to cyclists laid to rest is at the top of the climb, and so is a coffee before we set off again through the middle of the mountains and turn right to climb through Asso, Sormano and summit the mountain at La Colma. From here we descend back down to the lake via Nesso and home for lunch in Como. A magnificent ride and finish to our tour.

Sportive Ride / Elite Ride

• Como-Belagio-Nesso-Como

• 80km

• 2937km

Hotel

• Albergo Termius

Included Meals

• Breakfast only. Tonight we invite you to explore the local cuisine at your leisure.