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+++ upsN & downs in German and Italian +++ when the Weimer are “wimmed” in Kaltern +++ After each up,OL I was different once we got down. (Reinhard Karls) +++ from Talferstadt to Bozen +++ the blue aprons, the Mendel, the lake and the wine +++ Abendbrand in brachen Zinnen, und der Wind fährt durch den Saal. Und für wen im Burghof drinnen Immer noch die Brunnen rinnen – Keiner weiß es dort im Tal! (Rainer Maria Rilke 1897 at Schloss Englar) +++ Keschtnmorkt and Törggelen +++ Ora comes from Lake Garda +++ hundred-varieties of wine and dormer education +++ “And now they boil oil in a huge kettle for Dr. Luther, to burn him once he comes.” +++ a dream of raspberries with almond splinters and a fresh breeze in your hair +++

Our tour through Southern Tyrol in 7 days, up to 14 persons with a single hotel change.

Hotels ***** ! Gastronomy ***** ! St. Martin E

P S P Culture **** A U R R G Nature ***** ! L N X E T E T r

e A Reschenpass s Dorf s L a Tirol P E R Glurns A Schloss L Juval Meran P E E Kastelbell t Travel dates 2020 s N c

h IST1: Saturday, 20-jun-2020 until Saturday, 27-jun-2020 Lana Mölten A U IST2: Saturday, 29-aug-2020 until Saturday, 05-sep-2020 H G S C V I N Jenesien Brenner Traveling price 2020 Terlan k Price per person in the DR for 7 nights with half-board, Bozen Ei sac O eBike, entrance free, transfers, guided tours: € 2370 R T Schloss Englar L E R P E Single-room surcharge: € 560 G R U P

Does not include lunch, drinks and your personal by eBike Kaltern Maria expenses as well as travelling there and back. by bus Laimburg Weißenstein or cable-car Kalterer- see 5 km Tramin Castelfeder

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Flight Target airports Innsbruck or Verona. Booking at daily rates on request.

Car By car, it’s approx. 270 km from Munich to our starting hotel in Meran. When the weather is good, the route across the Fern pass (GAP – Imst – Serfaus – Reschen am See, through to Meran) has by far the more beautiful landscape than the high-traffic Brenner pass. If you wish to park your car at Schloss Englar, you can take our tour bus to get from there to the start hotel in Meran free of charge.

Train By car, it’s approx. 270 km from Munich to our starting hotel in Meran. When the weather is good, the route across the Fern pass (GAP – Imst – Serfaus – Reschen am See, through Vinschgau to Meran) has by far the more beautiful landscape than the high-traffic Brenner pass. If you wish to park your car at Schloss Englar, you can take our tour bus to get from there to the start hotel in Meran free of charge.

Participation conditions The arrangement includes the above services. Our terms and conditions apply.

With your booking confirmation, you will receive the “pedelon travel information”, which contains useful notes on traveling to Meran and other advice around your trip.

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SOUTHERN TYROL With the eBike through the Vinschgau and the Passeier Valley to Merano, on to Bolzano and the Kalterersee. Whether on the secluded larch mountain pastures on Tschögglberg with magnificent views over majestic peaks or through the gentle vineyards of the Überetsch, it is always a special pleasure to be able to cycle here. Art historical rarities and traditional customs provide a deep insight into the diverse South Tyrolean culture. Luscious lodging in the Ottmanngut and relaxing in the carefully restored Gothic castle Englar. Excellent South Tyrolean cuisine, from rural simple to high gastronomic, and best companions from local wine cellars exceed all culinary expectations. An unforgettable pleasure trip in the south of Tyrol.

Arrival on Saturday to Meran. The rooms at the Ottmanngut are 1st day, Sunday: Cycling in Vinschgau from Mals to Meran, available from 2 pm onwards. Quietly located in the heart of the 60 km in-house vineyard on the outskirts of Merano, the hotel enchants with its stylish ambience and its romantic garden. This Altmera- After a transfer, the bike tour begins in the upper Vinschgau, a ner house has a special, individual touch with its carefully and valley full of attractive contrasts, marvelous views, many natural expertly selected antique furniture, the historic orangery and a beauties, old traditions and exciting stories. Glimpses of the migh- small library. A courteous service has been a matter of course for ty Ortler with its snow-covered summit, you will cycle from Mals generations in this family-run hotel. via Glurns, the smallest town in with its well-preserved medieval city walls, down the valley along the old Roman road Via Claudia Augusta. An ideal route to familiarize yourself with the comfortable pedelon eBike. Via Laas, known for its high-quality

Meeting point at 6 pm for a tour through the old town of Mer- an and from there directly to the restaurant “Saxifraga”, which is located just above the center. Among its popularity, especially among local guests, the beautiful view of the Meran basin contri- marble, which has found its way from Vinschgau into the whole butes as well as the excellent South Tyrolean cuisine. world, the route leads past Schlanders via Kastelbell to Naturno.

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High above the entrance to the valley sits Juval Castle, 3rd day, Tuesday: Merano – Englar Castle, 45 km home to one of the Messner Mountain Museums. offers Passing the famous cycling track, the ride from Merano is just a the oldest Romanesque frescoes of the Alpine region in the St. few kilometers to Lana. Especially important for this place is the Prokulus church, an art historical treasure of exceptional import- cultivation of apples. One percent of the total harvest in Europe ance. comes from the immediate area, which is why the bike path from A stage rich in impressions ends in the late afternoon in the ther- Merano to Bolzano is also called the apple cycling path. mal city of Merano. Diner in the restaurant “Meteo” in the imme- The parish church of Niederlana is one of the most beautiful works diate vicinity of the Roman bridge over the Passer, where Agata of South Tyrolean Late Gothic, its splendid winged altar by Hans and Tom reinterpret the South Tyrolean cuisine in an equally tasty Schnatterpeck is known far beyond the country’s borders. With a and original way. height of more than 14 m and a width of 7 m, the intricate gilded Schnatterpeck altar carved from chestnut wood is regarded as the largest winged altar of the entire Alpine region. The altarpiece 2nd day, Monday: Passeiertal – Dorf Tirol, 48 km was created at the beginning of the 16th century by the Swabian After breakfast, the eBike will always take you slightly up to the sculptor Hans Schnatterpeck and his journeymen in eight years Passeiertal valley to St. Martin. Immediately nearby is the Sand- of work. The malleable display of the Bible also contains a rare hof, the birthplace of the South Tyrolean folk hero Andreas Hofer. representation of the mercy seat, God the Father with the body of The permanent exhibition approaches the almost transfigured to Christ on his lap, flanked by the life-size figures of the apostles the myth figure with a twinkle in the eye. It shows how the revolt Peter and Paul. of the Tyroleans against Napoleon came about in 1809. It allows a look behind Hofer’s forehead, in his despair over God and the Emperor. And it explains how the time after Hofer made him a hero despite his failure.

The Etschradweg continues up to Sigmundskron Castle, an im- pressive castle and fortress, towering above the Bolzano basin. The ruin now houses the fourth mountain museum of the South Tyrolean extreme mountain climber Reinhold Messner. Along the lively mountain stream Passer, the trail leads past Sal- taus and Riffian until just before the city gate of Merano. From The bike tour ends at Englar Castle, picturesquely situated amidst there we ride back up to Dorf Tirol. Breath-taking views over the its orchards and vineyards. The castle charms with a stylish ambi- Meran basin and on Scena with its castle, the church and the ence and its romantic, cedar-covered courtyard. The house, per- mausoleum of Archduke Johann wait at the end of this stage. Op- sonally run by Countess and Count Khuen-Belasi, which has been posite the village towers on a mighty castle hill, is the castle Tyrol, family-owned for 400 years, has a beautiful swimming pool. The the ancestral castle of the Counts of Tyrol (Count von Vinschgau). comprehensive, but also careful renovation of the entire property The whole country is characterized by the history of this castle, has recently been successfully completed, so Englar is conside- since it gave the country Tyrol its name. The first construction red the best preserved Gothic castle in South Tyrol. was already built around 1100. The ring wall of the castle, which dates back to this time, is one of the oldest surviving castle walls ever. On the guided tour, you learn a lot about the founding of the county and the beginnings of the castle, about its golden age in the Middle Ages, its decay and the successful restoration. Back to the Ottmangut you will ride downhill via Gratsch and its little church St. Peter from the Carolingian period and the vi- neyards of the Küchelberg are not far away. At 7.30 pm you will be taken by the escort bus in a short drive to For today’s dinner, you will visit “Kallmünz”, certainly one of the the common dinner in the “Seehofkeller”. The historic 16th cen- best restaurants in Meran. tury vineyard is surrounded by vineyards above Lake Caldaro and

Southern Tyrol 2020 pedelon. travels by eBike +49 (0)89 61466980 www.pedelon.com 4 pedelon travels by eBike is prized for its fine cuisine. From the terrace you have a beautiful easy to cycle. Then it continues flatly across blossoming moun- view over the lake, and if the weather does not allow the outdoor tain meadows and through silent larch forests over the „Salten“, dining contrary to expectations, dinner will be in the historic res- taurant under a huge antique beamed ceiling.

4th day, Wednesday: Schloss Englar – Maria Weißenstein – Castelfeder – Kalterersee – Schloss Englar, 51 km In the morning, the accompanying bus will take you to the pilgri- mage site of Maria Weißenstein in an hour‘s drive. Today‘s ride starts here. From here, the morning section leads past Aldein and the Bletterbach and down to the Etsch valley. Physicist Max Planck already valued this unique area, and came here in his ho- lidays to relax. On the former train route of the Fleimstalbahn, the bicycle path leads from idyllic Montan to Castelfelder, a multip- ly-structured porphyry hill in the Südtiroler Unterland with prehis- toric, Roman as well as Early Medieval settlement traces. Today, the hill is a protected biotope. At the well-deserved picnic in the a mountain ridge connecting Meran to Bozen. From here, you shadow of chestnut trees and with a view of the wine village of have several beautiful views of the Etsch valley on one, and the Tramin, the place of origin of the Gewürztraminer, you will recover Sarn valley on the other side. The wonderfully traffic-tree bicycle from the impressive downhill ride quickly. Back on the Etsch cycle route will lead to the mountain inn Langfenn around lunch, whe- path, the afternoon will take you past the Laimburg across the re the cyclists can fuel up on Southern Tyrolian specialties. The „Coyote pass“, to the Kalterersee and on to the wine village of remaining section of this day leads via Mölten with a comforta- Kaltern, where the village square will invite you to a cup of coffee ble downhill ride to Terlan. The former silver mine centre now is before you return to the nearby castle Englar. an important wine and asparagus town. The High Gothic church from the 14th century with the colorfully glazed tiled roof of its late Gothic tower and its unusual tower clock where the large hand points the hours and the short hand points the minutes is particularly worth seeing. From here on, you will continue on 15 kilometers on a slightly rising route back to Überetsch and the Schloss Englar. Before dinner in St Pauls you can discover the excellent quality of South Tyrolean wines at a wine tasting.

At 7:30 PM, the accompanying bus will take you on a brief trip to the shared dinner at the „Landgasthof Turmbach“, a family 6th day, Friday: Schloss Englar – Tramin – Kalterer See – business which is particularly popular with the locals for its Montigglerseen – Schloss Englar, 40 km typical South Tyrolean cuisine. After breakfast, Schloss Moos-Schulthaus invites you to a de- tailed tour. The historical building is a particular secret tip. The facility created from a Medieval residential tower offers an au- 5th day, Thursday: Schloss Englar – Bozen – Jenesien – thentic impression of the late medieval living culture as hardly any Mölten – Terlan – Schloss Englar, 60 km other castle does. Schloss Moos-Schulthaus is rather unobtrusive Today‘s tour will start with a leisurely loop through Girlan and from the outside, but holds an unusual treasure of medieval, par- Frangart, past the Veste Sigmundskron and down to the Etsch tially unusual, murals. Mice riot against tyrannical cats. Women on the bicycle path of the same name to the banks of the Eisack, harvest rope phalluses from the tree of fertility. Lions guard the and from there to the valley station of the Jenesien cableway in entrance to the kitchen and the 500 years old chambers and Bozen. After nine minutes in the cableway-car, you will reach the rooms. Still impressed by the detailed tour, the eBikes will take high plateau. Due to its more than 200 sun days per year, the you past Kaltern above the town and then down into calm Tramin locals also call it the „Solar Terrace of Bozen“. The bicycle route in a short downhill ride, where “Egetmann Hansl“ celebrates his on one of the most beautiful plateaus of Southern Tyrol will initially wedding every other year. Soon after, you will continue on to the go three kilometers uphill from Jenesien. The eBike makes them Kalterersee.

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Across colorful orchard meadows and through lush vineyards, you will reach the Montiggler lakes after a slight climb before your

pedelon travel will end at Schloss Englar between 4 and 5 PM. As the ultimate ending to our travel a culinary highlight is waiting at the „Stroblhof“. Finest Southern Tyrolean cuisine will be accom- panied by the best wines from the own wineyard.

7th day, Saturday We will gladly take guests to the Bozen train station, from where there are regular train connections to Germany or to Meran.

By car, you can drive back to Munich within four hours via the Brenner, Innsbruck and Salzburg motorway.

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