From Bolzano to Venice

From Bolzano to Venice

The hotels should be within walking distance of the city centres. That was only partly the case. The hotels waren except for one (Puccini am Gardasee) good to very good.
- Neidhardt, Herbert

hot, hotter, bike tour Bolzano-Venice

We're back from a strenuous, but largely wonderful tour. During the introduction to Bolzano, details of the tour were pointed out. The entire route is signposted with countless small black stickers with a green arrow, which then had to be looked for and observed. Sometimes the route was a bit idiosyncratic, e.g. cycle paths on the left side of the road against the direction of travel, routes over large, confusing intersections but mostly off the streets and in the first part of the tour mostly along the Etsch. The crossing on Lake Garda turned out to be a bit long at 5 hours. The hotels waren great, three even with a pool. An extra night in Verona is recommended. We used it for an extensive stroll through the city and an evening visit to the opera. Additional nights in Mestre are also recommended. From here you can easily take the bus to Venice. The day or multi-day ticket is also a ticket for the Vaporetto. We got along very well with the map material. The tour book with the very detailed directions can be used to read more about problems. However, we noticed that the English and German versions have minor differences. You are asked to drive to the right of the river or to the left of the river. We rode our own bikes, fellow travelers waren but very satisfied with the rental bikes. However, we would have liked to have received the travel documents (tour book and directions) before departure and not only in Bozen. Our conclusion: Recommended but exhausting at a constant temperature of 38-39°C
- clerk

Cycling in the mountains is particularly appealing

Instead of 280 km waren it's 345 km - that was a shock and I wouldn't have done the tour with children, but maybe with young people. So that was a sporty tour and therefore little time in the individual cities. So we will go there again - at least to Padua. You should take out the restaurant recommendation in Trento "La Cantinota". We met everyone who followed your recommendation at the restaurant across the street, which was extremely nice and delicious. The organization was very good, the suitcase transport, the maps (excellent), the return transport. the hotels waren very different, although we didn't like the "Venezia" in Trento from the equipment (door doesn't close) and the breakfast. We particularly liked the Albergo San Raffaele in Vincenza. Great location, very cordial, nice staff and really quiet location with a great view over the city-especially in the evening an experience. Overall, the path was very well signposted and the meticulous map was superfluous. We were happy to get cake, bread and drinks from the bakers along the route. Tasty and cheap. In Mestre we recommend the "Officina des gusto" at the back of the Hotel Venizia. Very good kitchen. Cycling is just beautiful - even if we couldn't shelter in the rain because there are no bus shelters and the property is highly fenced. Venice with continuous rain also had something, not everyone experiences it! But that's how it is. Overall it was a very nice trip with only one puncture.
- Ingrid Lange

Wonderful bike ride!

Four of us went on the Bolzano - Venice bike tour in August 2014 with our own bikes and waren very excited. The route is easy to find using the map handed out and the arrows along the way (only a few were missing). The hotels in the cheaper category waren Consistently good, as was the breakfast. The luggage transport worked fine. Only the "introductory event" in Bolzano was a bit uncoordinated. Here the participants of different tours were informed together by a supervisor - unfortunately a bit short and uncoordinated. We would still recommend this tour and would certainly like to do another one ourselves.
-Birgit Biedermann

It couldn't be better

Dear Mecklenburger, a really wonderful cycling week is behind us, we are very satisfied. You could drive the entire tour according to the signs, so you hardly had to consult the very good documents. The stage length and the quarters waren very well matched. Small points of criticism: The departure time of the ship on Lake Garda was incorrect (15:35 p.m. instead of 15:00 p.m.). The half hour later meant that there was little time for small purchases after arriving in Decenziano. A reference to the very bad gastronomy on board the ferry with a four-hour journey would have been very helpful. Especially since there was enough time in Riva to prepare. Unfortunately, the breakfast at the Hotel Albermonaco in Trento was the worst of the tour, but the coffee machine was an impertinence. This waren but already the negative sides. Overall we felt very comfortable, a special highlight was the Hotel Elite in Mestre, ideal starting point for Venice, great connection by public transport. We will gladly book a tour again.
- Dietmar Slupinski

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