December 24^th 2009

The mountain world of the Allgaeuer Alps, Bregenzerwald, the Lechtal valley Alps and the Silvretta mountain group is in the meanwhile a well coordinated grouped tourist area supplying multiple services on a very high level for international tourists. The entry gate to that beautiful holiday area is usually, when you come with your motorbike, form the northern countries like the UK, Scottland or Scandinavia, the Autobahn highway via Stuttgart, Ulm and Kempten or via the Lake of Constance (Bodensee) through the towns Lindau and Bregenz and the Bregenzerwald. This area provides several great multiple day motorbike tours in the Bregenzerwald area and the Lechtaler mountain region.

We recommend to enter the region around Lake of Constance and use the Bregenzerwald as a base for the trips. For commuting from the UK, Scottland or Scandinavia you may use the free of charge services of the mototrrad ringhotels managed by Willi the host of the famous Berggasthaus Beverin. This group of hostels and guesthouses offer overnights along the road from the German Eifel mountains down to Black Forest. Typically you use the A7 from Wurzburg or Ulm and then exit to Bregenzerwald. The last piece from Ulm you should take the Bundes- and Landstrasse (county roads) via Biberach, Bad Waldsee, Wangen, Lindau and Bregenz. The Oberschwaben region and the Allgaeu region can be toured during nearly any season and are a dream for motorbike travellers. Endless twisting country roads lead you through meadows, woods, fruit plantations and along nice small rivers down to Lindau.

The most southern day tour you may take based from Bregenzerwald ist the most popular SIlvretta Alpine road up the Bieler pass summit with the Silvrettta storage lake. Even the shorter distance trips across the Lechtaler Alps like riding across the Namloserr Tal valley from Reutte over to the Lech valley surprises with an outstanding landscape, excellent road grip and endless curves and you will find mostly other motorbike riders on that roads, since the main traffic goes either via the Fernpass or the Brenner pass. That region offers multiple guesthouses, hotels and hostels that are normally recommended through the German “Tourenfahrer” motorbike traveller magazin. We choose the guesthouse recommended below and use in the meanwhile a motorbike trailor, which is a standard car trailer, where we have added four rails for motorbikes. We drive down to Gasthof Alpenrose, drop the car and trailer, unload the bikes and go for two weeks on the road. The Gasthof Alpenrose is member of the Motorradringhotel and they organize all overnights in the Dolomiti mountains, Switzerland or Savoy Alps free of charge.

When you are there, don’t miss Lake of Constance, a journey with the Bregenzerwald steam train and the specialties of the Cheese-Road. This is a special pleasure and should be combined with the many local Musikfests (like a small and cosy Oktoberfest).

A-6863 Egg / Bregenzerwald

www.kaltenbrunnen.com

GPS N47°26’30” E009°52’15”

Alpine pass name period opened altitude from - to driving time distance  Arlbergpass the whole year 1.793m/5,883ft St. Anton - Bludenz 45 min 41 km/25.5mls   Bielerhöhe June - October 2.036m/6,680ft Galtür - Partenen 35 min 26 km/16.2mls   Faschinajoch July - September 1.486m/4,876ft Damüls - Sonntag 30 min 11 km/06.8mls   Fernpass the whole year 1.209m/3,967ft Lermoos - Nassereith 40 min 22 km/13.7mls   Flexenpass the whole year 1.773m/5,817ft Warth - Klösterle/Stuben 35 min 25 km/15.5mls   Furkajoch July - September 1.761m/5,778ft Damüls - Rankweil 50 min 28 km/17.4mls   Gaichtpass the whole year 1.093m/3,586ft Nesselwängle - Weißenbach 10 min 8 km/5.0mls   Hahntennjoch Juni - October 1.884m/6,181ft Elmen - Imst 60 min 30 km/18.6mls   Hochtannbergpass the whole year 1.676m/5,499ft Warth - Schoppernau 35 min 20 km/12.4mls   Jochpass the whole year 1.178m/3,865ft Bad Hindelang - Tannheim 30 min 19 km/11.8mls   Namlos the whole year 1.360m/4,462ft Bichlbach - Stanzach 40 min 27 km/16.8mls   Riedbergpass the whole year 1.420m/4,659ft Fischen (D) - Hittisau (CH) 40 min 14 km/08.7mls

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