
Top of the Alps
This tour is all about riding the best passes and switchbacks in the Swiss, Austrian, and Italian Alps. We'll crisscross the region in search of fabulous mountain roads, including Passo di Stelvio and Grossglockner.
This tour is all about riding the best passes and switchbacks in the Swiss, Austrian, and Italian Alps.
From beautiful Munich, we ride into the Austrian Alps, warming up our sweeper riding skills before beginning to crisscross the region in search of some of the best mountain roads in the world.
This ride is not for the faint of heart or inexperienced, but the rewards are many: stunningly beautiful Alpine peaks, deep clear Alpine lakes, fairy tale villages, adrenaline rushing mountain curves. The tour ends where it begins, in Munich, but not before capturing the Holy Grail of Alps riding - Italy's famous Passo di Stelvio, and Austria's highest, the Grossglockner.
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Dates in 2021
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Day 1: Arrival in Munich
We will greet you at Munich airport and take you to the hotel in Freising. Located about 25 minutes to the north of Munich, Freising is the oldest town in Bavaria with an almost 1300 year history. Take some time to rest or do some sightseeing before the tour briefing. If you arrive early, you can take the train to Munich. Situated on the River Isar, north of the Bavarian Alps, Munich is the capital of beautiful Bavaria. This city has a lot to offer, whether you are interested in history, parks and greenery, night life, beer gardens or shopping. At 4 PM we'll meet for an introductory meeting and wrap up our first day in one of the traditional restaurants toasting with one of the many craft beers Bavaria is known for. ˝Prost!˝
Day 2: Munich - Lech
We'll make time to visit one of the famous King Ludwig's Linderhoff, his private retreat near Garmisch. We'll begin encountering some gentle sweepers and then increasingly challenging passes as the snow-topped Bavarian Alps give way to the Austrian Alps. We'll end Day 2 unwinding in the charming, cozy ski resort town of Lech, 1300m high in the Alps.
Day 3: Lech - Grimsel pass
Once across the Swiss border, we can enjoy the quiet, forested area around Walensee Lake, before scaling our first major pass of the day—the Klausen. From there we'll continue west through the valley, making a turn in Wassen to ride over another beautiful pass – Sustenpass, before settling on the top of the Grimselpass, our base tonight.
Day 4: Grimsel pass - Livigno
First, we'll scale the other end of Furkapass and the famous Gotthardpass. After lunch and a short break, we'll be ready to test our riding skills on Passo del Bernardino and then Splugenpass, with one end in Italy and the other in Switzerland. After a short ride through Italy, we'll reenter Switzerland via the spectacular Maloja Pass, passing the ski resort town of St. Moritz and south over the Berninapass to the Italian tax-free paradise of Livigno, our base tonight.
Day 5: Rest day in Livigno
It enjoys special tax status as a tax-free zone, which makes it very attractive to buy goods at substantially lower prices, especially tax-free gasoline. Today, you can decide to take the day off and do some shopping, hiking or ride some more, taking one of the riding loops we've prepared in the area. Loop over Ofen Pass and Umbrail Pass is just one of the options.
Day 6: Livigno - Dolomites
Our next challenge, Stelvio Pass, will make these first two seem like mere warm-ups. At almost 2800 m, Stelvio is one of the two highest rideable mountain passes in the Alps! And what a ride it is-- switchbacks galore, and, if you dare look up from the road, some of the most beautiful high mountain panoramas in the world. The route to our last major pass of the day, Passo di Gavia, inspires with its lakes, narrow chicanes, and wildness. We will end our day in the middle of the fabulous Dolomites.
Day 7: Dolomites - Lienz
This high altitude playground for motorcyclists and bicyclists exists today because of the road building efforts of Italian and Austro-Hungarian forces along what was a bitterly contested front through here in WWI. We'll end our day across the border in Austria in the medieval town of Lienz and say good bye to the Dolomites, the ultimate riding destination.
Day 8: Lienz - Munich
Running through the heart of the Hohe Tauren National Park to Austria's highest peak, Mt Grossglockner (3798m), this classic twisty throws 36 curves into your path over 48 km up to an altitude of 2504 m! Once off the mountain, anyone looking for some exposure to Austrian culture and history may detour to medieval Salzburg for a coffee and bit of exploration. From here, much our ride back to Munich will be through the spectacular Alpine foothills of southern Bavaria. The German Alpine Road, Grande Dame of Germany's scenic byways, will carry us over a landscape dotted with castles, baroque churches, viaducts, and abbeys. By late afternoon, Munich will greet us once more. That evening, we'll meet for our farewell dinner.
Day 9: Munich, flight home
If you have an afternoon flight planned, you can walk the Old Town and enjoy the local sites and tastes once more before returning home filled with great memories.
Pricing
Motorcycle | Price for the RIDER Based on sharing a double / twin room |
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3.390 € |
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3.480 € |
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3.650 € |
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3.840 € |
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3.960 € |
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4.360 € |
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Your own motorcycle | 2.870 € |
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Passenger | 2.580 € |
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390 € |
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Book a single room with your tour. |
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7.50 % |
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Purchasing trip cancellation insurance allows customers to receive a refund for a tour when a customer must cancel a tour for reasons covered by this insurance. Trip cancellation insurance costs 7,5% of the total listed price of the tour, including supplements like motorcycle upgrades, single room requests, and passenger costs. |
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140 € |
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VIP & Super VIP insuranceFor a fixed cost of 20 EUR per day VIP Insurance lowers your security deposit for the motorcycle, while Super VIP Insurance reduces your security deposit to zero (0 EUR) and costs 35 EUR per day. VIP insurance is available on all our tours and rentals of 7 days or more. See the chart below:
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245 € |
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VIP & Super VIP insuranceFor a fixed cost of 20 EUR per day VIP Insurance lowers your security deposit for the motorcycle, while Super VIP Insurance reduces your security deposit to zero (0 EUR) and costs 35 EUR per day. VIP insurance is available on all our tours and rentals of 7 days or more. See the chart below:
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Top of the Alps includes:
- Late model motorcycle with lockable hard luggage and tank bags plus a Third party liability insurance and Comprehensive vehicle insurance.
- Experienced guide on a motorcycle. Support van for luggage, souvenir purchases and 1 or 2 passengers.
- 8 nights' accommodation in quality 4**** hotels.
- 8 complete buffet breakfasts in the hotel.
- 7 dinners, mostly in traditional local restaurants.
- Airport transfers up to 5 days prior to the tour start, on the last day of the tour and one day after the tour.
- All maps with marked routes for the region being toured.
- Extensive tour booklet.
- GPS with all the routes uploaded.
Not included in the price:
Air ticket, dinners on rest days, most lunches, drinks, gasoline, tolls, personal spending, and tips.
Tour Cancellation Insurance: more informantion HERE.
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