DOLOMITI-SUPERBIKE-MTB-TOUR With the MTB on the tracks of the famous MTB-race Self-guided tour approx. 280-310 km 8 days / 7 nights Description Most of the paths are on old military and forest tracks; on every stage you can enjoy spectacular scenery and nature impressions of the famous Dolomites. Partially the tour leads along the famous MTBmarathon-track of the Dolomite Superbike race which takes place every year in July. The Dolomites, listed on the UNESCO World Heritage list, and the summits of the mountains surround your way through the Nature Parks Fanes-Sennes-Prags, Ampezzaner Dolomiten and Sextner Dolomiten. Characteristics of the route The path leads along military and forest tracks as on wide mountain paths. The tour is suitable for anyone in good basic physical condition. FUNActive Tours GmbH Bahnhofstraße 3 39034 Toblach (BZ) Italien Tel.: +39 0474 771210 E-Mail: office@funactive.info
A day by day account of the route Day 1: Arrival in Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco Starting point: the north-eastern Dolomites; Day 2: Hochpusteral - Lake Pragser Wildsee - Olang - Hochp. Pragser Wildsee, under the Pragser Dolomiten to Brunstalm ; Day 3: Hochpustertal - Eggerberg - Hochpustertal Lookout on Eggerberg, Silvesteralm, Innichberg ; Day 4: Hochpustertal - Helm - Rotwand - Hochpustertal To the Sunny mountain of Innichen Day 5: Hochpustertal - Gemärk - Cortina d Ampezzo The Valley Padeon takes you under Mt. Cristallo to Pass Tre Croci; Day 6: Cortina - Cortina Hut s: Senneshütte, Ra Stua, Große Faneshütte ; Day 7: Cortina - Gemärk - Plätzwiese - Hochpustertal High plateau Plätzwiese, valley Höhlensteintal ; Day 8: Departure Individual departure or possibility to extend your stay;
detailed routing Day 1: Arrival in Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco Individual arrival at the hotel in Hochpustertal. Free, unguarded public car park near the hotel. Day 2: Villabassa or Dobbiaco - Lake Pragser Wildsee - Olang/Valdaora - Villabassa or Dobbiaco (approx. 1,200 m in altitude and approx. 40 From Villabassa/Dobbiaco you cycle along the cycling path until you reach the entrance to the valley Pragsertal and continue up to lake Pragser Wildsee, which enchants visitors with its crystal clear turquoise water. After a short downhill ride to St. Veit you take a forest track under the Pragser Dolomites to Brunstalm (alpine pasture 1,898 m). After a break and refreshment you can enjoy the downhill ride to Valdaora di Sopra and go back to Villabassa/Dobbiaco on the cycling path. Day 3: Villabassa or Dobbiaco - Eggerberg - Villabassa or Dobbiaco (approx. 1,100 m in altitude and approx. 45 km or approx. 1,850 m in altitude and 65 The first part of today s stage leads along the asphalted road to the lookout on Eggerberg (1,480 m). Over the forest tracks you reach on the back of the mountain - Ratsberg (1,620 m) and the homonymous hotel. From here you go downhill to the Silvesteralm (1,800 m alpine pasture). Over the Innichberg you get back to Dobbiaco/Villabassa. Ambitioned mountain-bikers can cycle from the Silvesteralm over an old military road up to Markinkele (2,545 m). This summit southern peak of the Villgrater mountains - offers a marvellous view over the higher two of the peaks Drei Zinnen (Three Peaks). You take the same way back to Silvesteralm and Dobbiaco/Villabassa. Day 4: Villabassa or Dobbiaco - Helm - Rotwand - Villabassa or Dobbiaco (approx. 1,400 m in altitude and approx. 60 Today you reach one of the most beautiful side valleys of the Pustertal, Sesto. We leave Villabassa/Dobbiaco on the cycling path and reach San Candido. From there you cycle over Innichner Sonnenberg ( sunny mountain of Innichen ) to the skiing mountain Helm (2,041 m). From there you have a wonderful view on the Sextner Dolomites. After a short downhill ride to the fortress Mittelberg you reach the Rotwand meadows and Bad Moos. From there you follow the cycling path along the river of Sesto until you get to the old thermal springs of San Candido and back to Dobbiaco/Villabassa. Day 5: Villabassa or Dobbiaco - Gemärk - Cortina d Ampezzo (approx. 1,100 m in altitude and approx. 45 You leave Villabassa/Dobbiaco going south on the cycling path along the tracks of the old Dolomites railway. You pass two lakes: Toblacher See and Dürrensee and you reach the border the Gemärk of the two regions Trentino-Südtirol and Veneto. Follow the cycling path to Ospitale. From here the Valley Padeon takes you under Mount Cristallo to Pass Tre Croci and then slightly downhill to Cortina d Ampezzo where you will spend the night. Day 6: Cortina Cortina (approx. 2,000 m in altitude and approx. 50 km, 5-huts-tour Giro dei 5 rifugi) You leave Cortina on the cycling path and go to Fiames. From there you go on until you reach the car parking S. Umberto and slightly up to the hut Rifugio Ra Stua (1.668 m). Continue to the hut Senneshütte (2,120 m). Now a long downhill ride begins passing the hut Rifugio Fodara Vedla (1,980 m) to the hut Rifugio Pederü (1,540 m). On the old military road you cycle up to the hut Faneshütte (2,060 m) passing the saddle Limo Joch to the lake Limosee. Under the famous Vallon Bianco, former theatre of war, you cycle back to Fiames and Cortina. Day 7: Cortina - Gemärk - Plätzwiese - Villabassa or Dobbiaco (approx. 1,000 m in altitude and approx. 40 km or approx. 1,300 m in altitude and approx. 50 Today you will reach the high plateau Plätzwiese mount Dürrenstein and Hohe Gaisl still high above it. Next to nature and peace you will enjoy the most stunning view: Monte Cristallo, Tofane, Drei Zinnen (Three Peaks) just to name some of the summits you can admire! First you take the cycling path to the region border Gemärk and then you take the old military road to Plätzwiese. After a short break and refreshment you go downhill to the valley Pragsertal with its dark coniferous forests take the cycling path back Villabassa/Dobbiaco. Ambitioned mountain-bikers cycle from the hut Dürrensteinhütte on to the Strudelkopf and enjoy the view over the world famous Drei Zinnen (Three Peaks) and the valley Höhlensteintal. Day 8: Departure Individual departure or possibility to extend your stay.
starting dates 2018 arrival non schedule arrival dates daily 24/06/2018 (first available date) to 23/09/2018 (last available date) minimum of 5 persons upon request General information Classification of the cycle-tour: Self-guided tour Duration: 8 days 7 nights Distance: approx. 280-310 km Accommodation in hotels - 3*** and/or 4****star category Tourist tax if requested has to be paid on the spot Arrival: By car On the Brenner/Brennero motorway (A22) to Brixen/Bressanone - take the exit Vahrn/Varna, then through the valley Pustertal/Val Pusteria (SS49) to Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco, depending on the location fo your hotel or drive along the Felbertauernstraße to Lienz in Eastern Tyrol (Austria) and then further into Italy throught the valley Pustertal/Valle Pusteria to Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco, depending on the location fo your hotel By train Take the train from Innsbruck over the Brenner/Brennero to Franzensfeste/Fortezza. Change the train to the Pustertal/Valle Pusteria - Lienz and get off either at Niederdorf/Villabassa or Toblach/Dobbiaco depending on the location of your hotel timetable www.deutschebahn.de www.oebb.at www.trenitalia.com By plane Low cost flights are available to Sant Angelo - Antonio Canova airport in Treviso and to the Marco Polo airport in Venice which offer an excellent airport shuttle to and from Mestre / Marghera Upon request, we organize transfers from the airport to the starting point of the cycle tour Transfer every Saturday (in June, July and August even on Wednesday) by shuttle bus from Venice mainland/mestre to Toblach/Dobbiaco or Niederdorf/Villabassa at a price of Euro 65.00 per person (bicycle included reservation and payment upon booking). Starting point: Villabassa/Niederdorf or Dobbiaco/Toblach Parking: Free unattended parking facilities for the duration of the bicycle tour at the nearby public parking area Rental bikes: Bianchi Kuma 27.2 (on request, limited availability) or similar version Included services Accommodation in hotels - 3*** and/or 4****star category Breakfast buffet or full breakfast If you have booked half board: min. of 3 course evening meal (no half board in Cortina) Personal tour information Luggage transfer from hotel to hotel Well planned routes Detailed documents (maps, GPX-tracks, places of interest, important telephone numbers) Telephone service hotline for during the entire tour non Included services Arrival to the starting point of the tour Departure at the end of the tour Drinks and all extras Lunch Dinner (if not booked half board) Not mentioned entries Rental bikes Travel insurance All not expressly mentioned under the item Included services
prices 2018 Self-guided tour Package price per person in a double room with breakfast 649.00 Single room surcharge per person 149.00 5x Half board surcharge per person (Cortina excluded) 105.00 High season* surcharge per person 65.00 Additional services Mountainbike - Standard 160.00 Special Bike on request Extra nights in Niederdorf/Toblach (Hotel 3*-category) Per person and night in a double room with breakfast in June/from August, 19th/September 53.50 Per person and night in a double room with breakfast in July/until August, 3rd (incl.) 68.50 Per person and night in a double room with breakfast from August, 4th to 18th (incl.) 71.50 Surcharge single room per night 12.00 Extra nights in Niederdorf/Toblach (Hotel 4*-category) Per person and night in a double room with breakfast in June/from August, 19th/September 84.50 Per person and night in a double room with breakfast in July/until August, 3rd (incl.) 94.50 Per person and night in a double room with breakfast from August, 4th to 18th (incl.) 114.50 Surcharge single room per night 12.00 * High season: arrival date from 30/06/2018 to 08/09/2018 (incl.)