| Do you like biking along rivers or in the middle of apple plantations and vineyards, drive past meadows and forests, or do you prefer to take the mountain bike? Laives, Bronzolo and Vadena are ideal points of departure to explore with two wheels the charmed “Überetsch” and the Dolomites - picturesque landscapes - of the South-Tyrolean “Unterland”. |
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The catchment area Laives, Bronzolo and Vadena is situated in the “Etschtal”, 8 km southern of Bolzano. Ideal for the hole family, the new built cycling trail along the river “Adige” leads from Laives, Bronzolo and Vadena to the city Bolzano, to Trento or even to the Lake Garda. |
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Rent a mountainbike:
Tourist office Laives, Bronzolo and Vadena
Via Kennedy 75/d – 39055 Laives
Tel. 0039-0471-950420
Bike and Rail
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The Eventcard Eventcards include a one-day ticket for unlimited travel on the Merano-Malles railway line, as well as a full day’s bicycle and helmet rental. |
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A bit of advice!
Be safe on the roads and use the cycling path guide of South of Southtyrol
with 41 detailed cycling-hiking and bike tour suggestions.
Available (in German and Italian) at our local tourist offices, from € 3.80!
Via Claudia Augusta
Bike & Ride, the eventcard of the Venosta/Vinschgau Line
Guided bicycle tours
| For young and old with Helmuth: On Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 2 pm Meeting point: Pizzeria Gutleben Via Marconi Laives Announcement until the previous day at the tourist office Laives. Phone: 0039-0471-950420 |
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- Mountainbike-Tour / Aldino - Ochlini
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Mountainbike-Tour / Aldino - Ochlini
Starting point: Aldino/Lärch
Final point: Ora-Leger Alm
return along the same route Distance about 15 km (one-way) (depends from starting point)
difference in elevation about 450 m
running-time approximately 3 hours
advisable type of bike: mountain bikeDescription: a bit difficult mountain biking tour for bikers with practice, partially along gravel agricultural paths. Raising approximately 10 %
- Mountainbike-Tour / Monte Corno
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Mountainbike-Tour / Monte Corno
Starting and final point: Trodena Distance about 30 km (depends from starting point)
difference in elevation about 600 m
running-time approximately 4 hours
advisable type of bike: mountain bike
Description: a bit difficult mountain biking tour for bikers with practice along the national park Monte Corno. - Mountainbike-Tour / Montagna-Fontane Fredde
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Mountainbike-Tour / Montagna-Fontane Fredde
Starting point: Montagna
Final point: Fontane Fredde (return along the same route or take the main street) Distance about 10 km (depends from the starting point)
difference in elevation about 450 m
running-time approximately 1 ½ hours
advisable type of bike: mountain bikeDescription: a bit difficult mountain biking tour for bikers with practice along the vehicle-free the former train street of the Val di Fiemme Train. Raising approximately 5 %.
- Laives - Caldaro – Appiano – Frangarto – Bolzano – Laives
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Cycling Tour: Laives - Caldaro – Appiano – Frangarto – Bolzano – Laives
Distance about 45 km
difference in elevation about 200m
running-time approximately 3 ½ hours
Description: easy, a bit difficult, with a few raisings, partially cycling trails as well as vehicle-free, agricultural pathes.
Tip: visit the famous castle “Castel Firmiano”, one of the biggest castle in South-Tyrol, built in 900. At the beginning it was called “Formicaria” later “Firmian”; in the year 1370 the duke Sigmund, the sovereign of Tyrol, bought it and renamed it into Castle “Castel Firmiano”. - Cycling Tour: Laives – Caldaro Lake
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Cycling Tour: Laives – Caldaro Lake
Distance about 35 km
difference in elevation about 168 m
running-time approximately 3 ½ hoursDescription: drive round the Lake Caldaro – asphalt path – partially gravel path – an easy cycling tour along fruit plantations and vineyards – partially vehicle-free pathes.
Tip: drive round the Lake Caldaro – sights: nature preserve at the Lake Caldaro and huge apple plantations (flowering time in spring) - Cycling Tour: Laives – Bolzano
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Cycling Tour: Laives – Bolzano
Distance about 15 km
difference in elevation 4 m
running-time approximately one hourDescription: a very nice and easy cycling tour for the hole family along the new built “Etsch”-cycling trail from Laives to Bolzano – no traffic, asphalt path, return the same route
Tip: Cycling tour to Bolzano – visit the archeological museum – the city museum – the cathedral of Bolzano – the “Laubengasse” – the fruit market – each Saturday week market at the Corso della Libertá. - Cycling tour: Laives – Trento
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Cycling tour: Laives – Trento
Distance 50 km
difference in elevation about 54 m
running-time approximately 3 ½ hours
Description: the new “Adige”-cycling trail from Laives to Trento, an easy biking tour for everybody, a nice trip for the hole family, nearly vehicle-free biking trails along the embankment of the “Adige”, there is only traffic in Trento Take the same route or the train for return to Laives. Bike-Train-Information at the Tourist Office Laives.
Tip: Cycling tour to Trento – visit the Roman cathedral – the piazza Duomo – the famous castle of Trento “Castello del Buon Consiglio” built in the 13th century – interesting historical museum of Trento.
