Family-friendly tours
Exploring together
Bicycle tours are a great way for your family to explore a region or country. Together you get a feel for a new terrain, the sights and smells, history, culture, and people—experiences that aren’t always possible from a train or rental car.
Here’s are factors we consider when recommending a tour for your family:
- Does the tour take place on dedicated bike paths? Or possibly quiet side roads?
- Is the route grade flat or mostly flat?
- Are the daily distances shorter (easier for shorter legs)?
- Does the tour operator provide appropriate bikes and rental equipment for a variety of ages?
- Does the tour possibly have educational value, enjoyable sites or attractions, non-cycling activities, or built-in rest days?
Our family had an amazing experience. With two boys the distance was easily manageable, and we could focus on the ‘travel experience’ and not just getting there.”
Level of difficulty
Tours using road, hybrid or touring bikes:
- Mostly flat
- Flat with some gentle slopes
- Rolling, hilly terrain
- Some long and/or steep climbs
- Extensive climbing
Tours using mountain bikes:
- Mostly flat, wide trails
- Some gentle slopes, wide trails
- Rolling, hilly terrain and/or narrow trails
- Some long and/or steep climbs and/or technical trails
- Extensive climbing and/or highly technical trails
Salzburg Lakes Tour: Around the Lakes in the Foothills of the Alps
Country: Austria
Self-Guided: from €755
(US$949)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Daily: Apr 21-Oct 6, 2018
What is lovelier than being out and about, cycling along the banks of lakes, and just letting your spirit soar in a marvelous natural landscape? The cycle tour through the Salzkammergut area is wonderfully suited for this. Only a few kilometers...
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Salzburg to Vienna, Lakes Option
Country: Austria
Self-Guided: from €555
(US$697)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Daily: Apr 28-Oct 20, 2018
Everybody knows them, the melodies of the "Serenade No. 13" and "The Blue Danube Waltz!" On this tour, you will start in Salzburg where Mozart was born, cycling straight through the beautiful hilly lake district of the Salzkammergut. Once you...
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Danube Bike Path 7 Nights (Service Plus)
Country: Austria, Germany
Guided: from €2090
(US$2626)
Self-Guided: from €1390 (US$1746)
Self-Guided: from €1390 (US$1746)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesGuided:
Jun 4, Aug 20, 2018 (minimum 4 participants)
Self-Guided:
Daily: Apr 1-Oct 31, 2018
Loved by many, this is of the the most famous cycling trails in Europe. The route is smooth, easy, and stunningly beautiful. Ride through pretty Austrian towns providing excellent services for cyclists. From Passau, at the confluence of the rivers...
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Danube Bike Path 7 Nights (Classic)
Country: Austria, Germany
Self-Guided: from €778
(US$977)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Daily: Mar 24-Oct 13, 2018
This is the classic version of the Danube Bike Path tour. For 5-star hotels in different towns along the way, please also see the Upscale Lodging version of this tour. Explore the paths along the blue Danube River just like the Romans, the...
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Lake Constance Bicycle Path
Country: Austria, Germany, Switzerland
Self-Guided: from €579
(US$727)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Daily: Mar 24-Oct 24, 2018
The Lake Constance cycle route is one of the most popular bicycle routes in Europe. On this tour you will cycle around the entire lake and get to know three countries and four islands (Reichenau, Mainau, Lindau and Werd). The main highlights are...
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Munich to Salzburg: The Capital of Bavaria to Mozart’s birthplace
Country: Austria, Germany
Self-Guided: from €715
(US$898)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Fridays: Apr 27-Sep 14, 2018
Two cultures are connected in this biking tour from Munich, Germany to Salzburg, Austria. Munich serves as the starting point of this tour with an impressive historical ambiance and lively cultural center. Leaving Munich you enter the beautiful...
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Danube Family Tour 7 Nights
Country: Austria, Germany
Self-Guided: from €748
(US$940)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Daily: Mar 24-Oct 13, 2018 (minimum 2 participants)
This Danube Family Tour was designed especially for families. It offers shorter daily distances than the usual tour program. Hotels are family friendly and vary from an original family farm where children are allowed to assist in feeding the...
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Danube Bike Path 8 Nights (Upscale Lodging)
Country: Austria, Germany
Self-Guided: from €1025
(US$1288)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Daily: Mar 24-Oct 13, 2018 (minimum 2 participants)
While most clients are more than pleased with our Classic tour, many have asked for a more upscale option. We're pleased to introduce Danube Bike Path: Upscale Lodging, which stays in the top hotels in each overnight stop along the way, primarily...
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Tauern Bike Path (Krimml-Passau)
Country: Austria, Germany
Self-Guided: from €615
(US$773)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Daily: Apr 28-Oct 6, 2018
From the Salzach origin above Saalach and Inn to the Danube - it is hard to believe that cycling could be so convenient and easy on flat dedicated bike paths through the world of the Alps. Following the “Donauradweg” (Danube-bike-path), on the...
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Innsbruck to Lake Garda Across the Southern Slopes of the Alps
Country: Austria, Italy
Self-Guided: from €779
(US$979)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Saturdays and Wednesdays: Apr 28-Oct 6, 2018
On this tour you will come across well-known cities such as Innsbruck, Merano, and Trento. The rivers Inn and Adige lead you via Lake Reschensee and Lake Caldaro to Lake Garda. Impressive mountain ranges form an incredible panorama. From Reschen...
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Danube Waltz Bike and Boat Passau – Budapest – Passau
Country: Austria, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia
Self-Guided: from €789
(US$991)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Sundays, Apr 28–Oct 06, 2019
By bike and boat from the "Bavarian Venice" directly into the heart of the famous and glamorous former K+K monarchy Austria/Hungary. You can look forward to three of Europes most charming capitals: Vienna, the metropolis of Waltz, Bratislava, the...
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Vienna – Prague Greenways
Country: Austria, Czech Republic
Guided: from €2090
(US$2626)
Self-Guided: from €1390 (US$1746)
Self-Guided: from €1390 (US$1746)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesGuided:
May 7; Jun 16, 18; Jul 14; Aug 6, 11; Sep 7, 9, 2018 (minimum 4 participants)
Self-Guided:
Daily: Apr 1-Oct 31, 2018
This tour follows one of the great undiscovered cycling trails in Central Europe. The route is full of cultural and historical gems featuring 6 UNESCO world heritage sites: Schoenbrunn Palace in Vienna, the Chateaux of Valtice and Lednice, the...
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Salzburg-Vienna, River Option
Country: Austria
Self-Guided: from €575
(US$722)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Daily: May 5-Oct 14, 2018
Bike tour from Mozart's city of Salzburg into the heart of Europe: Vienna – passing medieval cities, fortresses, and monasteries, and along the rivers Salzach, Inn, and Danube – into the untouched Upper Danube Valley and the beautiful Wachau...
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Tauern Bike Path (Salzburg-Salzburg)
Country: Austria
Self-Guided: from €615
(US$773)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Daily: Apr 28-Oct 6, 2018 (minimum 2 persons)
This route is named after a breathtaking mountain range. But you don 't have to worry: You cycle through the valleys along the rivers "Salzach" and "Saalach." The trail is mostly flat, but nevertheless, you should have some basic condition. We...
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Danube Impressions Bike and Boat Passau – Vienna – Passau
Country: Austria, Germany
Self-Guided: from €635
(US$798)
US$ based on current exchange rate
View DatesSelf-Guided:
Saturdays: Apr 28; May 5, 12; Jul 7, 14, 21; Sep 22, 2018. (Note: For 2019 dates and prices, please contact us.)
Biking along the German/Austrian Danube is a very special pleasure because the hotel is always with you! Gently downhill, mostly with a helpful tailwind, you are experiencing the impressive river as it meanders in the Donauschlinge ("Great Loop")...
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