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Participants: just Iris, age 72, retired and tired bicyclist Heide Raimund Road bike tour Lindau - Berchtesgaden Review of the bike Tour Total distance (to Salzburg): 486 kilometers, Total climbing up: 5.805 hm   We found the tour at the Internet. Not knowing how hard it would be. The road sometimes is more a mountain bike trail, even crossing rivers. I wonder that I had no flat. I followed the recommendation of my bike dealer. He was right.  So many e-bikers. Some are careless with speed... The bicycle trail "Königsseeradweg" is very good marked. Again: expect many, many gravel roads. Expect Germany's best scenic Southern landscape (Allgäu - Bavaria). At the area Füssen / Schwangau it is very busy. Heavy traffic, too many tourists from all over the world. We have been calling at least 10 times to find a proper accommodation. We checked places on Google maps, what helped us most. Twice the local Tourist Information gave us a hint. Assuming you do it without an e-bike, this tour is only for trained and experienced bicyclists, with good equipment. I have been riding with a triple gear in front and the rear sproket has been 28 teeth (should be 30!). Good luck to our followers. 1. day: August 20, 2017 Lindau - Immenstadt We stated late as Raimund arrived nearly 4 pm Unbelievable, we made it until Oberstaufen. Night has fallen on our biker group. We made the remaining 10 kilometers to Immenstadt by taxi. No way: no lights and freezing cold. Night Hotel Goldener Adler. day distance: 67 kilometers day sum of climbing: 1.100 hm some photo impressions: we arrived early and had to "kill" a day... A ship tour to Rorschach and sightseeing walk through Lindau peninsula. Bavarian's like their folklore:  
and now... waiting for our third bicyclist, arriving so late
and now on tour see photo impressions:
 2. day: August 21, 2017 Immenstadt - Halblech The fist day was tough. This day is even more... Riding through hilly Semi-alpine roads. This day many gravel roads. I have never riding so many mountain bike trails with a race bike. I still wonder the tires held... Night: private Kunigunde Neumeier day distance: 77 kilometers day sum of climbing: 930 hm some photo impressions:
3. day: August 22, 2017 Halblech - Ried bei Benediktbeuren Night: Waldschänke (Address from the Tourist Information Kochel am See) Very good accommodation with best Service, food and drinks day distance: 77 kilometers day sum of climbing: 815 hm some photo impressions:
4. day: August 23, 2017 Ried bei Benediktbeuren - Fischbachau night: Alter Wirt. One of the best. It is a bit outside Fischbach, but, the bicycle trail is nearby. day distance: 72 kilometers day sum of climbing: 980 hm some photo impressions:
5. day: August 24, 2017 Fischbachau - Bergen night: Säulnerhof. Very friendly inn keeper woman day distance: 77 kilometers day sum of climbing: 680 hm
6. day: August 25, 2017 Bergen - Schönau am Königsee night: Gasthof Bergheimat. Very friendly staff. Only 5 minutes walk from the Königsee away. We followed the river Salzach until Reichenhall. There is a long climb from Reichenhall to Bischofswiesen. Gravel trail as usual. A long detour followed: we made hotel reservations at Götschenhof. This was a bad mistake. The inn-keeper didn't tell, that this hotel is located in 900 m elevation. He has been knowing, we are bicyclists, but he kept hidden this fact. A nearly 3 kilomter stiff climb (12%). Better stay away from that hotel. The inn-keeper is somehow rude. We left to Schönau and found a better place. day distance: 86 kilometers day sum of climbing: 1200 hm 7. day: August 26, 2017 Schönau - Salzburg We had an early morning ship to St. Bartolomeo. We followed the Berchtesgadener Ache. A wonderful bicycle trail. Most the time gravel. Following the river to Markschellenberg. No real climb. More a downhill... Very close to Salzburg. day distance: 30 kilometers day sum of climbing: 100 hm some photo impressions:
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