The Alpe Adria Cycle Route is an extraordinary bicycle path about 400 km (250 miles) long that crosses the entire Alps to connect the Austrian city of Salzburg to the well-known Italian tourist and spa center of Grado, overlooking the Adriatic Sea.
This itinerary is considered one of the most heterogeneous and scenic cycling routes in Europe and is able to offer continuous surprises to the cyclists who are traveling it.
As it crosses the Alps mountains, the route passes through suggestive alpine valleys, dotted with woods and meadows and surrounded by glaciers and high peaks. In this part of the cycle path you often cycle along the banks of placid rivers and foaming streams that sometimes disappear into wild ravines.
Once in Italy, you pedal on the cycle path built on the grounds of the historic “Pontebbana” railway that will accompany us downhill to the suggestive moraine hills and the fertile Friuli plain. The cycle path ends on the sunny Mediterranean beach of Grado, not before having crossed the lagoon thanks to a suggestive cycle path.
In addition to these naturalistic excellences, the Alpe Adria Cycle Path will allow us to come into contact with the incredible history and culture of the places crossed thanks to the possibility of entering pleasant medieval towns and villages, discovering characteristic villages with their ancient markets, historic farms and the artisan shops without neglecting the succulent food and wine aspects of these lands.
Confirming its spectacular nature, the Alpe Adria Cycle Route has won numerous awards. Among the most prestigious are the recognition of "Best Cycle Path of the Year 2015" during the active tourism fair in Amsterdam (Fiets en Wandelbeurs) and the Italian "Oscar of Cycle Tourism" at the Cosmobike in Verona in 2016.
Finally, the Alpe Adria Cycle Route represents the main cycling tourism links between Italy and the extensive network of cycle routes in Central Europe. It is therefore not surprising that the number of cyclists who choose this route for their cycling holidays increases year after year!
