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Anticipation is the greatest of all pleasures.
With the delicious recipes from our bike destinations, the event tips and articles on the topic of leisure cycling, we want to increase your anticipation. We want to inspire you to try something new. Discover new flavours and get to know people and their stories at traditional festivals.
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Try delicious recipes from our culinary regions. Get to know the country
and the people at traditional festivals and celebrations, or discover
very special programmes for a delightful cycling holiday.
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The Schilcherland Styria is a Garden of Eden and hub of culinary powerhouses that can be experienced up close on the 40 km long Schilcher Wine Route.
The Schilcher
AustriaStyria,
This Bavarian specialty made of choux pastry is a classic! Super delicious and huge are these cream puffs in the mountain inn Almhütte with its own confectionery – rightly also called Windbeutelalm.
The Almhütte
GermanyBavaria,
For Silvia Schneider, enjoying a Danube trout on an idyllic terrace with views of the Danube is a true moment of pleasure.
Where clear spring water flows down from the wooded banks of the Danube, those trout are raised, which are tasty and prepared with much love and can be enjoyed wonderfully on a terrace with a view of the Danube.
The Grado specialities are full of flavours and culinary tradition that are passed on from one generation to the next – with freshly caught fish, wine and typical white asparagus. And don’t forget: the Santonego – a high quality grappa.
Enjoyment by the Adriatic Sea
Italy,
From quaint alpine huts and wine taverns to gourmet restaurants: the regional specialities of Eastern Styria will inspire you. A pleasure for all the senses!
Culinary Garden
AustriaStyria, East Styria
Chef Stefan Csar serves extraordinary regional 3-Toque cuisine on international level. The icing on the cake of every visit to the Ratschen restaurant are the unconventional Wachter Wiesler wines.
Ratschen restaurant
, Southern Burgenland
Yellow, red, blue, dotted, small, large, round and oblong, waxy and floury anyway – potato varieties are like stars in the sky. For Hans Moser and Andrea, this is always an incentive to cultivate unusual “newcomers” in addition to popular standard varieties here in Salzburg’s Lungau region every year.
Lungau potatoes
, Salzburger Lungau
Creative dishes were created during the Mostviertel field experiments: feta cheese in ash with chive pesto, char served on a blood sausage and einkorn wheat risotto, and Traisen valley asparagus on nettles served with an Ötscher soil espuma.
Mostviertel field experiments
AustriaLower Austria, Mostviertel
In the Weinviertel, top chefs and winemakers offer a 5-course menu with wine pairing and music under the open sky. Unique locations, ambiance, cuisine, Weinviertel wines, and hospitable hosts promise unforgettable summer evenings in Austria’s largest wine-producing region.
Dining in the Weinviertel
AustriaLower Austria, Weinviertel
Relax
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Our bike hotels are the ideal starting point to discover the diverse regions around in a sporty way, culturally, scenically and culinary. From pleasant inns to 4-star hotels that provide all the amenities a cyclist's heart desires: in our ideally located, bike-friendly accommodations, everything is tailored to the needs of cycling holidays aligned. Exercise, relaxation and enjoyment combine here to create a very special holiday experience.
