Bad Feilnbach is a spa town at the foot of the Wendelstein, the striking rocky peak that rises above the Inn valley south of Rosenheim. Its speciality is moor baths, using peat from the surrounding bogs, and visitors have come for its healing treatments for over a century. The town is quiet and green, with meadows, orchards and farmhouses, and the mountain looms over everything.
The Wendelstein has a cog railway and a cable car to its summit, where an observatory and a chapel sit on the rocks, with views over the Alps and the plain. Below it, the Jenbach valley has waterfalls and gorges, and the meadows around Bad Feilnbach are dotted with farms and chapels. To the south, the Tatzelwurm road climbs through a narrow valley to the Sudelfeld, a winding mountain road popular with riders, which leads over to Bayrischzell.
As for the riding, it is excellent. The roads wind through the meadows and climb into the mountains, with tight curves, steep grades and spectacular views. The Sudelfeld road is famous and busy, and it has seen speed limits, noise controls and weekend restrictions for motorcycles in recent years because of complaints from residents, so check the signs. Weather can change quickly in the mountains, with thunderstorms common in summer.
Bad Feilnbach has inns and cafés, and fuel and supplies are easily found in Bad Aibling or Rosenheim. A coffee and cake on a terrace with a view of the Wendelstein is a classic Bavarian pleasure. The Grossglockner lies to the south, beyond the Inn valley and the Kitzbühel Alps.