CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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From Salzburg it runs 376 km to Salzburg; allow about 4 h 49 of riding. On the way it passes Abtsdorf III, Abtsdorf I, Litzlberg Süd and Herrenchiemsee New Palace. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,000 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Austria into Germany - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
49 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it — speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through.
This part of the ride is 127 km of Salkammergut Lakes Road.
Salzburg owes its name and its wealth to salt, the white gold that was mined in the nearby hills and floated down the Salzach river for centuries. The prince-archbishops who ruled the city used that income to turn it into a baroque stage set, with domes, fountains and palaces crowded below the mighty fortress of Hohensalzburg, which looks down from its rock over the old town. The city is also the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in 1756 in a narrow house on the Getreidegasse, and every summer the Salzburg Festival fills the squares and churches with music.
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Salzburg is where the day begins. Next is Abtsdorf III.
The Attersee is the biggest lake in the Salzkammergut, and Abtsdorf sits on its western shore, a settlement so small the label can get away with a Roman numeral. In this case the III means a third spot among a cluster of lake access points, so what you are really visiting is the shoreline between Attersee village and Weyregg, where the water is startlingly clear and the mountains stand up behind the opposite bank.
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Abtsdorf III comes up about 56 km into the recorded legs. Next is Abtsdorf I.
Abtsdorf lies on the western shore of the Attersee, the largest lake in the Salzkammergut, a region of lakes, forests and limestone peaks east of Salzburg. The water is remarkably clear, a deep blue-green that looks almost Mediterranean on a bright day, and the lake is about twenty kilometres long, which makes it a gentle place to ride beside. The towns along the shore, Attersee and Weyregg among them, are small and old-fashioned, with sailing clubs and cafes that open onto the water.
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about 57 km into the recorded legs you reach Abtsdorf I. Next is Litzlberg Süd.
Attersee is the largest lake lying entirely within Austria, and the water is so clear and clean that boats seem to hang over their own shadows. It lies in the Salzkammergut, the lake district east of Salzburg, ringed by forested hills and with the limestone wall of the Hollengebirge at its southern end. Litzlberg sits on the western shore, a short way from Seewalchen, where the lake narrows and the shoreline is a mix of meadows, reed beds and villas with boathouses. It is a place that people have lived since the Stone Age, and the lake bed here holds the remains of prehistoric pile dwellings that are part of the UNESCO listing for such sites around the Alps.
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Litzlberg Süd, about halfway. Next is Herrenchiemsee New Palace.
King Ludwig II wanted to build Versailles on an island, and for the most part he did. The New Palace on Herrenchiemsee, the largest island in the Chiemsee, is his answer to Louis XIV, a Bavarian homage to the French sun king that took years to build and was never finished. Ludwig spent barely ten days there in total. The money ran out, the king's reputation among his ministers fell, and in 1886 he was dead in Lake Starnberg under circumstances people still argue about.
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Herrenchiemsee New Palace sits at 173 km, about halfway. Next is back through Litzlberg Süd.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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back through Litzlberg Süd comes up about 319 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Abtsdorf I.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abtsdorf I write-up.
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about 326 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Abtsdorf I. Next is back through Abtsdorf III.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Abtsdorf III write-up.
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back through Abtsdorf III, late in the day. Next is Salzburg.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Salzburg write-up.
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The route ends here after 376 km.
Salzburg → Abtsdorf III is 56 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Abtsdorf I → Litzlberg Süd is 7 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Litzlberg Süd → Herrenchiemsee New Palace is 127 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Herrenchiemsee New Palace → back through Litzlberg Süd is 128 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Litzlberg Süd → back through Abtsdorf I is 7 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Abtsdorf III → Salzburg is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.