Alpe Adria Leisure Tour: Mallnitz to Grado

Day 1 — Arrival in Mallnitz
Arrive in Mallnitz in the Hohe Tauern mountains and check in to your 3-star hotel. Travel documents and rental bikes (if booked) are waiting for you. Parking at the hotel or the nearby public car park (3-minute walk) is included for the whole tour. Dinner on the arrival day is included.

Day 2 — Mallnitz to Seeboden/Spittal on Lake Millstatt (49–54 km)
Follow the Alpe Adria cycle path along the valley floor to Obervellach and into the Drava valley, past Möllbrücke to Seeboden. If you feel like it, the car-free lakeside path to Sappl is a highly recommended detour before returning to your 4-star hotel.

Day 3 — Seeboden to Villach (42 km)
A short, flat and largely car-free ride along the Drava via Paternion to Villach, with its attractive old town and picturesque setting. Overnight in a 4-star hotel.

Day 4 — Villach to Valbruna (44 km, 341 m elevation)
A car-free ride with only a gentle, steady climb through forests and villages along the Gail river to Arnoldstein, then on to Valbruna in the Italian Val Canale. Overnight in a 3-star hotel.

Day 5 — Valbruna to Gemona (58 km, steadily downhill)
The highlight of the Alpe Adria cycle path: ride car-free along the old railway line through the narrow Fella valley to Pontebba, then after a short stretch on regular roads continue downhill to Gemona. Overnight in a 3-star hotel.

Day 6 — Gemona to Udine (42 km)
Partly car-free and close to the Tagliamento river, pass Buia through the fertile Friuli countryside to Udine, a magnificent trading town with its Duomo and old town. Overnight in a 4-star hotel.

Day 7 — Udine to Grado (55 km)
Ride on cycle paths through villages such as Pavia di Udine to Palmanova, the 16th-century Venetian star-fortress. Continue via Cervignano to Aquileia, a former imperial residence of the Roman Empire and UNESCO World Heritage Site, and cross the lagoon to Grado. Overnight in a 4-star hotel.

Day 8 — Departure
End of tour after breakfast, or book additional nights. A return bus from Grado to Mallnitz can be booked at extra cost on Saturdays and Sundays (15 May–23 October, departure approx. 9:00 from the central piazza, arrival approx. 14:30). On other days, own return journey to Mallnitz.