AUTHORISED HARLEY-DAVIDSON MOTORCYCLE TOURS AROUND EUROPE – FAAKER SEE & EUROPEAN BIKE WEEK
3-16 SEPTEMBER 2010

European Bike Week in our opinion is one of the best in the biking calendar and that's why we take a tour there every year. For this year we are making major changes by taking a new way down and returning by a modified and revised route. We travel down via the Belgian Ardennes, the German Eiffels and Rhine valley to Salzburg in Austria, where we'll have a two night stop in this historic city and time off to practice singing "The hills are alive..."! We return via Austrian ski resorts, the Black Forest and the Alsace. A real adventure on minor roads to a fantastic rally.
Rest assured that this trip promises interesting scenery, beautiful stops and places of interest, pretty villages, sleepy hamlets and not forgetting the great biking roads!

Day 1. Friday September 3. Calais to Dinant (approx. 190 miles).
Leaving Calais, to crunch some miles, we have the first 80 miles on motorway until we reach Cambrai and then it's backroads to Belgium until we reach Dinant in the beautiful Ardennes. The hotel tonight sits in its own parkland on the outskirts of Dinant - a lovely tranquil spot.

Day 2. Saturday September 4. Dinant to Koblenz (approx. 160 miles).
Over the high forested Ardennes and into Germany and the Eifel hills. Onwards to Koblenz, where the Mosel and Rhine meet and our 4 star city centre hotel is situated on the Rhine.

Day 3. Sunday September 5. Koblenz to Wurzburg (approx. 150 miles).
This morning we follow the Rhine, past the Loreley and into Rodesheim with its crooked narrow streets and half-timbered houses. We continue through the hilly countryside until we arrive in Wurzburg and our hotel for the night. You are free to eat out tonight.

Day 4. Monday September 6. Wurzburg to Ingolstadt (approx. 125 miles).
More sweepy, cross country roads into Bavaria and to Ingolstadt - proudly standing on the river Danube. With it medieval centre, Ingolstadt has many claims to fame including having one of the oldest Universities in Germany, being the home of Shelley's Frankenstein and the giant AUDI car plant and museum.

Day 5. Tuesday September 7. Ingolstadt to Salzburg (approx. 140 miles).
South towards Munich and a stop at Daccau, Germany's first concentration camp. Although the huts have long gone the gas chambers and watchtowers still remain. East from here and onto Salzburg and your city centre hotel for the next two nights. Tonight you are free to eat out.

Day 6. Wednesday September 8. Salzburg. A day off to explore Salzburg - with its alleyways, old squares and churches - the home of Mozart is quintessentially Austrian. Tonight you are free to eat out.

Day 7. Thursday September 9. Salzburg to Faaker See (approx. 140 miles).
One of our first stops of the day is at the summer home of Adolf Hitler in Berghof. Then over the mountain pass and south to Ossiach and your hotel for the next three nights. The Castle Hotel sits on the edge of a lake and is only 12 miles from the hub of the Faaker See rally.

Day 8. Friday September 10. A free day so you can go to the rally and you are free to eat out tonight.

Day 9. Saturday September 11. A free day so you can go to the rally or join the famous lake ride and once again you are free to eat out.

Day 10. Sunday September 12. Faaker See to Kitzbühel (approx 150 miles).
We start our return journey leaving behind this pretty area of Austria. Through the valley and over the mountains using the Felbert Tunnel and onto Kitzbühel. Your stay tonight is in the 4 star Sporthotel in the centre of this famous ski resort.

Day 11. Monday September 13. Kitzbühel to Ulm (approx 200 miles).
As we cross back into Germany we ride through the lush green mountains on the sweeping roads of the Alpenstrasse. Tonight we stay in Ulm, the birthplace of Albert Einstein and the home of the tallest church spire in the world.

Day 12. Tuesday September 14. Ulm to Strasbourg (approx. 180 miles).
From here it's back to the Black Forest, over the Rhine and north to the centre of Strasbourg where your hotel is ideally placed in the heart of the city and the old centre of Petite France. It is in easy walking distance from the hotel and a great place to eat out tonight.

Day 13. Wednesday September 15. Strasbourg to Reims (approx. 225 miles).
From Strasbourg we head over the heights of the Alsace, the Col Du Donon, through the Lorraine National Park, cross over the Mosel and visit Verdun. Finally we reach Reims for our final night.

Day 14. Thursday September 16. Reims to Calais (approx 170 miles).
Motorway today to get us back to Calais in time for a late afternoon crossing back to Dover.

Total tour mileage approx.1,830 (not including any mileage whilst at the rally)

Back to tours list >