04-08-13, 09:17 AM
My favourite stop is in kauernetal in west tyrol, situated close to switzerland, italy and germany.Close to stelvio, lots of swiss passes, passo de rombo etc. BUT its all down to weather my friends....pre booking is IMO out as its too easy to pick the wrong week ! My advice is to watch the forecast and go on spec . You will always be able to find a space in a hotel. Much much harder for a big group...maybe then you will have to pre book and risk it.
Prebooking I mean , like months in advance to suit holiday dates.
My ideal is to just go when austria has settled weather. IF the weather is good, there is no finer area to ride than tyrol and switzerland. If its wet ....uh uh. You have to have the dry weather. period.
Cost wise my favourite hotel does half board for around 70 quid a night , with great food and reasonable drink prices.Fuel in austria is one of the cheapest too, and its a country totally dedicated to the tourist and is mostly biker friendly.
But you have to have the weather....believe me, in 5 seperate visits I have had only smatterings of dry weather interspersed with cloud or rain. All because we prebooked a tour and had to take what came.
Yet its just 1 overnight stop from calais to get there, so it is possible to just go on spec.
Switzerland btw is very expensive to stop eat and drink, far cheaper in neighbouring austria !
Northern spain and possibly the french alps are the nearest thing to guarenteed settled weather booking in advance, but even then it does rain there from time to time !
Prebooking I mean , like months in advance to suit holiday dates.
My ideal is to just go when austria has settled weather. IF the weather is good, there is no finer area to ride than tyrol and switzerland. If its wet ....uh uh. You have to have the dry weather. period.
Cost wise my favourite hotel does half board for around 70 quid a night , with great food and reasonable drink prices.Fuel in austria is one of the cheapest too, and its a country totally dedicated to the tourist and is mostly biker friendly.
But you have to have the weather....believe me, in 5 seperate visits I have had only smatterings of dry weather interspersed with cloud or rain. All because we prebooked a tour and had to take what came.
Yet its just 1 overnight stop from calais to get there, so it is possible to just go on spec.
Switzerland btw is very expensive to stop eat and drink, far cheaper in neighbouring austria !
Northern spain and possibly the french alps are the nearest thing to guarenteed settled weather booking in advance, but even then it does rain there from time to time !