Bad Gastein - Mallnitz-Spittal an der Drau

This stage begins in Gastein Valley or Mallnitz (depending on when you prefer to use the Tauernschleuse motorail service).

After the Tauernschleuse, we find ourselves in Carinthia, one of Austria’s most important tourism regions, located on the southern side of the Alps. On this stage, the Alpe-Adria Bike Tour generally takes us through the Lower Mölltal valley, nestled amidst the some 3,000-meter tall mountains of the Reisseck Group to the north and the Kreuzeck Group to the south of the valley.

Outstanding sightseeing attractions and rewarding stopping-off points include the town center of Obervellach, Falkenstein Castle, Bernitz Waterfall, the Kreuzeck lift, Barbarossa Canyon, a rest area on the shores of the Möllstausee in Mühldorf, and the Teurinia Roman Museum outside Spittal. In the county seat of Spittal itself, we find beautiful Renaissance Schloss Porcia, the Museum of Folk Culture, and the always-popular town park.