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| Day 1 |
Arrive in Bregenz, check into your hotel and wander down to the lakeside, explore the town and find somewhere nice to eat. |
| Day 2 |
Bregenz to Alberschwende. From lakeside Bregenz a short bus ride takes you to the edge of the town. The walk then climbs swiftly into the hills, affording magnificent views of Lake Constance, Switzerland and into Germany. Through gentle meadows and small woods the path winds its way to Alberschwende, the gateway to Bregenzerwald. (4½ hrs, 13 km, CUSs 580m) |
| Day 3 |
Alberschwende to Bezau. Continuing your walk towards the high mountains (the “Hochgebirge”), today’s walk crosses the “Mittelwald”, with a lunch stopping point at justly famous Schwarzenberg, home of the Schubertiade during late June and early September. We recommend a stop at the 250-year old Gasthof Hirsch for your lunch. The day ends at the church at Bezau, next to your next two nights accommodation in a traditional Gasthof. (4½ hrs, 16 km, CUSs 610m) |
| Day 4 |
Schönenbach Vorsäß. A “Vorsäß” is a spring and autumn meadow, a halfway stage between winter quarters and the high summer pastures. An old cabin lift takes you high above Bezau to begin a walk through remote but still worked meadows to the beautiful and unspoilt Schönenbach. Here is a little shop and a pub – where you can wait happily for the last bus back to Bezau. (4½ hrs, 13 km, CUSs 310m) |
| Day 5 |
Bezau to Mellau. A wander up the Bizauer valley takes in an Austrian/German speciality – a “Barfussweg” – a barefoot-path, where you can find out how sensitive your feet are to the various surfaces offered... after a stiff climb, you could stop for lunch at the Berghaus Kanisfluh. (4¼ hrs, 13 km CUSs 320m) |
| Day 6 |
Mellau – Damüls. The cable car takes you up 650m to start your view-rich walk on the high pastures of the Kanisalpe. Have a look at cheesemaking, maybe climb Kanisfluh (2044m) (optional), then, after lunch in a mountain restaurant, walk to the Uga chairlift, your easy way down to your last two nights' accommodation in a lovely family run hotel. (5¼ hrs, 13km, CUSs 640m, longer/tougher and poor weather options available) |
| Day 7 |
The Damüls “Rundweg Fünf 2000er”. Your crowning achievement – the five 2000m+ peaks around the Damüls valley. Most will take the chairlift back up to 1830m to start, but the views are tremendous – south to the Aarlberg, north to Lake Constance and the route of your last six days. And the peaks are no mean challenge, though you need not do them all. (5¼ hrs, 12 km, CUSs 675m (variable)) (poor weather option also available.) |
| Day 8 |
Leave for home – or spend a few more days in the area and do some free walking, or – why not a day or two on Lake Constance? | |
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