Our impressions of our cycling tour along the Etsch
After we returned our bikes shorty before 18.30 hours at the
railway station of Merano (areal freight station),
we noticed two things: firstly, we have just missed the
posssibilty to return at 18.16 hours and secondly, we now have
enough time for a cold beer and time to reflect:
The day was sporty in any case, in that we are
united! “Yes, and it was also contemplative” Nina
says, “just think of the train journeys with the Vinschgerbahn!”
Bärbel is very enthusiastic about the steel-blue sky and the
colourfulness of the
“Obstgarten Vinschgau” (orchard Vinchgau), while Michael gets
excited about the
castles and
mountains
Of course, our trip was also very well organised, partly because
we were responsible for it ourselves and mainly because of
the possibility of the Event Card.
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Left: The destination of our cycling tour along the Etsch bike
path: the railway station of Merano.
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Centre: While we are waiting for the train we reflect once
more on our bike trip:” pure pleasure cycling, that’s
the Vinschger bike tour!”
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Right: With the Vinschergerbahn we return to our
accommodation in the vicinity of Merano.
Conclusion of the cycling tour in the Vinschgau
Finally our conclusion – and there we were again united – is:
recommended for imitation, since it is not an exhausting journey,
because in total it is a 60 km long downgrade stretch.
Michael’s closing remark:
„pure pleasure cycling, that is the Vinschger bike tour!”
At 19.16 hours the Vinschgerbahn takes us back from Merano to
Tschars, where we arrive at 19.51 hours somewhat tired but
content, after a long and eventful day.
The Etsch and its way
With 415 km the Etsch is the
seond longest river of Italy
after the Po. It rises from the Ötztaler Alps on the pass
of the Reschenscheideck (1.525 m), flows through the
Reschen- and Haider lake and turns eastwards through
the Vinschgau.
In
Merano the
Passer flows into the Etsch and at
Bolzano the Eisack is the
tributary. Flowing through the Salurner Klause the Etsch leaves
South Tyrol.
Behind Verona the Etsch finally pushess
through a swampy, shallow plain, now a sluggish and muddy river,
and at Porto Fossone it flows into the Adriatic Sea.
The Etsch flows 220 km through South Tyrol and is navigable
from the Eisack estuary on a stretch of 297 km, here at a width
of 78 m and approx. 120 m at Verona.
