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    E-Biking in Austria: Top 6 Regions

    E-bikes make cycling up those uphill tracks a lot easier. Our selection of Austria's top 6 e-bike regions are sure to give your cycling holiday a boost.

    If you want to go on a cycling holiday, but fitness levels within your party vary, the e-bike is the perfect solution: a regular mountain bike which has been fitted with an electrical battery. With four levels of acceleration, riders can coast downhill at their leisure, then use the battery to ride up the other side.

    Mountainbiking in Flachau
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    1. Flachau in SalzburgerLand

    Hire an e-bike and discover Flachau's beautiful lakes between the Dachstein and Tauern mountains. The countryside is shaped by the river Enns, passing by lush meadows, wooded ridges and wide valley floor.

    The area in and around Flachau offers a varied and well-signposted network of over 500 km of bike trails with multiple charging stations along the routes, as well as cosy huts and inns where you can stretch your legs and recharge your own batteries.

    Salzburg, the city of music, is close-by, so make sure to pencil in a day trip.

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    Bike Saalbach Hinterglemm
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    2. Saalbach Hinterglemm in SalzburgerLand

    400 km (250 mi) of mountain bike tracks, hot single trails, and high-action bike parks will definitely get your heart pumping. Marked routes make it easy for you to explore the mountain world and marvel at the breathtaking landscape.

    There are hidden trails and tracks waiting to be discovered, ensuring thrilling adventures on the tracks. More than 40 mountain huts cater for your well-being during well-deserved breaks, serving all the local delicacies everyone raves about..

    This interactive bike map shows you all the best tours.

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    View of Mondsee from Kulmspitz
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    3. Salzkammergut Region in Upper Austria and SalzburgerLand

    Perhaps one of the most scenic cycling routes in all of Austria, a circular trip from the city of Salzburg to the lakes Fuschlsee, Wolfgangsee, and Mondsee makes a perfect e-bike adventure.

    The tour starts in the heart of Salzburg at the Stiegl brewery and leads through the old town out of the city, following the street to lake Fuschlsee. Further down the road, lake Wolfgangsee will welcome you with a fantastic view. Turn left at St. Gilgen and head further to lake Mondsee. Following the former route of the Salzkammergut train the track then leads back to Salzburg.

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    Thermenradweg cycle lane in Wienerwald
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    4. Across Austria on the EuroVelo 9 Trail

    This section of the Baltic-Adriatic route takes you along vineyards, through picturesque villages, and to historical cities in Lower Austria and Styria, as well as to Vienna.

    In addition to the numerous sights along the route, this trail also takes you right into a culinary paradise: wine specialities in local taverns, the famous pumpkin seed oil, roasted chestnuts in autumn, all wait to be discovered.

    And if your legs get tired, take a break at one of the hot springs of the nearby thermal spas.

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    Genussregion Lungau
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    5. Lungau in SalzburgerLand

    Austria's highest e-bike region features 100 rental stations with 150 city and off-trail e-bikes - plus, of course, the matching trails, a perfect combination of wide, open and magical side valleys.

    Lungau has everything e-bikers could wish for, think numerous battery recharging stations, bike experts, and an an outstandingly signposted network of trail.

    Adventurous bikers can challenge themselves to the Lungau EXTREM with a total length of 166,8 km and an elevation gain of 6,060 metres.

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    Kitzbuehel
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    6. E-Bike World in Tirol: Kitzbühel Alps and the Kaisergebirge

    This one's hard to beat: The world’s largest linked electric bike route network stretches across some 1,000 km (621 mi) of cycle paths and connects 7 tourist regions and 37 towns and villages in the Tirolean lowlands.

    The Kitzbühel Alps offer leisurely tours, sporty routes and plenty of options for adrenaline junkies on two wheels. Challenge yourself on a single track such as the Fleckalm Trail, one of the five "Great Trails" of Tirol. Or head on a multi-day tour on the KAT Bike - the Kitzbühel Alps Trail. Choose one of the many bike-routes and tours on the tour portal.

    More than 30 designated e-bike hotels feature everything bikers could wish for.

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