Zwölferturm (Twelve Tower) – View of Forte di Fortezza loop from Gossensaß - Colle Isarco

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Zwölferturm (Twelve Tower) – View of Forte di Fortezza loop from Gossensaß - Colle Isarco

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Zwölferturm (Twelve Tower) – View of Forte di Fortezza loop from Gossensaß - Colle Isarco

03:55

59.3km

800m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 23, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 29.6 km for 186 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

Get Directions

5.85 km

Sterzing Old Town

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Vipiteno is the northernmost city in Italy and is sometimes called the "Fugger town" after the Fugger family of Augsburg who ruled here in the Middle Ages.
The historic center …

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5.87 km

Zwölferturm (Twelve Tower)

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Anyone who has experienced the pedestrian zone with the Twelve Tower in Sterzing can get an idea of how cities have been designed since the Middle Ages.

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6.00 km

Historic Center of Vipiteno / Sterzing

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Vipiteno is always worth a visit. Especially when September is dumpling festival, where there are 70 different types of dumplings on a 300-meter row of tables in the streets.

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14.4 km

Viewpoint

14.8 km

Eisack Valley Cycle Path

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Those who travel by bicycle, appreciate good ways. This one is particularly well developed and leads through a beautiful landscape. So you can really drop on the bike.

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28.9 km

View of Forte di Fortezza

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The Franzens Festung towers along the Brennerstrasse on the banks of the Franzensfest reservoir.

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29.7 km

Festung Franzensfeste - Forte di Fortezza

Castle

30.2 km

View of the Fortress

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It's pretty cool when you imagine all the holidaymakers driving south above you.

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46.4 km

View of Stilfes and the Mountain Panorama

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What a panorama and feeling of achievement to have made it over the pass by bike.

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55.8 km

Isarco River

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Beautiful cycle path with a great panorama.

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59.3 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

27.7 km

13.0 km

10.8 km

5.79 km

1.23 km

763 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

54.4 km

3.41 km

1.33 km

233 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (1,070 m)

Lowest point (730 m)

Weather

Wednesday 7 October

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Comments

July 29, 2025,Eisacktal - Dolomitenradweg Tag 1 vom Brenner über Stezing zum Vahrner See

Very nice first tour, only the elevation gain is not right at all🫣

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July 3, 2023,🇮🇹Rowerami w cieniu Dolomitów (Horyzonty) - dzień 1

Przełęcz Brennero – Vipiteno (Sterzing) – Fortezza (Franzensfeste) – Aica (Aicha) – Kiens (Chienes) – Raststatte Lanz

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June 30, 2025,Przełęcz Brennero 1374 m n.p.m. -> Sterzing ( Vipteno )-> Aica -> parking

Descent from the Brennero Pass about 20 km along a route -> quite good asphalt to about 500 m below the charming town of Sterzing. Then towards the valley in the Dolomites - Val Pusteria.

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June 8, 2023,Brenner, Sterzing weiter bis Franzensfeste

Interesting tour. Unfortunately, heavy rain started in Sterzing. Therefore no photos of the wonderful landscape.

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March 7, 2024,Norditalien Radreise Tag 1 - Brenner -> Brixen

Due to the strike, we left Ilmenau a day earlier than planned. In Munich we stayed overnight with a friend and luckily our EC to Brennero went according to plan.
When we arrived there at 2 p.m. we wanted to cycle down the Eisacktal cycle path. But unfortunately it was still completely covered by snow for the time being. So …

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July 10, 2025,MV Gossensass-Niederolang

A total of 73.4 km. Didn't record everything again.

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June 6, 2026,2026.01 TrenVenFriu; EV 7, MV: Brenner - Mühlbach/Pustertal

The three of us start our bike tour in Brenner, which is supposed to take us through the Dolomites and ultimately to Udine.
The exit from the train station is once again a challenge for cyclists!
Then it's comfortably and quickly along the old railway line. The landscape with its mountain backdrop is simply fantastic! It's slowly getting warmer. That …

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