The Rottachspeicher Round

The Rottachspeicher round is a 105,9 Kilometer-long road bike tour that leads from Füssen to the Rottachsee, which is approximately 15 km south of Kempten. The tour runs through a dreamlike Allgäu pre-Alpine landscape and offers racing cyclists both charming climbs to test the condition and beautiful downhills to roll.

The hilly pre-Alpine country around Füssen in the Allgäu is a popular road cycling area with magnificent routes for every taste. On low-traffic secondary roads and cycle paths racing cyclists can make kilometers here and the Alpine passes, such as Oberjoch and Gaichtpass, are ideal for testing your own condition. Always with you on the road bike tours around Füssen: A fantastic Alpine panorama that really makes you want to pedal in the soothing air. One of the most attractive tours here is the 105, 9 Kilometer-long Rottachspeicher round, which leads from Füssen to Rottachsee in Oberallgäu. The first part of the tour, in the Ostallgäu, is characterized by rather slight climbs, while in the western, Oberallgäuer part also some crisp climbs and longer downhills await the racing cyclists. Beautiful is the view of the Alpine chain, which is on the mountain range west of the municipality of Oy-Mittelberg. Those who take the tour in the summer should pack the swimsuit in the Radrucksack to enjoy a small cooling in the second largest Allgäu reservoir. starting point and destination point of the rotary memory round, for which approximately 5 Hours must be planned, is the Tourist Information in Füssen. Parking is here in the paid car park P5, or in the parking lot P2 at the Federal Service Center for Ice Hockey, which is around 15 A walking distance from Tourist Information.

After the racing cyclists have swung on their bike in front of the Tourist Information, where they receive a detailed map and description of this tour, they first drive towards Weißensee in the rural district of Füssen. The air resort Weißensee consists of 23 small hamlets that lie between wide, green meadows. At Eisenberg, the tour takes place very close to the Burgruine Eisenberg, which together with the Burgruine Hohenfreyberg forms a widely visible castle ensemble. Worth seeing is the Castle Museum in the small village of Zell, through which the racing cyclists also arrive on this tour. Along small Allgäu villages such as Schweingg, Rindegg, Rückholz and Görisried, the racing cyclists traverse a magnificent Allgäu pre-Alpine landscape, which inspires with natural impressions to melt down. At Moosbach you can then make a detour to the Rottachspeicher, on whose shore you can later also directly passes by.

Before the racing cyclists reach the south side of the Rottachse, they expect the longest climb of this tour between Rettenberg and Vorderburg. Here a bit of condition is necessary before you can let the wheel roll on the downhill. At Ried, a break on the shore of the Rottachsen is recommended, which allows wonderful bathing pleasure on warm days. As a result, the tour leads to the municipality of Oy-Mittelberg, an idyllic Oberallgäu air spa. The mountain range west of the municipality offers a fantastic view of the Alpine chain up to the Ammergau Alps. Via Nesselwang and Pfronten, the road cyclists finally approach the Füssen Weißensee and the Starting point of this charming tour.

The Rottachspeicher round spoils racing cyclists with very charming landscape impressions and offers them both very cozy sections and sections that are suitable for testing the condition. In any case, this tour is really fun and promises a successful road bike excursion in the Allgäu.