Taching a.See: Beach, Chapel Trail and Panoramic Cycle Tour

Taching a.See combines water, a walk past religious buildings and a longer cycle tour, offering different ways to shape your stay. Taching lido has a shallow sandy beach suitable for children. The Chapel Trail focuses on four religious buildings and views, while the Rupertiwinkel Panoramic Tour takes you by bike through several named places. When planning, you can decide whether you want to focus on an outing by the water, a walk or a longer cycle ride.

Lido and scenery at Lake Tachinger

Taching lido is in the landscape conservation area around Lake Tachinger. Its shallow sandy beach is suitable for children and makes the water a clear focus of your stay. The two routes offer different highlights: the Chapel Trail connects religious buildings with viewpoints, while the Rupertiwinkel Panoramic Tour passes through several places in the region.

Chapel Trail: 3.5 kilometres and four religious buildings

The Chapel Trail in Taching am See is a very easy, 3.5-kilometre circular walk. It starts and ends at the New Church in Taching and passes four religious buildings. Starting and finishing at the same place makes it a complete loop; its length gives you a concrete guide for planning your day. A rest area along the way offers views of Lake Tachinger and Lake Waginger, the Höllengebirge, the Osterhorn Group, the Tennengebirge and Salzburg Fortress. This walk brings together religious buildings and sweeping views across lakes and mountains.

At Eging, there is a Kneipp pool with fresh spring water beside the Chapel Trail. If you plan to use it specifically to cool off, check in advance whether it is currently available.

Cycle tour starting and ending in Taching

The Rupertiwinkel Panoramic Tour is a 35.7-kilometre cycle route that starts in Taching am See and returns there. Its route passes through Tengling, St. Coloman, Enhub, Fridolfing, Hipflham, Kirchanschöring, Lampoding, Wolkersdorf, Tettenhausen and Bicheln. Comparing it with the Chapel Trail shows the difference in scale between the two tours: 3.5 kilometres on foot versus 35.7 kilometres by bike. Check the route conditions before setting off.

Traunstein: nature and culture in the wider destination

The wider destination of Traunstein offers a broader view of the region. Chiemsee and Lake Waginger are in Traunstein district; the Chiemgau Alps have more than 170 alpine pastures and peaks up to 2,000 metres high. The Waginger and Tachinger Lakes area is among its landscape conservation areas, while the Seeon Lakes are nature reserves. Protected areas help preserve biodiversity, safeguard rare habitats and protect the natural and cultural landscape.

Traunstein itself offers a distinct cultural focus. The historic city walk passes the Cultural Forum at the Monastery Church and continues to the Saline Chapel, the saltworks houses and the Salinenpark, established in 2019. The surviving saltworks houses and the Saline Chapel offer insight into Traunstein’s important salt history; the Saline Chapel is Germany’s largest chapel. The local history museum houses a town and toy museum with exhibits on civic culture, religious art and the history of the saltworks. The brewery museum near Jackl Tower is part of Hofbräuhaus Traunstein.

Choose your accommodation location to suit your travel plans

If you want to focus on salt history, the city walk and museums, consider adding Traunstein as a destination in its own right.

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