Via Claudia Augusta
Once a trade route, today a popular hiking and cycling path
Via Claudia Augusta

The Via Claudia Augusta

From the Danube to the Adriatic along the ancient Roman trade route Via Claudia Augusta

The typical road Via Claudia Augusta has its origins with the Celts. It connects northern Italy with southern Germany and was in antiquity the easiest way to cross the Alps.
The Romans, at the time under Nero Claudius Drusus, used the existing Celtic routes for travel; Nero's son, Claudius, then expanded the road into a trade route and named it "Via Claudia Augusta" - in mermory of his father.
The first real road over the Alps strechtes over 700 km from the Danube, through the Fernpass, further over the highest point at the Reschenpass, through the Vinschgau valley, to the spa town of Merano, where Empress Sissi had already been a guest. It then passes through the capital of South Tyrol - Bolzano - and continues to Trento, where the road split. The western part leads through Verona to the Po Valley near Ostiglia (Hostilia), while the eastern part, also called the Via Claudia Augusta Altinate, goes through Feltre to the Adriatic at Altinum.


Highlights along the Via Claudia Augusta in the Vinschgaue valley
The curch tower at Lake Resia, the Benedictine monastery of Marienberg above Burgeis, the medieval town of Glurns, the Churburg, Lasa marble, the Messner Mountain Museum at Juval Castle, the Curch of St. Proculus in Naturns, a replica of a Roman milestone in Rabland, a Roman inscription in Partschins, Töll - the former Roman customs station, and the Trauttmansdorff throne (viewpoint in Algund). Today, the highlights of the Via Claudia Augusta can be explored along the "Etsch Cycle Path" or the "Vinschgau Cycle Path".
Route Information

 Name Via Claudia Augusta
 Start Donauwörth
 Destination Venice / Alitnate (eastern section)
 Lenght approximately 820 km
 Elevation Gain approximately 8,300m
 Elevation Loss approximately 8,700m

The logo of the Via Claudia Augusta and the roman milestone
Roman milestone of the Via Claudia Augusta
Roman milestone of the Via Claudia Augusta
The discovery of an ancient Roman Milestone proves that the old Roman road, the via Claudia Augusta, which led up and over the Alps, ran through Töll/Tel and ...
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Grave stone from the Roman era - Via Claudia Augusta
Grave stone from the Roman era - Via Claudia Augusta
At Hochhueben Hof farm in Partschins/Parcines, a feudal holding of the Salzburg Bishops dating to the 14th century, a Roman gravestone has been built into the ...
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Explore the Via Claudia Augusta with our bike shuttle
Bike Shuttle in Naturns
Bike Shuttle in Naturns
Reach your destination in comfort with the bike shuttle
Impressions of the Via Claudia Augusta
Etsch Bike Route from Meran/Merano to Bozen/Bolzano open
Routes (also with e-bike), Racing bikes
Etsch Bike Route from Meran/Merano to Bozen/Bolzano
The Etsch Bike Route is a pleasant cycle path running from Meran/Merano to Bozen/Bolzano. If you rent your bike at the “Südtirol Rad” or "Papin ...
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Etsch Bike Route: Vinschgau Valley, Mals/Malles-Meran/Merano open
Routes (also with e-bike)
Etsch Bike Route: Vinschgau Valley, Mals/Malles-Meran/Merano
Starting from Merano, you can explore the Vinschgau Valley while taking advantage of a beneficial combination: bike and train. The Vinschgau Valley ...
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