Alps Tours by Moto-Charlie

AlpineRoads - Biking In The Alps
This site is in English and is full of information about the Alps written by two gentlemen who clearly like riding and who enjoy the Alps. Their site is full of practical riding information and is well laid out and easy to follow. Both riders are English. I've exchanged several pleasant E-mails with Tim, one of the authors. He lives in Austria and has the good fortune to be close at hand to his subject matter. Hence, the real world info in his website.

The Alpine Motorbike Traveler
This site has both an English and German version. The English version is linked here. The site is loaded with all kinds of information pertaining to the Alps. It has a country by country breakdown with key information on a pass by pass basis within each country. There are maps, pictures, and weather info. and a whole lots more. A great Alpine site.

ROADMC- Motorcycle Video Web Experience
When I have an attack of Alpinitous here in the states, especially in winter, I go to this website and watch their on board videos as these guys ride up some of my favorite passes. They were some of the first guys to post good quality video on the web - their Alps ones are from 2001. The Swiss, French and Italian passes are all fun to watch as is the footage from their homeland in Norway. The rest of the site is also helpful. It's a blessing that the print is in English.

BMWMOA Global Touring - Europe
The link above directs you to the European touring section of the BMWMOA website where you will find info. on tour operators, BMW rental sources, and other pertinent touring issues. You may have to click on the "Ride and Tour" button to see more detailed selections for European touring info.

Whitehorse Press
According to their website they have more than 1,500 books, videos, maps, etc. on all kinds of things having to do with motorcycling. As mentioned in my FAQ section they also have John Hermann's excellent book "Motorcycle Journeys Through the Alps & Corsica, 2nd Ed."

Moto-Directory.com
This site is chock full of motorcycle stuff. The link above gets you to the touring section. If you want tours of Europe scroll down until you hit the "Europe" section near the bottom. Hit the title page button at the top to get to the main page with all the motorcycle info.

Ronnie Cramer's Motorcycle Web Index
Like I said above, just about every kind of thing you might want about motorcycles including touring.

Oanda.com (Currency Converter)
There are any number of places where you can go on the Internet and find currency conversions. For convenience I've shown one below.

Bern - BELP Airport
This is the airport for Bern that serves as our closest destination to Steffisburg. From here it is a pleasant 20 - 25 minute ride by car (or motorcycle) to our hotel in Steffisburg. Unfortunately for us here in the states the website is in German as it should be. If you speak German you're all set. If not you can still get an idea of what the airport is like by clicking on the various website pages. English is readily spoken at the airport itself.

Yahoo Weather
I've listed a weather link that will give you some idea of what the weather is like where you're heading.

Some cities to check would be:

Germany-Munich
Austria-Innsbruck (90 miles south of Munich at the foot of the Alps)
France-Val D'isere (high in the French Alps)
Italy-Bolzano (a nice valley city with generally warm weather)
Italy-Cortina (in the heart of the Dolomites)
Switzerland-St. Moritz (sits fairly high, usually cool and indicative of the somewhat cooler temperatures the tour might encounter heading up the passes

The forecast by city initially comes up in degrees C. However, if you look to the right of the word "Today" and click on the "F" the degrees will convert to Fahrenheit.

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