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If Road Scholar is arranging your air travel to and from the program, and you travel on the scheduled start and end dates, you’ll receive free round-trip transfers from the airport to the hotel.
Arrival day is on September 28, 2025
Meet the group at Hotel Goldener Loewe in Silandro
Start of Trip: 2:30 p.m. Day 2 transfer from Innsbruck Airport to Silandro; 5:00 p.m. hotel check-in; 7:00 p.m. Welcome Dinner.
Getting to the site: If you cannot make the 10:30 a.m. meeting time, please reference the following instructions for traveling from the airport to the hotel, allow at least 4-5 hours of travel time: 1) Take public bus "F" from Innsbruck Airport to the Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof. Travel time is about 20 minutes and fare will cost approximately €2. 2) From the Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, board a train heading for the Landeck-Zams Bahnhof. Travel time is about 50 minutes. 3) From the Landeck-Zams Bahnhof, board bus 273 heading to Mals Bahnhof. Disembark at the Mals Bahnhof bus stop. Travel time is about 90 minutes. 4) Upon arrival in Mals Bahnhof, board bus 250 heading towards Merano. Disembark at Silandro. The hotel is .5 miles from the bus stop. Travel time is about 25 minutes and combined fare for train and bus will cost approximately €16. Hotel Goldener Loewe via Dante, 6 Silandro, Italy 39028 +39 0473 730 188 If you are departing the U.S. prior to the group departure and plan to connect with the group at the airport on the day the program commences, be sure to be at the meeting point at the time indicated. If you plan to meet the group at the Hotel Goldener Loewe, please notify our office prior to your departure: 203-814-1249 or roadscholar@boatbiketours.com.
Getting to the site by train or bus: Train, bus and taxi available. Refer to the Austrian Federal Railways & Postbus (ÖBB) websites for specifics and to review schedules and fares: http://www.oebb.at.
Your trip ends on: Wednesday, October 8, 2025 in Verona at Hotel Mastino
End of Trip: 10:00 a.m. after breakfast; 11:00 a.m. hotel check-out.
Getting to the airport: Please follow the instructions below for traveling from the hotel in Verona to Verona Villafranca Airport. Take a taxi from Hotel Mastino to the Verona Villafranca Airport. Travel time is about 20 minutes and the fare will cost approximately €20.
Information if you are purchasing your own airfare: As an exception on this program, Independent Travelers are welcome to utilize the group transfers at the beginning of the program if you rendezvous at the designated time and place for the group transfer. However, if you are not present at the time indicated, we will assume you are transferring on your own and are responsible for making your own arrangements and for all costs involved. At the end of the program, all Independent Travelers will be assisted by the Group Leaders, but costs are incurred by the participant. According to Road Scholar policy participants who have not purchased airfare through Road Scholar are responsible for making their own transfer arrangements to the first site at the beginning of the program as well as from the last site at the end of the program. (We make an exception for this program for the ARRIVAL only.) If you wish to purchase airfare though Road Scholar, please call (800) 241-1404 Please note: In the unlikely event Road Scholar must make changes to the program’s arrival or departure details, we will notify all participants as soon as possible. Participants who have purchased Road Scholar airfare are protected against airline change fees; however, anyone who has not purchased Road Scholar airfare will be required to make their own adjustments and may incur fees imposed by the airline.