Many of you will assume that our recommendation naturally concerns our own planning tool, the ‘Alpine Passes Atlas’. After all, it offers a particularly clear and probably unique presentation of destinations for motorbike tours. However, good planning requires not only an overview, but also navigation to the selected destinations. And when it comes to motorbike tours in the Alps, we don’t just mean alpine passes – sights and selected hotels can also be perfectly integrated into your motorbike tour planning.
Apps for planning motorbike tours
Of course, there are various apps for planning and navigating motorcycle tours. However, if you want to use them on the road, they usually come at a cost. They offer exciting additional features such as winding route suggestions, but you need to be familiar with the planned route. Otherwise, you can easily get lost in the constant turns and struggle to reach your destination. Often, many of these features are more of a gimmick.
What really matters on motorcycle tours is setting clear intermediate goals, discovering new things, incorporating lesser-known alpine passes, and ending the day in a relaxed manner. It is also important to keep an eye on the volume of traffic in order to estimate the travel time realistically. This way, every motorcycle tour becomes an optimal riding experience.
The most exciting motorcycle tours happen automatically, especially on alpine passes – no expensive app is needed.
Our recommendation for motorbike tours in the Alps
The ideal combination consists of the Alpine Pass Atlas for planning – whether on your desktop or mobile device – and Google Maps for navigation. This allows you to benefit from clear and discovery-oriented motorcycle tour planning, supplemented by reliable live traffic data and road closure information from Google Maps – completely free of charge. Even though we are reluctant to support monopoly-like providers, Google does the most reliable job when it comes to navigation.
The simple way to plan your motorbike tour
Conveniently plan your day trip in the Alpine Passes Atlas: select your starting point, alpine passes, sights, hotels and destination, check the length and duration – and adjust as needed using drag & drop. Then transfer the destinations to Google Maps and create a tour.
Why not just use Google Maps? Quite simply: many alpine passes and details do not appear there, depending on the zoom level. In the Alpine Pass Atlas, on the other hand, all passes are described in detail – including videos, facts and tips. Sights are also documented in detail. In addition, planned motorbike tours can be easily shared via a link or recorded in beautifully illustrated roadmaps.
The savvy way to plan your motorbike tours
If you prefer a more professional approach, download the GPS data for your planned motorbike tours directly from the Alpine Pass Atlas and import it into myGoogle Maps. A separate tutorial is available for this. Advantage: Multi-day tours can be perfectly structured in this way – each day’s tour is saved and can be called up specifically for the next day of riding.
Tips on the length of motorbike tours in the Alps
For experienced drivers, we recommend a maximum of 300 kilometres per day, which corresponds to around 6 to 7 hours. This leaves enough time for breaks, short detours and sightseeing. The actual length depends, of course, on the alpine passes you plan to take – so it’s worth checking the time estimates in the Alpine Pass Atlas.
