The following options are available for cyclists using the Drau Cycle Path to return with their bicycle from Maribor to Carinthia/East Tyrol:
With Slovenian railways, timetable information at http://www.slo-zeleznice.si/en/. This offers a service to Bleiburg in Carinthia. From there, continue to your final destination by ÖBB Austrian Railways (www.oebb.at or tel. 05 1717). The service from Maribor - Bleiburg can also be booked direct on www.oebb.at . Warning: There are no trains at weekends, and the last train during the week departs at 14.47 hours.
In Marburg, contact Prevozi 24 h prestige (www.24hprestige.com or info@24hprestige.com ). Kaerntenshuttle (www.kaerntenshuttle.at or info@kaerntenshuttle.at) also offers this service.
The Drau Cycle Path transfer bus plies the route shown below (not a scheduled bus).
Departure times:
08:00 am depart from Lavamünd
08:30 am depart Klopeiner See, Tourismusinfo St. Kanzian
Booking and prices:
Reservations can only be made through the Carinthia Bike Excursions hotline on the day before the return journey (subject to availability).
Carinthia Bike Excursions hotline: +43 664 530 18 84
Departure times: (May to October)
08:30 Lavamünd, Gasthof Hüttenwirt
09:00 Klopeiner See, St. Kanzian
Booking and prices:
info@kaerntenshuttle.at; Hotline +43 676 84499933; kaerntenshuttle.at