Garmisch-Partenkirchen Old Town

Partenkirchen goes back to the Roman travel station "Partanum". This was located on a pre-Roman trade route, a branch of the Via Claudia running along the Lech, which was expanded after the conquest of the northern Alps and foothills by Drusus and Tiberius in 15 BC. Garmisch and Partenkirchen remained independent market towns until 1936, when they were "unified" under pressure from the NSDAP because of the upcoming Olympic Games, which continues to this day. Partenkirchen goes back to the Roman travel station "Partanum". This was located on a pre-Roman trade route, a branch of the Via Claudia running along the Lech, which was expanded after the conquest of the northern Alps and foothills by Drusus and Tiberius in 15 BC. Source: Wikipedia If you cycle along the Loisach, you will reach the Via Claudia Augusta long-distance cycle path at Ehrwald in Austria, which takes you on historical trails all the way to Italy.

Cycling through Garmisch is not one of the highlights of this tour

Yes, Garmisch Partenkirchen is wonderfully beautiful but also very touristy and overcrowded with people who really hinder rapid progress on the bikes...