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Three Lakes Cycle Tour

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  • Duration: 8 Nights
  • Difficulty: Level 2
  • Tour Type: Self Guided
  • Availability: Sundays from 14th April to 19th October and daily from 1st June to 28th September.
  • Location: Constance (Konstanz)
Tour Details

This biking vacation in Switzerland allows you to explore three great lakes. On this level 2 self guided cycling holiday you shall explore Lake Constance, Lake Zurich and Lake Walen. On this international route you will be able to enjoy the differences and similarities between the Lake Constance countries of Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein and Austria. This is an easy cycling tour which allows you to experience the Mediterranean flair of Lake Constance through to the Churfirsten Mountains.

Starting Location

Constance (Konstanz)

Price Includes

  • 7 nights bed and breakfast
  • 3 star hotels, guest houses
  • Luggage transfers
  • Information Pack
  • Route Book
  • Entrance to the Rosgartenmuseum incl. 1 coffee
  • Boat trip to the Rheinfal Waterfall
  • Train journey from Altstätten-Gais incl. cycle
  • Boat trip from Weesen-Walenstadt incl. cycle

Price Excludes

  • Transport before and after tour
  • Rental Bike With Insurance – Hybrid
  • Rental Bike With Insurance – E-Bike
  • Flights
  • Extra nights
  • Travel Insurance
  • Visitors Tax
Trip Info

Route Characteristics

You will cycle mostly along cycle paths or bike lanes. The route is mostly flat with some hilly terrain in Appenzeller Land.

Accommodation: Subject to Change

Constance: ABC-Hotel

Schaffhausen: Hotel Park Villa

Zurich: Sorrell Park Rex

Lachen: Hotel Baren

Vaduz: Hotel Vaduzer Hof

St Gallen: Hotel Metropol

Travel Insurance

It is a requirement of booking this tour with Hooked on Cycling that you have suitable travel insurance which covers you for the chosen activity and for emergency evacuation and hospital care.

Itinerary

Day 1Individual arrival in Constance/Kruezlingen

The largest town on Lake Constance is still quite Medieval in character to this day and in 1414 hosted the only church council ever to take place north of the Alps.

Day 2Constance – Schaffhausen 35 miles 55 km

Today you will cycle along the romantic Lower Lake through small fishing villages and the well-known town of Stein am Rhein. The Canton capital of Schaffhausen is towered over by the Munot Fortress. There are over 170 oriels in the town which testify to the former wealth of the citizens.

Day 3Schaffhausen – Zurich 34 miles, 55 km plus train or 43 miles 70 km

The first highlight of your trip is the Rheinfall waterfall, which you will approach by boat. The Glatt valley will lead you on to Zurich, the fascinating cosmopolitan Swiss city.

Day 4Zurich – Lachen 28 miles 45 km

Today you will cycle along the banks of Lake Zurich, which is also known locally as the Gold Coast until you come to Rapperswil with its old castle and cross over the lake using the dam. You will come to the small little town of Lachen on the opposite shore.

Day 5Lachen – Vaduz 37 miles 60 km plus a boat trip

Today you will cycle along the Linth Canal, the man-made canal between Lake Zurich and Lake Walen, and come to Weesen. Here you will board a boat which will take you to the other end of the lake and Walenstadt. The Lake is 150 m deep and is towered over by the 1800 m high Churfirsten Mountains. Now you are in the valley of the Rhine source where you continue to Liechtenstein.

Day 6Vaduz – St.Gallen 32 miles 55 km plus train ride

You will continue to follow the Rhine for a little longer, then a cogwheel railway will bring you up to Appenzell countryside, to Gais. Alpen meadows and cows, like those from children’s books, will accompany you on your way to St.Gallen which is home to one of the formerly most important monasteries in the region. The library is a UNESCO- world heritage site.

Day 7St.Gallen – Constance/Kruezlingen 28 miles 45 km

You will cycle downhill towards Lake Constance today, which you will reach the town of Arbon. From here you will cycle along the shoreline through Swiss villages and apple orchards on towards Constance.

Day 8Individual return home or extension of your trip

After breakfast, your cycling tour through four countries comes to an end.

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How to get there

Fly to Zurich airport.

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