Picture-postcard views in the Swiss alpine foothills – the Lakes Route

The starting point of the lakes route is in Montreux on Lake Geneva - the famous city, whose historic casino brand in 1971 inspired the band Deep Purple to the song "Smoke on the Water". You can easily travel by train, which runs to Montreux regularly via Lausanne from Geneva or Zurich.



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In Bulle you can think about whether you would like to add two more lakes to your cycle tour: Lake Gruyère and Lac de Montsalvens, both in the west of Bulle. For this you leave the lakes route in Bulle and drive to Morlon north of the "Forêt de Bouleyres". Morlon is just before the shore of Lake Geyerzersee… read more

Shortly after Gstaad you can expect a moderate but demanding climb up to Saanenmöser on today's stage. Then the time has come and you can finally benefit a little from the mountain rides of the past few days. Until the end of the day you first follow the Little Simme at the edge of its valley and a little… read more

Today is all about the Aare, which first flows through Lake Thun, then Lake Brienz and also accompanies you to Meiringen, your destination. It is no coincidence that the lake route shares the cycle path with the Aare route today.



As soon as you let your gaze wander from the beautiful view over the clear… read more

From Meiringen, the alleged inventor city of the famous confectionery "Meringes" it goes a good way up to the Hasliberg. Perhaps you have stocked up with enough of these sugared pieces of egg snow in Meiringen, so the breaks on the way up can be made a little sweeter.



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Today's stage is a little more gracious and no longer sends you up to mountains as high as the average over the past few days. From Sarnen you follow the Sarner Aaa to the Alpnachersee, on the north bank of which you circle the Lopper, a foothill of the 2,128 meter high Pilatus, to which the steepest… read more

Today it is uphill again, which is not surprising, because between the many lakes that you visit on this route, there must be a few mountains somewhere. Around 600 meters of altitude await you in the first 30 kilometers, before things get a little more leisurely on the Rothenthurm high moor.



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Just a short dangle to the imposing baroque monastery Einsiedeln at the end of the town and you are at Sihlsee, which you cross on the 1,000-meter-long Willerzeller Viaduct. Too bad that there are no stopping options here, so you have to pay more attention to traffic during the crossing than to the beautiful… read more

From Weesen you drive to the southern bank of the Walensee, where a beautiful bike path awaits you. To your right, the mighty foothills of the Mürtschenstock tower above you in the form of huge rock faces, almost as if they were about to fall into the water at any moment. On the left, on the other hand… read more

You have been in the Rhine Valley since Sargans and will not leave it quickly until you reach your destination on Lake Constance. You start leisurely in Buchs and while you are still looking in vain for the city limits, you suddenly find yourself in a completely different one, namely Werdenberg. Although… read more