ALPINE
Independent Tour: 3,600 Chf
10 nights (Optional rest days)
Shorter tours possible.
Dates: March through October
BOOK TOURCyclists will ride an average 75 km a day with around 1000 meters of daily climbing.
Expect to spend 6 to 7 hours in the saddle each day.
Scott Addict Rim Brakes: 300 Chf
Trek ALR Di2: 400 Chf
Scott Addict Disc Brakes: 400 Chf
Scott Addict with carbon wheel set: 700 Chf
- Orientation and bicycle fitting at shop
- Lake cruise from Geneva to Yvoire to begin tour
- Ferry from Beckenried to Gersau
- All accommodation in 3 and 4 star hotels
- All breakfasts
- Return train to Geneva or tickets to anywhere else in Switzerland
- Return of bicycle to Geneva
- Turn-by-turn cellphone navigation
- Luggage transfers
The grass is wet, the cows are out and so is the sun.
This first stretch of road is relatively flat and will take you past the dairy farms that have made the region and its cheese legendary. The silhouette of Fribourg will eventually appear in the distance. We’ll then bike through the deep cut ravines of the “Sensegraben” and then into the Gantrisch nature park.
Turn your ear and hear the sing-song calls to the cows in Schwyzerdütsch and see the cabbages growing: you’ve passed into the Swiss-german side of Switzerland.
We’ll be doing gentle climbs the rest of the day until we see the city of Thun. Its castle and lake shine in the distance and we’ll coast down to our 4-star hotel situated directly on the lake.
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