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
Sip coffee from the deck and watch the sun burn off the fog surrounding the lake. It’s then off to some last climbs through Appenzell.
This is perhaps how you’ve imagined Switzerland: neat little houses perched on manicured alps, men cutting grass with scythes, blooming flowers decorating tidy villages. How do the fields and farmhouses stay so immaculate ? Even the Swiss will concede that the Appenzellers are a tad obsessive. Nevermind: it’s a cyclists paradise.
You will make your way through Appenzell’s most beautiful valleys with the Santis mountain always in the foreground. It’s an Appenzell icon and we’ll skirt its base before heading off to the pasture lands.
You will stay in the small city of Appenzell. This is a very popular destination for tour groups, but you will probably arrive late afternoon and have the streets, shops and beer gardens to yourself.
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