11 days tour

Lake Constance Cycling

Lake Constance Cycling

This tour includes:

Accommodation

Your accommodation is varied too; you stay in an old coaching inn, a riverside hotel that used to be a 15th century customs warehouse, and a luxury lakeside mansion. Weโ€™ve tried to ensure that you are never far from the waterfront, with its pebble beaches, colourful marinas and half-timbered houses.

Others

All luggage transfers Route notes and maps Ferry ticket from Staad to Meersburg included Local bike hire

Meals

Look out for local specialities like kretzer (perch) and zander (pike-perch) on the menu, accompanied by fine local wines.

Not included:

Others

โ€” Travel insurance โ€” Visas or vaccinations โ€” Single accommodation (available on request) โ€” Dinners (half board option including 8 dinners available at supplement)

Guide

As this is a self-guided holiday there is no group and no leader. A local representative is on hand to assist you and will meet you at the beginning of the week to go through the route notes and point out particular places of interest. There maybe others on the same departure date as you, but you will not be organised together. Your luggage is transferred and route notes and maps are provided. The route notes contain an emergency telephone number. In an emergency, the local representative is normally able to dispatch a taxi or pick you up themselves. They may wish to charge for this service. A supplement (payable in advance) applies for sole occupancy of a room.

Flights

International flights are not included

Optional

Optional electric bikes

Insurance

Insurance is not included

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Itinerary of your trip Lake Constance Cycling

  • Day 1 Day 1: Arrive In Bregenz
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 1: Arrive In Bregenz

      You arrive at your hotel, a historic coaching inn, in the centre of Bregenz. Explore the ancient cobbled streets of the old town before dinner on the courtyard terrace.Comfortable hotel

  • Day 2 Day 2: Bregenz To Arbon (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 2: Bregenz To Arbon (Breakfast)

      Cycle west along Lake Constanceโ€™s southern shore before crossing the mighty Rhine delta that straddles the border between Austria and Switzerland. Itโ€™s an area of great natural beauty and a refuge for wildlife - be sure to keep your eyes peeled for kingfishers in the reeds. Your final stretch takes you around the lake to Arbon where youโ€™ll find pretty half-timbered houses and a 16the century castle. Two routes: 24km/15mi or 41km/25miComfortable hotel

  • Day 3 Day 3: At Arbon (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 3: At Arbon (Breakfast)

      Itโ€™s easy to spend a morning exploring Arbonโ€™s historic old town with its well-preserved buildings. After lunch at one of the many lakeside restaurants, hop on the bus for the 35 minute ride (10km) to historic St Gallen, a bustling market town packed with 18th century merchantsโ€™ houses and open-air cafes. Visit the 8th century Benedictine abbeyโ€™s fabulous UNESCO library, then blow the cobwebs away by freewheeling back down to the lakeside. Thereโ€™s lots of swimming possibilities before an easy waterfront cycle back to the hotel.Comfortable hotel

  • Day 4 Day 4: Arbon To Stein Am Rhein (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 4: Arbon To Stein Am Rhein (Breakfast)

      Thereโ€™s an option to take the train to Guettingen this morning and shorten your route. Otherwise, pedal clockwise around the lake and pass numerous waterfront villages affording lots of panoramic sun terraces for coffee stops and lunch. In the afternoon, you coast effortlessly between sleepy harbours before arriving at the riverside Hotel Chlosterhof where you spend the next two nights. Two routes: 42km/26mi or 59km/37miComfortable hotel

  • Day 5 Day 5: At Stein Am Rhein (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 5: At Stein Am Rhein (Breakfast)

      Itโ€™s easy to spend the day in mediaeval Stein am Rhein with its 11th century monastery, beautiful frescoed square and lovely chocolate shops! Alternatively, Schaffhausen, a lively German town full of street theatre in the summer, is ideal for a day trip - itโ€™s great for shopping and has riverside cycle paths to Schloss Laufen, a tiny castle perched precariously above the tumbling Rheinfall waterfall, the biggest in Europe!Comfortable hotel

  • Day 6 Day 6: Stein Am Rhein To Konstanz (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 6: Stein Am Rhein To Konstanz (Breakfast)

      Freewheeling east this morning, youโ€™ll soon cross the border to enter Germany - look out for cormorant and red-crested pochard in the Hornstaad Nature Reserve. Cycling along the Gnadensee youโ€™ll soon reach the UNESCO Heritage Site of Klosterinsel Reichenau, the first populated area on Lake Constance and home to an impressive 8th century Benedictine abbey. Itโ€™s then on to Konstanz, the unofficial regional capital. Comfortable hotel

  • Day 7 Day 7: At Konstanz (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 7: At Konstanz (Breakfast)

      Spend the day exploring the narrow streets of Konstanz: visit the Altstadt, Munster and lively centre crammed with quirky shops and museums. Alternatively hop on a boat (payable locally) to visit Mainau Islandโ€™s palace and landscaped rose gardens. If you take your bike, you can pedal back at leisure along traffic-free lakeside cycle paths.Comfortable hotel

  • Day 8 Day 8: Konstanz To Friedrichshafen (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 8: Konstanz To Friedrichshafen (Breakfast)

      Itโ€™s a short ride through oak forest to catch the 15 minute ferry ride (included) to fairytale Meersburg with its twin castles, steep streets and hillsides of vines. Itโ€™s a perfect place for a lunch stop! Then, pedalling south, itโ€™s a gentle cycle into Friedrichshafen. Comfortable hotel

  • Day 9 Day 9: At Friedrichshafen (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 9: At Friedrichshafen (Breakfast)

      There are superb wine tasting opportunities on your doorstep today - local Muller-Thurgau wines come from Riesling and Silvaner grapes for which Lake Constance is famous. Or visit Friedrichshafenโ€™s amazing Zeppelin Museum, full of fascinating knick-knacks, including an original menu and wine list from the Hindenburg.Comfortable hotel

  • Day 10 Day 10: Friedrichshafen To Bregenz (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 10: Friedrichshafen To Bregenz (Breakfast)

      Cycle past the pretty village of Langenargen and through peaceful vineyards and cherry orchards en route to lovely Lindau, a gorgeous island village surrounded by cobalt blue waters with long distance views of razor-edged peaks across the lake (there are lots of idyllic choices for lunch). Then, keeping the lake at your side, a final push takes you back down to Bregenz. Time permitting, perhaps take the cable car up Pfander mountain (1064m), for a fantastic vista of your entire route and a real sense of achievement! Comfortable hotel

  • Day 11 Day 11: Leave Bregenz (Breakfast)
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 11: Leave Bregenz (Breakfast)

      The tour ends after breakfast in Bregenz.

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Experience Style

Experience Style

Mixed

There will be challenging activities such as hiking, biking, canyoning and trekking, but youโ€™re also going to have other means of transportation and relaxed moments to just chill.

Accomodation level

Accomodation level

Medium

This accommodation includes essential services like a hot shower, electricity, and a nice and comfy bed.

Experience Type

Experience Type

Small Group

Youโ€™ll be accompanied by a small group of travelers just like you.

Physical Rating

Physical Rating

Average

There are several physical activities that last from 2 to 6 hours in easy terrains, low altitude flats, or water experiences. Please ask if youโ€™re not sure this applies to you.

Age range

Age range

Min: 1 / Max: 99

Experience allowed to all ages.

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