Regional Routes

From the resort of Klosters through long strung-out Prättigau, on terraces and side valleys, flanked by high mountains, such as the Silvretta and Rätikon. On to Landquart in the Rhine Valley, past the health spa of Bad Ragaz to the traffic hub of Sargans.

From Lac Léman uphill through the granary of Waadtland to Yverdon, then along Lac de Neuchâtel, past Grandson Castle up into Val de Ruz and on over the Vue des Alpes to La Chaux-de-Fonds with its world-famous watch museum.

Following the winding River Birs the plain of the Jura capital to Delémont. Through a gorge to enter the ravines of the Gorges de Pichoux, soon to reach the raw grassland and pine landscape of Franches Montagnes.

From Seeland through fields and forests to Burgdorf, gateway to the Emmental. On through riverside woodlands , passing farmhouses to the Emmental’s main town of Langnau. Through green Entlebuch and a bird-filled water landscape to Luzern.

From Schaffhausen through Zurich’s wine country and the vineyard-lined Thur plain to Weinfelden. The Carthusian Monastery in Ittingen and Bischofszell lie along the way. The green Fürstenland finally ends in the industrial corridor of St.Gallen-Gossau.

The route follows the meandering River Glatt in the Zurich Unterland, only briefly interrupted by the noise from the airport. Urban activity gives way to the rolling countryside of the Zurich Oberland, then gently on down to Rapperswil.

Passing timber-framed houses of Zurich’s wine country, on past the idyllic Nussbaumer Seen (lakes) and the Kartause in Ittingen, through rolling hills to Wil and on to St. Gallen with its venerable Stift Library and finally ending at the silvery Bodensee.

Through the former peasant lands of the Bernese Lords. Passing historic towns such as Estavayer-le-Lac, Payerne, Laupen, Bern, Aarwangen, Aarburg, Lenzburg. And in between, idyllic nature e.g. Auried in Kleinbösigen, small tranquil lakes and large forests.

Through the sunny Valle di Blenio, steeply up to the Passo del Lucomagno, one of Switzerland’s loveliest pass landscapes. Along the reservoir into Val Medel, alpine roses in the valley and thundering water in the Höllenschlucht (gorge), destination Disentis.

Over rolling fields to Willisau, along tiny, idyllic peat ponds to the tourist attractions of Luzern. On via Küssnacht am Rigi to Brunnen, sometimes on panoramic paths high above the lake, sometimes taking bend after bend around the lake.