All cycling routes: Bicycle

This route leads through the midst of Blauburgunderland, the winegrowing region of Schaffhausen. Discover Schaffhausen's winegrowing history in the picturesque winegrowing villages.

Through down-to-earth Emmental with its flower-adorned farmhouses, a stop at St.Urban monastery, on through the Seetal valley with shallow lakes rimmed with reeds, over the Reuss into Säuliamt, the metropolis of Zurich already calling.

Along the shallow shores of the Greifensee with its reed beds, gradually giving way to the busy, rolling landscape of the Zurich Oberland. Panoramic views of the Alps and buzzing brakes to Rapperswil on the waters of the Zürichsee.

From the busy Rhonetal into the craggy limestone Vaud Alps. Over passes to the jet set in Gstaad. The Lac de la Gruyère and old towns of Fribourg and Murten are tempting places to stop. Leisurely finale in Grosse Moos vegetable country to Erlach.

This 57km loop includes two passes and starts in Martigny, a town with a Roman past located in the French-speaking part of Canton Valais where the Rhone makes a right-angle.

The Thur swings to the west, burrows into sandstone cliffs, the atmosphere becomes strangely haunting. Toggenburg is a hilly and compact landscape, hay farming with scattered farmsteads.

From the industrial Ergolz valley first south and then east towards the skyline of Basel. Along the Bris through densely populated areas to Aesch and the calmer Leymen valley with its stretches of peaceful plains.

The lake of Pfäffikon is a recreation area for all those who love nature. The lake with its reed belt is of national significance. The highlights of this bike tour are the Roman castle, the Robenhauser moor, and the Juckerhof farm in Seegräben.

Lac de Neuchâtel: chirping in the reeds, waves lapping at the gentle shore, the Jura shimmering in the distance. Over 100 species of birds breed in the Grande Cariçaie, the 40-km-long marsh and reed belt along the southern shores of the lake.

This marked itinerary crosses the beautiful Broye valley and leads along its lakes. Visitors will discover historical sites such as Payerne and its Romanesque abbey church, Avenches and its Roman vestiges, not to mention the medieval town Estavayer-le-Lac.

Discover the Upper Broye Valley by cycling along its famous river and by crossing rural and forest landscapes.

The green fairy (absinth) floats through the Val de Travers, the Areuse pushes spectacularly through a gorge, the view to the lake opens, Neuchâtel: above the thousand-year-old castle, below the lively old town and at the harbour a touch of the Mediterranean.

Through Piano di Magadino, the Ticino’s vegetable garden, then amidst European camping guests on the lovely lakeside promenade to Locarno, a happy mix of the German holiday dream, Ticino business people and Swiss German Italianità.

The tour links two countries on the Rhine: Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein. Five castles with a common history line the route. In addition to the ancient buildings, towns such as Buchs and Vaduz are well worth a visit.

The wide Reuss floodplain is a peaceful natural paradise. Then the hilly Säuliamt, once off the larger trading routes, the rural idyll is soon penetrated by a motorway. Neat urban districts announce the presence of the city.

The route provides the opportunity to discover the many facets of Geneva, with distant views of the bastion of Mount Salève. After the border crossing, the tour can be continued by aerial cableway up Mount Salève, with fantastic views that are famous far and wide.

After Dietikon, the town with village-like charm, things get quieter. Through mostly unconstructed land, the Reppisch winds its way along the valley fed by the idyllic Türlersee lake. The way now leads past reed landscapes, the Zwingli monument, Kappel am Albis cloister down to the Zugersee lake.

You hardly touch a corner of the Vierwaldstättersee and Pilatus stands in the way. Cove after cove, direct to Luzern, target of every tourist. Even prettier, the Zugersee, delicious Kirschtorte to make mouths water, tax rates to please purses.

The Grimselpass, a remote Alpine landscape of contrasts: reservoir lakes and power stations ringed by icy, green-grey granite mountains - an optical balancing act. Steep descent to the Aareschlucht (gorge), where the young river enters puberty.

So much history, so many landscapes, so much culture – the cycling country between the medieval towns of Murten, Fribourg and Gruyères is enchanting and remarkably diverse.

The first highlight of the tour awaits shortly after the start: the thundering waters of the Rhine Falls never cease to amaze visitors of all ages.

This moderately challenging loop takes you to the Wildhaus ski resort along a minor, little-known road and skirts magnificent Lake Walen.

By way of Uetendorfberg to Wattenwil on the River Gürbe. From here to the northern slopes of the Stockhorn range, with beautiful views of the Stockental valley and Bernese Alps. Riding through the Seeliswald nature reserve will take you to the Glütschbachtal valley.

This leg of the journey covers 64 kilometers from Laupen on secret paths over the wild Längenberg Mountain up to Thun.

A changing landscape, after the high plateau now hills and isolated valleys. From Moutier the route winds alongside the railway up to Gänsbrunnen, the language changes. Destination is Welschenrohr, once a wealthy watchmaker village behind the Weissenstein.

A trip through a rugged, varied landscape with remote high plateaux, wide meadows with horses, quiet valleys and rugged gorges, music boxes, watch towns and Roman roads, sturdy farmhouses and sycamore trees, rough pastureland and limestone rockfalls.

The thundering natural spectacle of the Rhine Falls is followed by space, then the Thur and flower-adorned, timber-framed houses at Andelfingen, a city district with a village character leads to Winterthur. A few twists of the Töss and the Zürich Oberland begins.

Figs and kiwis ripen in the Walensee climate chamber where the sheer high cliffs of the Churfirsten threaten to topple into the 150-metre-deep waters. An easy pedal to Sargan, guarded by castle and Gonzen, old supplier of iron ore.

The route makes a sweeping arc through a variety of landscapes in seven cantons, always accompanied by bodies of water, from the wild Gorges de l’Areuse, through the Emme’s riverside woodland to the twists and turns of the Sihl.

The Rhone Route runs through the magnificent mountain scenery of the Valais on charming, quiet paths along the Rhone. It leads along the famous palm-lined promenades of Lac Léman and the picturesque Lavaux vineyards and ends at cosmopolitan Genève.

The remote high-valley of La Brévine, wind-blown and bleak even in summer. Then the cave-world of Col-des-Roches: the mills were once served by underground water courses. In Le Locle, the main street is lined by well-known watch companies.

Picture postcard Switzerland: cheese, chalets, snowy summits, cable cars, hotel aromas and scissor cuts. Away from the idyllic image, the Pays d'Enhaut and Saanenland, an impressive landscape enlivened by a VIP aura and canny mountain folk.

Mysteries beneath the surface: ride the banks and shores, valleys and hills of the Thurgau by bicycle and discover what is hidden beneath the gentle surface of the pre-alpine region between Rorschach and Schaffhausen.

Fleeting glimpses of the secret life of the old Aare, the proud wooden bridge at Büren, the atmospherically emerging silhouette of the St. Ursen Tower in Solothurn. The route swerves southwards to the Grosse Emme, where Bernese farmhouses appear, soon followed by the sandstone cliffs of Burgdorf.