Self-Guided

Self-Guided: Sundays 4/11 to 10/10/2010

Self-Guided: €789

1st day: Constance
After your arrival at Constance you have sufficient time to discover Constance. At the port and in the old part of the town you can enjoy the Flair of this city. The overnight accommodation takes place in Constance.

2nd day: Constance - Schaffhausen (approx. 35 miles)
You pass the Swiss border and cycle through small romantic villages to Stein am Rhein, one of the most beautiful remaining medieval towns in the German-speaking countries. Your daily destination is Schaffhausen, which became world-famous because of the "Rheinfall" - the largest waterfall of Europe.

3rd day: Schaffhausen - Zurich (approx. 42 miles)
In the morning you follow the Rhine, which leads you to the Rhine loop and to Rheinau. Briefly behind Eglisau with its pictorial house line you leave the Rhine and follow the way along the river Glatt. You pass Bülach and cycle to Zürich. Discover the city, with its picturesque old town, several art galleries, or take a ride on the lake by ship. The overnight accommodation takes place in Zurich.

4th day: Zurich - Rapperswil (approx. 25 miles)
Today you have sufficient time for a stroll through the metropolitan city Zurich. Walk along the promenade, visit the beautiful old part of town or one of the museums. Subsequently, you follow the southern bank of the Zurich lake and reach Rapperswil over the lake-dam. Here is the residence of the well-known Knie's child zoo. From far you see the powerful castle and the magnificent houses at the promenade. Your overnight is in Rapperswil.

5th day: Rapperswil - Sargans (approx. 38 miles)
Out of Rapperswil you follow the bank of the Zurich lake and later the Linthkanal. At Weesen you reach the Walen lake. You cycle along the bank of the deep-blue lake, which lies embedded between the powerful mountain world, till Walenstadt. In the valley you pass the "Seven Churfirsten" to your overnight accommodation place Sargans. The townscape is shaped by the powerful castle.

6th day: Sargans - Feldkirch (approx. 22 miles)
Short after Sargans you reach the Rhine and follow the river until you arrive in the Principality of Liechtenstein. Over the state capital Vaduz reigns the castle of the princely family. Subsequently, you pass the national border to Austria and reach Feldkirch with its medieval town centre. Your overnight stay is in Feldkirch.

7th day: Feldkirch - Rorschach/Arbon/Egnach (approx. 38-46 miles)
Today you follow the Rhine to Höchst, pass the largest fresh water delta of Europe, the protected area Rhine delta, and reach again the Lake Constance. You follow the Lake Constance bike path, pass Rorschach and Arbon, one of the oldest settlement places in the Lake Constance area. Your overnight accommodation place is Rorschach, Arbon or Egnach.

8th day: Rorschach/Arbon/Egnach - Constance (approx. 16-25 miles)
The last stage you cycle along the bank of the lake Constance through strewing fruit meadows and small framework villages until Kreuzlingen. There you pass the last time the border and reach your starting point Constance. Individual departure.

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