Germany – Switzerland – Romantic High Rhine Cycle Tour (2025)

Total cycling distance 255 km on relatively easy level ground with dedicated cycling paths and bike lanes on the first parts of the route. The last two sections are much hillier. Left unscathed for hundreds of years, the High Rhine region presents itself in all its glory. Small medieval towns such as the bishoprics of KONSTANZ (Konstanz is a city on Lake Constance (Bodensee), in southern Germany. Its preserved medieval district of Niederburg includes the Romanesque Konstanz Cathedral, known for its mix of decorative styles and a Gothic spire. The town hall is covered in delicate frescoes and has a Renaissance-style courtyard. The Rosgartenmuseum chronicles the region’s cultural history, exhibiting prehistoric to 20th-century objects.)  BASEL (Basel is a city on the Rhine River in northwest Switzerland, close to the country’s borders with France and Germany. Its medieval old town centers around Marktplatz, dominated by the 16th-century, red-sandstone Town Hall. Its 12th-century Gothic cathedral has city views and contains the tomb of the 16th-century Dutch scholar, Erasmus. The city’s university houses some of Erasmus’ works).and FREIBURG ‘jewel of the Black Forest’ (Freiburg im Breisgau, a vibrant university city in southwest Germany’s Black Forest, is known for its temperate climate and reconstructed medieval old town, crisscrossed by picturesque brooks (bächle). In the surrounding highlands, hiking destination Schlossberg hill is linked to Freiburg by a funicular. With a dramatic 116m spire, the Gothic cathedral Freiburg Minster towers over the central square Münsterplatz. All these features of this tour complements the impressive landscape around Lake Constance and the countryside of the foothills of the Black Forest and the Jura mountains. Experience the famous Rhine Falls, the charming Markgräflerland and the charming cultural metropolis of Basel.
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