Leaving Stein/Rhein and heading towards Karlsruhe

100 km

Stein am Rhein

Rheinfall

I was shocked to find that I haven’t blogged for many days now.

This was due to the fact that I experienced so much and met a lot of great people. Last night e.g. I met a couple by chance at the campsite in Strasbourg and spent a really, really great evening with them and drank a lot of alcohol. Today we went on to the youth hostel in Karlsruhe.

The stay in Basel was my first rest day and pretty cool, unfortunately in the afternoon heavy rain with thunderstorms was announced, so I couldn’t do that much. Then it was on to Strasbourg via wonderful landscapes.

Both yesterday and today I was allowed to cycle almost 100 km along beautiful canal paths, which were always paved and led through great landscapes.

It was perfect weather, we didn’t have any rain and it was easy to drive. Today I arrived in Karlsruhe at the youth hostel and was able to enjoy a music festival in the old town in the evening.

There was also a really cool street food festival. Tomorrow we will continue again.

Visiting Stein am Rhein and the waterfalls in Schaffhausen

Day 5 – 73 km

Stein am Rhein

Today we went from Constance along the Rhine over many ups and downs to Stein am Rhein, a beautiful medieval town. Of course I looked at this first.

Now I reached the waterfalls of Schaffhausen, which were very impressive, it was amazing how these water masses fell over 20 m.

A lot of tourists were also there and marveled at this great attraction.

As I’ve continued on dirt roads along the Rhine, sometimes further away from the river, up and down to Flaach to a modern campsite.

Now first swim in the Rhine and then we would cook. I spent the evening with a couple from Amsterdam and we exchanged many travel stories.

Down the Rhine and along the westcoast of the lake Constance

Day 4 – 96 km

Today we went from the forest campsite in Feldkirch along the Rhine down to Lake Constance.

The highlights at Lake Constance were Rorschach and Romanshorn and it was really hot.

When I arrived in Constance, I visited an old colleague and we spent a wonderful evening in the old town, where a large flea market was taking place.

Through Lichtenstein and back

Day 3 – 78 km

Today was characterized by changeable weather, during the night it started to rain at one o’clock, but early in the morning there was sunshine again.

The tour today was flat here, but very varied, there are beautiful landscapes, many wine-growing regions and finally I came to a tributary of the Rhine.

Eventually I arrived at a cool forest campsite and met two motorcyclists who are on a seven-month trip through Europe, we had a delicious meal together and it was a beautiful day.

Rocking the Alps along the still wild River Rhine

Day 2 – 68 km

Today I started my bike tour with Klaus, a cyclist from Germany.

We had a lot of climbs to deal with and enjoyed fantastic views of the still wild Rhine in this beautiful landscape in bright sunshine.

Tour de Suisse

After a long and exhausting day I arrived at the campsite in Chur and enjoyed the best Käsespätzle I have ever had.

First day on the track – let’s visit the Rhine source/Day 1 – 24 km

Lighthouse at the Oberalppass

A great start of my tour began today with the train to the Oberalp Pass in beautiful weather.

From here there was a four-hour, 8-km hike over hill and dale to the source of the Rhine.

And in the evening I ended up in a really cool hostel that serves delicious burgers and good beer.

Let’s go to Andermatt!

My journey is finally starting after long preparations.

Such a wonderful and easy drive to Andermatt in beautiful weather. The connections worked great and everything went smoothly here are a few photos from the trip.

Leaving Traunstein

Lago Zurich

Comfort in the RailJet

Leaving Andermatt

Devil’s Bridge next to Andermatt

Part One – From Andermatt to Basel

I found an old tour guide on my shelf about the Rhine Cycle Path
and thought that was a good idea. I´ll follow the EuroVelo 15.

Starting at Andermatt/Switzerland I´d like to visit the source of the river Rhine next to the Oberalppass.

This stage passes through Chur, Switzerland’s oldest town, the border of the Principality of Liechtenstein, and the banks of Lake Constance, which surrounded by castles and orchards.
Cycling along the coast I´m going to visit Constance and will visit a friend.
The outstanding route passes through Schaffhausen and its famous waterfall – the largest in Europe – and the many quaint towns and villages spanning the river in Germany and Switzerland.

From here I´m going to follow the cyclepath heading towards Basel where I will stay for 2 nights on a campingsite next to the town.

All informations about the complete track – including a gpx section – can be found here on Komoot and the EuroVelo 15 site.

Have a look to the komoot site – the whole trip

The official EuroVelo 15 site – find all the information