If stunning alpine scenery, twisty roads, secret agents and history are your thing then this 11 day self guided motorcycle tour of the Austrian and Swiss Alps will be perfect for you.
BEST TIME TO GO : JUNE TO SEPTEMBER
After the quick tunnel crossing your overnight stay is in the lovely town of Chalons en Champagne, with quick stop at the Circuit du Reims-Gueux on route so you can sample the feeling of yesteryears car and bike racing. After breakfast you head towards Germany and your hotel on the edge of the Black Forest. Crossing the Moselle River and the Lorraine National Park en route before entering the Vosges Mountains with long sweeping bends and switchbacks to keep you entertained for the afternoon.
The bucket list B500 kicks your 3rd day off. Superb tarmac and fabulous sweeping curves await you. You then head across Bavaria with the Alps becoming ever closer. Ending your day close to the Austrian border.
Traveling through the Austrian Tyrol region you get a taste of things to come, before you arrive at your superb alpine hotel for the next 2 nights, with a choice of ride outs the next day including the Grossglockner another bucket list biking road can be ticked off.
You then head west towards Switzerland taking in a few lesser known mountain passes on route arriving at your hotel which has stunning alpine peaks as its backdrop. After a good night rest we explore 4 mountain passes including the San Bernadino and Oberalpstrasse before passing some famous 007 film locations. Your hotel for the next 2 nights is typically alpine and a great location for tomorrows adventures.
Day 7 and the famous 5 of the Andermatt loop you actually ride 6 passes today but who’s counting. You ride everything from cobbled passes (alternative available) to wide sweeping bends. Along with stunning scenery this is possibly the highlight of the tour, but you can be the judge of that with so many other stunning riding days on offer it’s a difficult one to call.
After the highlight of yesterday’s alpine passes we still have a few tricks up our sleeve as you head back to France via the Swiss Emmental region, before reaching the Vosges Mountains for your overnight stop.
You then ride north via Route des Cretes heading across open French countryside, stopping on route at Verdun to visit the WW1 memorial before your overnight stay next to the Semois River.
The last leg of your tour avoids motorways for most of the day crossing the Ardennes National Park into France then back into Belgium for a quick stop at the Chimay Classic Road Circuit which is still actively used to this day. Back into France, for the final push across the Natural Park of Avesnois. After lunch it’s the last leg up to the tunnel and the crossing back to the UK.
