If stunning alpine scenery, twisty roads, secret agents and history are your thing then this 11 day motorcycle tour of the Austrian and Swiss Alps will be perfect for you.

After the quick tunnel crossing our 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 we head towards Germany and our 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 our 3^rd day off.  Superb tarmac and fabulous sweeping curves await us. We then head across Bavaria with the Alps becoming ever closer. Ending our day in our fabulous hotel close to the Austrian border.

Traveling through the Austrian Tyrol region we get a taste of things to come, before we arrive at our 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.

We then head west towards Switzerland taking in a few lesser known mountain passes on route arriving at our 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. Our 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 we actually ride 6 passes today but who’s counting.  We 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 we head back to France via the Swiss Emmental region, before reaching the Vosges Mountains for our overnight stop.

We then ride north via Route des Cretes heading across open French countryside, stopping on route at Verdun to visit the WW1 memorial before our overnight stay next to the Semois River.

The last leg of our 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.

“Fantastic trip on the Austria and Swiss Alps tour with Paul and everyone else on the tour. Paul did a fantastic job of route planning and selecting very nice hotels along the route, very well researched with spectacular views and fantastic riding along the way. Didn’t know any of the others on the tour, but we all got along very well. I would highly recommend one of these trips with this company because I had a great time and went to places, I would never have seen on my own. Cheers again Paul for a brilliant trip. Bob 😁”

— Bob

“Just completed the latest tour with these guys,. I’ve done a lot of European touring over the years but never a guided tour, so didn’t know what to expect. I found it to be a great experience, the planned routes and hotels were excellent, our guide Paul was great and encouraged us to go at our own speed, no pressure to keep up or stay with the group. By the second day I was off on my own meeting the rest of the group for lunch coffee etc. I would recommend this company to riders of all experience levels.”

— Iain