Bodensee

Introduction

Lake Constance (German: Bodensee) is a lake on the Rhine at the northern foot of the Alps. The lake is situated in Germany, Switzerland and Austria near the Alps. (Quoted from Wikipedia.) Bikeline‘s estimate of the distance is 268Km.

Our plan was to cycle the distance in 4.5 days (average 55Km/day) without rest days. In reality, we cycled 309Km in 4.5 days (average 68Km/day).

The Good, the bad and the ugly

  • good: suitable for beginners (Suzie)
  • good: Zwiebel Kuchen, Zepplin Museum, Infinity Pools (Suzie)
  • good: novelty of cycling through tree countries (Suzie)
  • good: pretty town of Stein am Rhein and pretty island Reichenau (Suzie)
  • bad: Mainau is not accessible by bicycle (Alexis)
  • good: many, many campsites (Alexis)

Map

Photos

Downloads

  1. GPX data for the campsite waypoints: bodensee-waypoints-camps.gpx
  2. GPX data for the parts of the route that not in the guide book(s) or which are complicated: bodensee-combined.gpx
  3. GPX data for our track (what we actually cycled): bodensee-track-20220521TO20220525.gpx
  4. XLS file of the itinerary: bodensee-itinerary.xls

Suggested purchases

  1. Bikeline Bodensee-Radweg

See also