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SwitzerlandMobility 3: North-South route

Route
Cycling
Length
368.9 km
Travel time
approx. 1.2 Days
Tour details
Tour details
SwitzerlandMobility 3: North-South route
Kapellbrücke.
Photo: Jochen Ihle, CC BY, Tourenplaner SCHWEIZ
SwitzerlandMobility 3: North-South route
Gotthardpass Hinweis auf den Vier-Quellenweg.
Photo: Bruno Kohl, DAV Sektion Pforzheim
SwitzerlandMobility 3: North-South route
Photo: Unknown
SwitzerlandMobility 3: North-South route
Das Castello di Montebello ist Teil der Befestigungsanlagen von Bellinzona.
Photo: Public Domain, Outdooractive Editors
SwitzerlandMobility 3: North-South route
Blick auf Luzern vom Vierwaldstättersee aus
Photo: CC0 via pixabay
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The north-south route leads through the large Swiss landscape areas of Jura, Mittelland, Central Switzerland and over the Alps into Southern Switzerland.

Easy route. From Basel, the city with the densest cultural offering in all of Europe, we cycle through the largest cherry-growing region in Switzerland, the Baselbiet. From Aarau, the town with late Gothic and Baroque terraced houses with richly decorated gabled roofs, we continue via Lucerne, the gateway to central Switzerland, to Stans.

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On the second stage from Stans, the demands increase. Through Uri, the most important Alpine transit route between north and south, over the Gotthard Pass through Ticino, Switzerland's sunniest region, to the southernmost point of Switzerland, Chiasso.

The second stage from Stans is more demanding.

Technical details

Tour type
Cycling
Starting point
Basel
Point of arrival
Chiasso
Difficulty
Difficult
Condition
5 / 6
Ascent
3327 m
Descent
3345 m
Best Time of Year
June, July, August, September, October
Directions
Basel - Pratteln - Liestal - Gelterkinden - Schaffmatt - Aarau - Schöftland - Sursee - Sempach - Lucerne - Stansstaad - Stans - Beckenried - Gersau - Brunnen - Sisikon - Flüelen - Altdorf - Erstfeld - Göschenen - Andermatt - Gotthard Pass - Airolo - Faiso - Biasca - Arbedo - Bellinzona - Giubiasco - Monte Ceneri - Rivera Bironico - Taverne - Agno - Melide - Mendrisio - Chiasso
Equipment

Bike fit to ride and enough fluids for the road

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Good to know

Parking
Paid parking available
Arrival / Return journey
Motorway to Basel
Accessible by bus and train
Yes
Public transport
By train to Basel