For this trip, you need to be able to cycle for multiple days and to bear shared, sometimes rather spartan accommodation. Enjoying a bit of culture and sightseeing is an advantage, though you can skip it if you want. If I don't already know you, I should get to know by the end of the registration period.
The route is technically easy, suitable for all kinds of bikes (maybe except for road bikes).
Route: https://mapy.com/s/nutaluduze
- Friday evening/night, 5 Sep: arrival in or near Bregenz
- Saturday, 6 Sep: cycling from Bregenz to Friedrichshafen, about 35 km, <100 m up
- Sunday, 7 Sep: cycling from Friedrichshafen to Radolfzell am Bodensee, 60 km, 500 m up
- Monday, 8 Sep: cycling from Radolfzell am Bodensee to Schaffhausen on the Swiss side, 50 km, 300 m up
- Tueday, 9 Sep: cycling from Schaffhausen to Konstanz, 50 km, 170 m up
- Wed, 10 Sep: Konstanz sightseeing, light biking if one wishes to, free programme
- Thu, 11 Sep: cycling from Konstanz to Bregenz, 65 km, <100 m up
The tour finishes in Bregenz as I will be staying in the area a few days longer. Please organise the journey back to Vienna yourselves (start from checking / booking the bike spots - there only a few places for bikes on each railjet train).
This is a suggested or standard route. If you want to follow different paths, you can, of course, this is not a problem at all (as long as we all meet at the end of the day at our destination).
What is there to see on the way: https://www.cycling-lake-constance.com/sights-lake-constance. I would be potentially interested in
- Friedrichshafen: Zeppelin museum and aerospace history museum
- Schaffhausen: Rhine falls
- Konstanz: the town itself, Mainau and Reichenau islands
Accommodation:
- in or around Bregenz: ?
- Friedrichshafen: Jugendherberge Friedrichshafen (hopefully 2 x twin-bedded rooms, 46 EUR person/night incl. breakfast) - not booked yet
- Radolf: Am Gleis Radhotel (between 50 and 60 EUR per night)
- Schaffhausen: Jugendherberge Schaffhausen (1 room for 4 people, 55 CHF person/night incl. breakfast) - booked
- Konstanz: Jugendherberge Konstanz (1 room for 4 people, 53 EUR person/night incl. breakfast and dinner - Halbpension/ half-board) - not booked yet
Costs:
- bike tickets: 2 x 12 EUR
- train tickets: depending on whether you have a Vorteilscard or not and when you buy the ticket
- accommodation: around 350 EUR, incl. 4 x breakfast and 2 x dinner
- lunch and dinners
- in total, you should set aside around 500-600 EUR for this trip (the region is not famous for being cheap)
