Cycling holidays Mittelland-Route Romanshorn - Lausanne

Luggage drop-off in Romanshorn. You will encounter the rolling hills of Oberthurgau with its apples and pears in plenty, and cycle past the picturesque town of Bischofszell into Hinterthurgau, where Münchwilen lies.  

A useful but unpredictable stream flows from the richly forested Tösstal. You'll find a culturally and industrially confident city in Winterthur, a place without any pretensions. Whether with a gentle murmur or a roar, the rut of the «silver birds» announce the arrival of Zurich. 

Your journey will lead you through the Furt-valley of the Limmat, the bathing spot Baden, and on to marvel at the Gothic stained glass windows in Königsfelden and yellow irises of the river Aare floodplain, which is followed by a leisurely ride on the Aare dam to Olten. 

Past the Baroque town Solothurn you ride along the meandering Aare to Dreiseenland (three lakes country). Just 130 years ago, this landscape was redesigned by man: the lake level lowered and marshes drained. Seeland is now the scene of intense vegetable cultivation.

The ride is pleasant through the three lakes country. The little medieval town of Murten on the south-east bank of the homonymous lake has preserved its original appearance, with the picturesque alleyways of the Old Town and the pleasant shady arcades. (You briefly leave the Mittelland route and travel on regional routes to Murten).

From medieval Murten you travel on to the small town of Avenches. The small town Avenches lies in the wide Broye Plain between Lake Neuchâtel and Murten in the canton of Vaud near the border to the canton of Fribourg. This former capital of Roman Helvetia has a rich and valuable heritage dating back to Roman times.

Now you'll return to Lake Neuchatel. There you will hear chirping in the reeds and waves lapping at the gentle shore, Jura is shimmering in the distance. Over 100 species of birds breed in the Grande Cariçaie, the 40-km-long marsh and reed belt along the southern shores of the lake.

Flat and fertile lies the Plaine de l’Orbe, where Roman mosaics and the rolling hills of Vaud frame the region. Behold Mormont, the watershed of the Rhone and Rhine. Then follows the change of scene from the wild waters of the Venoge to the small silver «sea» Lac Léman.