Cycling Holidays Rhone Route Visp - Geneva, hostel tour
Cycling: Rhone-Route Switzerland Trips to Geneva
The Rhone-Route connects - between Oberwald and Geneva – three completely different types of landscapes: In the Goms, the landscape is alpine and the route consists for the most part of downhill rides with an occasional rise. In Brig, the Rhone valley widens. Nowhere in Switzerland, is there more sunshine than here in the Wallis.
Arrival to Visp
Visp – Sion
The main valley of the Valais widens, the sun heats the dry mountain flanks. Between Leuk and Sierre, an unruly stretch of the Rhone, and the Pfynwald, a nature reserve on a huge cone of rubble. The capital Sion shows off its historic castles, churches and mansions.
Sion – Martigny
In the lower Rhone Valley, the Dents-du-Midi dominates the high-Alpine backdrop. It is the world of productive orchards and vineyards.
Martigny – Montreux
High above, a round tower guards Martigny on the Rhone bend, St-Maurice at the narrowest point in the valley guards golden church treasures. High mountains and lowlands, still hidden behind reeds, the expanse of Lac Léman, and then defiantly the fortress of Chillon Castle in the water.
Montreux – Lausanne
Lac Léman, a small silvery sea surrounded by snowy peaks and the vineyards of Lavaux, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Along the shore: Vevey, Montreux, and the metropolis of Lausanne, "Olympic city" and lifeblood of the Vaudois population.
Lausanne – Nyon
The terraced vines between Morges and Nyon are known as "La Côte". Fruity Chasselas is pressed here and sweetens your ride. Down on the lakeshore, the market towns of Morges and Rolle pass by. Almost kitschy: the castles of Nyon and Prangins.
Nyon – Geneva
The free lakeshore becomes rarer, the villas and yachts larger, soon the cosmopolitan city of Geneva announces itself with boulevards and the 140-metre-high water fountain "Jet d'eau". After arrival in Geneva, individual departure.
Departure or extension
Tour character
An easy tour with only a few metres of altitude. The tour through Lavaux looses its teeth, if you use the funicular to ride up Mont-Pèlerin. There may be a little more traffic around the towns.
The Rhone Route at SwitzerlandMobility
| Season 1 18.03.2023 - 31.03.2023 15.04.2023 - 12.05.2023 23.09.2023 - 16.10.2023 every day | Season 2 01.04.2023 - 14.04.2023 13.05.2023 - 22.09.2023 every day | |
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| Rhone Route, Visp - Geneva, 8 days, var. hostel, CH-WSRVG-08X | ||
| Base price | 899.- | 925.- |
Category: dormitories in the hostels, 4* hotel in Martigny
| Season 1 Mar 18, 2023 - Mar 31, 2023 Apr 15, 2023 - May 12, 2023 Sep 23, 2023 - Oct 16, 2023 every day | Season 2 Apr 1, 2023 - Apr 14, 2023 May 13, 2023 - Sep 22, 2023 every day | |
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| Brig/Visp | ||
| Extra night double room (BB) | 95.- | 95.- |
| Geneva | ||
| Extra night double room (BB) | 95.- | 95.- |
Included:
- Overnights stays according to the itinerary in the selected category incl. breakfast
- Daily luggage transfers
- Costs for luggage pick-up at the station (for direct arrival and departure)
- Subsidy for arrival by train
- Wine tasting in Varen
- Carefully elaborated route description
- Travel documents (1 x per room) incl. SwitzerlandMobility Plus subscription
- Service hotline
Note:
- Tourist tax, if due, is not included in the price!
- Reservation fee of CHF 15 per adult (incl. legally required customer money protection)
Arrival/Departure:
- Arrival by public transport to Visp. In case of direct arrival: Suitcases must be handed in at the luggage counter by 10:00 a.m. at the latest.
- Departure by public transport from Geneva. Direct departure: Suitcases will be returned to the luggage counter by 05:00 p.m. at the latest.
Other important information:
- The distance travelled is approximate and may differ from the actual distance.
- Travel cancellation insurance, including travel interruption insurance is recommended.
Travel documents "digital”
In future we will reduce the amount of printed documents. You will receive instructions to help you find your way around using the SwitzerlandMobility app. We will provide you with further information online. In advance you will receive a small package of documents with the following contents:
- Description of how to use the necessary apps
- Detailed programme for the individual stages
- Annual subscription to SwitzerlandMobility Plus
- Luggage tags
- Any vouchers
On the way, you can easily find your way with the SwitzerlandMobility app and other freely accessible aids. Background information and all other documents are delivered electronically and can be downloaded to your mobile phone in advance.
Let us know if you don't want to do without maps. We will send them to you free of charge.
