Cycling holidays Jura-Route the Wild West Swiss

Luggage check-in in Basel. With the pulse of Basel still in your ears, you climb the first heights of the Jura, find your footing and peace along the wooded Swiss-French border stream La Lucelle, and slowly immerse yourself in the gentle hilly landscape of the Ajoie.

The medieval town of St. Ursanne awaits on the banks of the mysterious Doubs River, just beyond the next Jura chain. Another sweaty climb to the high plateau of the Franches Montagnes, a wide, peaceful landscape with meadows, fir trees, grazing cows and horses.

From the plateau of the paradisiacal Franches-Montagnes with its dark moor ponds up to Switzerland's largest solar power station. Then through a quiet, ruggedly contemplative landscape down to La Chaux-de-Fonds, the cradle of the Swiss watchmaking industry (UNESCO World Heritage Site).

From La Chaux-de-Fonds through the high moor Les Ponts-des-Martel to Couvet.

Continue on the trail of the Green Fairy through the Val-de-Travers. Ste-Croix and L'Auberson are known for the manufacture of music boxes, music boxes and artificial puppeteers.

A short guest appearance on the plain awaits you before the TGV swings over the rails in Vallorbe. The journey over the Dent de Vaulion leads you into the Vallée de Joux. In this high valley lies the cool and clear Lac de Joux.

Along Lac de Joux to Le Brassus.

Up to the Col du Marchairuz. Up here, you'll find hundreds of anthills and rows of artfully crafted stone walls in the quiet Parc Jura vaudois. Finally, it's effortless to roll down into the serenity of Lac Léman to Nyon. After arriving in Nyon, collect your luggage and depart.