mcr
Veteran
- Location
- North Bucks
I've done a few bits of your proposed route and can recommend:
Follow the scenic Saar river valley from near the Luxembourg/German border to Saarbrucken and then there're plenty of nice ways to get across the Pfalzerwald (Palatine Forest) into the Rhine valley - the one via picturesque Wissembourg was particularly quiet. I can vouch for the Murgtal route as a way of crossing the Black Forest towards Stuttgart (though it may be a bit further south than you want).
From Munich, you might want to head SW to Fussen and see Neuschwanstein castle - even if from the valley bottom it's still a stunning sight; then you've got some really lumpy terrain to get to the Bodensee (Lake Constance).
Unless you're into ticking off countries, I'd avoid Liechtenstein unless you've got a stash of money there - nothing but banks and posh hotels and no different scenically from surrounding Switzerland and Austria. If you do go there, however, it does give you access to the highly scenic (and flat) Walensee valley route back towards Zurich and the Rhein as an alternative to the Bodensee shoreline route.
The Rhine valley between Konstanz and Basel is especially nice, with a choice of cycling on the Swiss or German sides.
See my CrazyGuy write-ups linked from my sig for more.
Follow the scenic Saar river valley from near the Luxembourg/German border to Saarbrucken and then there're plenty of nice ways to get across the Pfalzerwald (Palatine Forest) into the Rhine valley - the one via picturesque Wissembourg was particularly quiet. I can vouch for the Murgtal route as a way of crossing the Black Forest towards Stuttgart (though it may be a bit further south than you want).
From Munich, you might want to head SW to Fussen and see Neuschwanstein castle - even if from the valley bottom it's still a stunning sight; then you've got some really lumpy terrain to get to the Bodensee (Lake Constance).
Unless you're into ticking off countries, I'd avoid Liechtenstein unless you've got a stash of money there - nothing but banks and posh hotels and no different scenically from surrounding Switzerland and Austria. If you do go there, however, it does give you access to the highly scenic (and flat) Walensee valley route back towards Zurich and the Rhein as an alternative to the Bodensee shoreline route.
The Rhine valley between Konstanz and Basel is especially nice, with a choice of cycling on the Swiss or German sides.
See my CrazyGuy write-ups linked from my sig for more.
