Lake Lucerne – Lake Constance

Located directly on the lake, against a picturesque mountain backdrop, the panorama of the "city of lights" is unique. Visit the Lion Monument and stroll across the Kappell Bridge.

A well-developed promenade leads you along the Reuss out of Lucerne. The Zugerland is slightly hilly; Lake Zug is lovely. Strengthen yourself with a kirsch cake, because now follows a longer ascent past the Höllgrotten up to the Ägerisee.

A fierce battle world at the crystal-clear Ägerisee, an orchid, peat and insect world in the Rothenthurm high moor and a busy pilgrim world in the pilgrimage site Einsiedeln. Lovely and useful, the Sihlsee, which supplies electricity; divided by the Seedamm, the villa-inhabited Zürichsee; meliorated by the idiosyncratic engineer H.C. Escher, the Linth plain with canal and new farmland and meadows.

Figs and kiwis ripen in the climatic chamber of Lake Walen, where the infinitely high rock faces of the Churfirsten threaten to topple into the 150-meter-deep water. The overnight stay is in Quarten, just above the lakeshore.

With a light step, we continue to Sargans, guarded by the castle and Gonzen, an ancient iron ore supplier. The St. Gallen Rhine Valley is a landscape often spoiled by the warm foehn. Pay a visit to the Principality of Liechtenstein. There is much to see in the small country.

Much land was reclaimed during river corrections of the Alpine Rhine in the Rhine Valley. In the distance, the flat delta and silvery expanse of Lake Constance beckon. Despite vibrant shoreline life, the ancient cultural landscape remained an idyllic stretch of land with interesting castles and large orchards.