Welcome to the Bike Switzerland Podcast — a series of short, practical episodes designed to guide you through each day of our self-guided cycling tours. Hosted by John Klemme, each episode walks you through the day ahead: where you’re riding, what the terrain looks like, the best places to stop, local history and culture, safety notes, shortcuts, detours, and the little details that make the journey smoother.
Listen each morning before you roll out, or anytime you want to revisit the landscapes, stories, and rhythms of cycling across Switzerland.
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Your first riding day is a gentle one: twenty-nine flat kilometers tracing the Untersee from Konstanz into Switzerland, with plenty of time built in for stops. Coffee and fish salad in lakeside Ermatingen, a Napoleon museum that's secretly also a working farm at Schloss Arenenberg, a climbable medieval tower in Steckborn, and a quiet footbridge crossing to the tiny monastery island of Werd. You'll end the day in Stein am Rhein, one of the most beautifully preserved old towns in Switzerland , with a castle on the hill and a waterfall side-trip for anyone with time to spare.
Napoleon Museum, Schloss Arenenberg — https://www.napoleonmuseum.ch (https://www.napoleonmuseum.ch)
Burg Hohenklingen restaurant — https://www.burghohenklingen.com (https://www.burghohenklingen.com)
Stein am Rhein Tourist Office — https://www.tourismus.steinamrhein.ch (https://www.tourismus.steinamrhein.ch)
2 Sept 2026
Bodensee Tour: Arrival Day in Konstanz
Your Bodensee tour starts here with the easiest travel day of the trip. John talks you through the direct train from Zurich Airport, the Hotel Halm's unbeatable location right at the station, and what to expect from Elmar's orientation. Then he slows down for Konstanz itself: a walkable university town on the Rhine with medieval streets, specialty shops, two islands worth a detour, and a thermal spa for the days the weather doesn't cooperate. Plus his own confession about why he can't stay away from Konstanz
Links mentioned in this episode:
Train tickets & timetables — SBB App (https://www.sbb.ch/en/travelcenter/mobile-and-online/mobile/sbb-mobile-app.html)
Hotel Halm — hotel-halm.de (https://hotel-halm.de/en)
Reichenau Island — reichenau-tourismus.de (https://www.reichenau-tourismus.de/)
Mainau Island — mainau.de (https://www.mainau.de/en)
Bodensee-Therme Konstanz — bodensee-therme-konstanz.de (https://www.bodensee-therme-konstanz.de/)
Constanzer Wirtshaus — constanzer-wirtshaus.de (https://www.constanzer-wirtshaus.de/)
30 Jun 2026
Challenge Tour: Riding Day 7 -> Feldkirch to Romanshorn
The final riding day ! Everyone finishes in Romanshorn out on Lake Constance — the far edge of Switzerland. There are two ways to get there: an easy, mostly-downhill way along the water, or the Appenzell climbing route ! We walk you through both, stop by stop — the old town at Altstätten, the Rhine delta, the spa village of Heiden — plus the lakeside paths and where to find ice cream (or cold beer) on a hot day. Congratulations are in order: you've ridden across Switzerland !!
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