The second part of an exclusive and memorable journey for the perceptive and sharp traveller-motorcyclist!
Tour Description
Great Tour of Switzerland – Part 2 West
Crossing through the 26 spectacular cantons (when combining West and East) of Switzerland, you’ll ride over 50 passes, experiencing in some of the country’s most thrilling and unique attractions.
This ride provides an in depth discovery with a knowledgeable local road captain that discloses you many of Switzerland’s hidden secrets, like the Jungfrau Top of Europe, the Matterhorn, Montreux and the Chillon Castle.
You chance to get to the highest railway station in Europe and the lowest point in Switzerland.
It is your chance to sample Switzerland’s specialities and delicacies: its four languages with their various dialects and slang; its rich traditions and culture; to taste a multitude of typical regional cuisines, and to sleep in one-of-a-kind accommodations.
Discover it like an insider, with a friendly, professional, local guide, who speaks five languages, and will make you feel at home in this breath-taking country.
We suggest you to arrive one or two days before the motorcycle tour starts. This will give you enough time to familiarize yourself with the local particularities, to rest and to use the opportunity to visit the federal capital of Switzerland Bern and its surroundings.
This magnificent itinerary covers around 3’000 km (1’865 miles) and is divided into two sections.
Make your choice – Switzerland Part 1 East, Switzerland Part 2 West, or both!
Touring highlights
We’ll show you a few sights worth knowing, some guarded secrets that most tourists don’t know about and that only an insider can show you, the federal capital of Bern, Solothurn, Basel, La Chaux de Fonds, Fribourg, Gstaad, Montreux, Lausanne, Genève, the Watch-Valley, Zermatt, Matterhorn, Gornergradbahn (the Matterhorn Railway), Locarno, Ascona, Lugano, Interlaken, even a stop at a Gruyère cheese maker and find out the difference in taste between Gruyère AOP and l’Étivaz AOP cheeses…
We carefully select destinations that deserve protection, so we do not publish detailed highlights — instead, we share them personally with guests who value responsible exploration.
Riding skills
2 – 3 Intermediate to Advanced
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These Services are included in your tour
- Rental of a Class B Motorcycle
- Motorcycle insurance as requested by the law
- Fuel for the motorcycle used while riding with the tour-guide
- Tolls
- Nine nights in charming Swiss hotels
- Daily full breakfast
- Nine 3-4 course dinners including non-alcoholic beverages, (no buffet or set menus)
- Taxes (Tourist, City)
- Entries fees as per our program
- English, German, French and Dutch speaking tour-guide
- Comprehensive information package
- Daily briefings with the local Swiss guide
- The planning and organizing of the tour and the booking of all the services
Not included are
- Any expenses which are not mentioned as included in services section
- All personal expenses
At a glance
| Price per rider from | CHF 7’180.- based on six motorcycles |
| Requested number of riders/motorcycles | 6 |
| Additional cost for single room from | CHF 968.- |
| Price per rider and pillion on one motorcycle from | CHF 13’180.- based on three riders on three motorcycles Class C. (One rider with one pillion on one motorcycle) |
| Tour-starts and ends in |
Bern |
| Book at the latest |
16 weeks before your chosen travel date |
| Total duration of journey | 10 days |
| Riding days | 8 days |
| Possible resting days | Twice two days are possible, no hotel changes, day rides, sightseeing, it’s up to you, you decide,… |
| Accommodation | In charming upper class hotels |
| Total length of tour | 1’420 – 1’790 km / (883 – 1’113 miles) |
| Average distance per day |
140 – 270 km / (87 – 168 miles) |
| Riding hours per day | 4 – 6 hrs. |
| Best time | As from mid-June, depending on pass roads condition, (snow) until the end of September |
