Why this ride
A 114 km round trip from Konstanz - roughly 2 h 24 in the saddle. It goes by way of Hornstaad-Hörnle, Bodman-Schachen / Löchle and back through Hornstaad-Hörnle. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Konstanz-Hinterhausen and Bodman-Schachen / Löchle
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 114 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 24
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Grand Tour of Switzerland
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For about 34 km this is Grand Tour of Switzerland, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 34 km
- Named road
- Grand Tour of Switzerland
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Konstanz-Hinterhausen
There is nothing to see at Konstanz-Hinterhausen, and that is precisely the point. Below the surface of Lake Constance, along the shore near the city, lie the remains of prehistoric pile dwellings: wooden posts, floors, pottery and food remains preserved in the mud for thousands of years. They are part of the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps, a World Heritage site that spans six countries and over a hundred locations. Archaeologists dive to study them, but the rest of us have to make do with the view of the lake and a bit of imagination.
Read the complete Konstanz-Hinterhausen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Konstanz-Hinterhausen is where the day begins. Next is Hornstaad-Hörnle.
2. Hornstaad-Hörnle
On the Höri peninsula, the long finger of land that pokes into the Untersee arm of Lake Constance, the shallow water off the point of Hornstaad hides the remains of a village burned some six thousand years ago. Hornstaad-Hörnle is one of the most important Neolithic sites in the region: the settlement was destroyed by fire, and the charred remains, sealed in lake mud, preserved an extraordinary record of daily life, including food, textiles, tools and house timbers, which dendrochronology has dated with great precision. It is part of the World Heritage inscription of the prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps, and finds from the site are displayed in museums around the lake.
Read the complete Hornstaad-Hörnle write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hornstaad-Hörnle comes up about 34 km into the recorded legs. Next is Bodman-Schachen / Löchle.
3. Bodman-Schachen / Löchle
Lake Constance takes its German name, Bodensee, from this village. Bodman, at the western tip of the Überlinger See arm of the lake, was the site of a royal palace in the early Middle Ages, and the name of the place spread to the water. Below the village, in the shallows at Schachen and Löchle, lie the remains of prehistoric pile dwellings, part of the transnational World Heritage Site of Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps, inscribed in 2011.
Read the complete Bodman-Schachen / Löchle write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 58 km into the recorded legs you reach Bodman-Schachen / Löchle. Next is back through Hornstaad-Hörnle.
4. back through Hornstaad-Hörnle
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hornstaad-Hörnle write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Hornstaad-Hörnle, late in the day. Next is Konstanz-Hinterhausen.
5. Konstanz-Hinterhausen
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Konstanz-Hinterhausen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Konstanz-Hinterhausen. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Konstanz-Hinterhausen to Hornstaad-Hörnle
Konstanz-Hinterhausen → Hornstaad-Hörnle is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hornstaad-Hörnle to Bodman-Schachen / Löchle
Hornstaad-Hörnle → Bodman-Schachen / Löchle is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Bodman-Schachen / Löchle to back through Hornstaad-Hörnle
Bodman-Schachen / Löchle → back through Hornstaad-Hörnle is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Hornstaad-Hörnle to Konstanz-Hinterhausen
back through Hornstaad-Hörnle → Konstanz-Hinterhausen is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.