Why this ride
A 126 km round trip from Konstanz - roughly 2 h 39 in the saddle. The stops in between: Hornstaad-Hörnle, Sipplingen-Osthafen and back through Hornstaad-Hörnle.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Konstanz-Hinterhausen and Sipplingen-Osthafen
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 126 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 39
- 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 Sipplingen-Osthafen.
3. Sipplingen-Osthafen
At Sipplingen the north shore of Lake Constance changes character. The Überlinger See, the long north-western arm of the lake, is hemmed in here by steep molasse cliffs and wooded slopes rising to the Sipplinger Berg, and the village sits on a narrow strip between the hill and the water. Below the surface off the eastern harbour lie the remains of prehistoric pile dwellings, villages of wooden houses built on stilts along the shore some five to six thousand years ago. They are part of the World Heritage site of prehistoric pile dwellings around the Alps.
Read the complete Sipplingen-Osthafen write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 64 km into the recorded legs you reach Sipplingen-Osthafen. 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 Sipplingen-Osthafen
Hornstaad-Hörnle → Sipplingen-Osthafen is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sipplingen-Osthafen to back through Hornstaad-Hörnle
Sipplingen-Osthafen → back through Hornstaad-Hörnle is 30 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.