CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 196 km round trip from Yvonand - roughly 3 h 18 in the saddle. On the way it passes La Saunerie, Segelboothafen, Lobsigensee and back through Segelboothafen. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 950 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. The line favours views over speed.
For 28 km this is Jura Crest Scenic Road, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it — expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast.
The ride follows Grand Tour of Switzerland for 25 km.
At the south end of Lake Neuchâtel, below the old Roman and medieval town of Yverdon, the shore turns into a wide, flat belt of reed beds and meadow, one of the biggest areas of shoreline marsh in Switzerland. Le Marais, near the village of Yvonand, belongs to this landscape, and like many places along the lake it also belongs to the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings that UNESCO lists, because the shallows hold timbers and artefacts from villages built on stilts thousands of years ago. The remains lie under water or mud, so there is nothing to see at the spot but reeds, willows and the glinting lake, but a visit to the museum in Yverdon or Neuchâtel brings the finds to life.
Read the complete Le Marais write-up.
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Le Marais is where the day begins. Next is La Saunerie.
The shore of Lake Neuchâtel, on the Swiss side, is lined with vineyards, and at the foot of them sits a thin strip of beach and reeds called La Saunerie, near the village of Auvernier. Four or five thousand years ago people lived here in houses raised on piles over the shallows, fishing, hunting, farming and keeping cattle, and the waterlogged mud preserved the timbers, tools, textiles, seeds and even bread that most archaeological sites would have lost. Together with more than a hundred similar places around the Alps, La Saunerie is part of the UNESCO listing of Prehistoric Pile Dwellings, and the underwater site is not meant to be visited, only protected, though the shore and the museum nearby tell the story.
Read the complete La Saunerie write-up.
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La Saunerie comes up 26 km in. Next is Segelboothafen.
Murten is the rare Swiss town where you can walk the medieval walls almost all the way round, looking down on brown tiled roofs on one side and the lake on the other. Its sailing harbour, the Segelboothafen, lies just below the old town on the shore of Lake Murten, and in the shallows here are the remains of prehistoric pile dwellings, one of the Swiss components of the transnational World Heritage Site of Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps. Nothing shows above the water, but the lakeshore has been a place to live for thousands of years.
Read the complete Segelboothafen write-up.
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52 km in you reach Segelboothafen. Next is Lobsigensee.
Lobsigensee is a tiny lake, barely more than a pond, hidden among fields and woods on a low hill above Aarberg in the Bernese Seeland. It is a nature reserve, ringed with reeds and alder trees, and it is home to frogs, newts, dragonflies and birds. It also hides one of the Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps World Heritage sites: the remains of Neolithic settlements along its shore. There is nothing visible on the surface, but the quiet, green setting gives a sense of what the landscape might have looked like thousands of years ago.
Read the complete Lobsigensee write-up.
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Lobsigensee, about halfway. Next is back through Segelboothafen.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Segelboothafen write-up.
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back through Segelboothafen sits at 105 km, about halfway. Next is back through La Saunerie.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete La Saunerie write-up.
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back through La Saunerie comes up 131 km in. Next is Le Marais.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Le Marais write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Le Marais closes the day.
Le Marais → La Saunerie is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
La Saunerie → Segelboothafen is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Segelboothafen → Lobsigensee is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lobsigensee → back through Segelboothafen is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Segelboothafen → back through La Saunerie is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through La Saunerie → Le Marais is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.