CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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A 408 km round trip from Versoix - roughly 6 h 48 in the saddle. The stops in between: Le Crêt de Chatillon, The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier and back through Le Crêt de Chatillon. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,250 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Switzerland into France - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Lake Geneva, which the locals call the Leman, is the largest lake in western Europe, and its southern shore, curving between Geneva and the French border, is where the river Rhone leaves the water. The little places of Corsier-Port and Anieres lie on the left bank, among villas, vineyards and gardens that slope down to the water, and they are among the most elegant addresses in the canton. The French shore across the lake rises into the mountains of Chablais, and on a clear day the whole range of the Mont Blanc can be seen to the south-east, a white line above the water.
Read the complete Port write-up.
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Port is where the day begins. Next is Le Crêt de Chatillon.
The Crêt de Châtillon is the summit of the Semnoz, the long wooded mountain that rises above the western shore of Lake Annecy, and from the top, at around 1,700 metres, the view on a clear day is one of the finest in the French Alps: the whole lake below, the Bauges and the Aravis around, and, to the east, Mont Blanc in all its glory. Sites with names like Châtillon and Les Mongets along this shore preserve the remains of villages built on the edge of the lake thousands of years ago.
Read the complete Le Crêt de Chatillon write-up.
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Le Crêt de Chatillon comes up about 61 km into the recorded legs. Next is The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier.
On the shore of Lake Geneva at Corseaux, just west of Vevey, stands a low white house, long and narrow, with a single strip window running along its lakeside facade. It looks modest, almost plain, but it is one of the key buildings of modern architecture. Le Corbusier, born in La Chaux-de-Fonds in the Swiss Jura, designed it in the early 1920s for his parents, and the Villa Le Lac, also called the Petite Maison, was an early demonstration of his ideas: a ribbon window framing the view, a roof garden, an open plan. Since 2016 it has been part of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Architectural Work of Le Corbusier, which includes seventeen sites in seven countries.
Read the complete The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier write-up.
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about 204 km into the recorded legs you reach The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier. Next is back through Le Crêt de Chatillon.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Le Crêt de Chatillon write-up.
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back through Le Crêt de Chatillon, late in the day. Next is Port.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Port write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Port. That is the ride.
Port → Le Crêt de Chatillon is 61 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Le Crêt de Chatillon → The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier is 143 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
The Architectural Work of Le Corbusier → back through Le Crêt de Chatillon is 145 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Le Crêt de Chatillon → Port is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.