Taking time to climb and unwind | Discovering Switzerland Ep.6

With mountain passes through the Jura range, quality local produce and stylish Swiss living – not to mention the country’s most famous lake – Lake Geneva Region is well worth a stop on your cycling journey through Switzerland.

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I am cure this is Dave we’re looking out over Lake Geneva this area has some fantastic road cycling to offer Lake Geneva the largest freshwater lake in Europe the Mississippi sould be tackled the lake – lake loop which runs from Lake Geneva all the way to the valley

Visual where the world’s most intricate watches have been made for hundreds of years we began our time in the region staying at the hotel bass knee on the cycling friendly hotel in the center of neon – lovely morning here in the Olive just print a relaxing few hours riding

Around the little old cobblestone streets with the beautiful buildings in the Chateau we’ve played up being tourists this morning and now it’s time to head off on the road bikes and investigate a little bit of Lake Geneva in the region [Applause] [Applause] we’re only ten minutes outside of neon then we found a great climb the berry it it’s 13 kilometers are about 8% average gradient pretty nice innit oh it’s incredible as you say just a couple minutes ago we were sitting down by the lake enjoying the sunshine now

We’re making our way up a real proper climber and I hear there’s a great view up at the top So you just climb 12 K up from the city and we’re looking out over Lake Geneva we’re at a top of the barrel at its absolute supercrime not very well known but it should be I reckon it’s gotta be on the tourist Suisse at some point in

The future go to make for a great medical visit next up we made our way to the valley dojo to take on more of the Lake to Lake We’re in the Lake Geneva region and we are tackling the Lake to Lake Luke today a route with two fantastic climbs that I’m looking forward to hurting Dave on you wish The room isn’t too bad they’ve got to get climbs that got about 1400 meters nothing too severe nothing too steep but still a little bit challenging there really is something for everybody here the first pass we climbed was the cold and Marshall use which elevates to fourteen hundred and forty seven meters

And has a maximum grade of 14% the second pass we rode was the colder more Andrews which elevates to one thousand one hundred and eighty meters and features a smooth climb with a picturesque descent we’re here in the valley the zoo and we’ve just finished part of the Lake to Lake ride he’s

Fantastic riding around here with low mountains overlooking the lakes and this evening we’ll be staying at the Bellevue hotel to finish off our time in the region we spent the day in the valley through the birthplace of the Swiss watch we found some new friends and we’re a restaurant where they make the

Local cheese the vajra and mon door this region has been fantastic so far we found a bunch of museums that are just a little bit different to what you usually get we found a watch Museum this place which is purely about the region that has everything from how you sell ice off the

Local lake to how mammoths used to live here