Switzerland.... how beautiful can a country be? Although it is not the cheapest country to stay in, it does offer a lot of fun on the motorbike! Beautiful roads that wind through even more beautiful landscapes, jagged mountains in the background, picturesque lakes (I often call it the Bob Ross scenes), etc, etc. In this route you drive through part of this beautiful country.

The route starts in Vöhrenbach at Gasthof zum Ochsen. After 200 meters you can fill the tank if necessary. The route winds, as you may have come to expect from the Black Forest, towards the south over beautifully landscaped roads that are wonderful to steer. Perhaps much too soon for your liking you arrive in Tiengen, a town on the border with Switzerland.

A little later, after the coffee stop at McDonalds, which is equipped with a McCafé, the time has come, you cross the border into Switzerland. The border is again formed by the Rhine, which marks the dividing line between the two countries. This time you cross over a bridge. Before you know it you will be driving in Koblenz. Koblenz? Weren't we there in the first route too? Yes, but this is the Swiss Koblenz, located a little more to the south. :-) Anyway, country number three on the list can be checked off!

You will soon be driving through the meadows and trees again, after about 10 kilometers you will pass the PSI, or the Paul Scherrer Institute. This is the largest research institute for natural and technical sciences in Switzerland. The nice thing is that you can experience research live. You can visit the visitor center PSI Visitor Center, with its interactive exhibits. What are these special buildings on the grounds of the Paul Scherrer Institute? Who are the PSI researchers and what are they working on? What does a large research facility look like on the inside? These questions are answered in the "Visit the Researchers" exhibition in the PSI Visitor Center. Step on the floor marker at the entrance to the exhibition and begin your own personal visit with researchers.

After the research institute, the route winds further south and you soon reach the first large lakes. The Zugersee, named after the place Zug and the Lauerzesee, which takes its name from the place Lauerz. Both beautiful lakes where you drive right along the waterline.

A little further on you drive through the town of Ingenbohl. Driving through the center suddenly the Vierwaldstättersee looms up in front of you. A breathtaking sight, the water with the many boats on it and in the background the mountains that seem to rise from the water. After about a kilometer there is a parking lot where you can take a good look at this beauty and of course take the necessary photos.

After this stop it is still a few kilometers to the lunch address, hotel Tellsplatte in Sisikon. Sitting on the terrace enjoying lunch and a beautiful view of the Vierwaldstättersee, what more could you want?
From the terrace of Hotel Tellsplatte you can see something nice a little lower ago: The largest carillon in Switzerland. The chime consists of 37 bells with the tones e1 to e4 with a weight of approximately 6000 kg. Nice to have a look at, it seems that everyone can operate the carillon for free for the first 10 minutes of every hour (from 009.00).

After this musical interlude, you follow the route further south. At a certain point you turn into Gotthardstrasse at Schattorf. This road is not a punishment at all to drive on. Beautiful asphalt and great views make it a real party.
After 20 kilometers, at Wassen, this party comes to an end spontaneously. You leave Gotthardstrasse by turning right into Sustenstrasse. This is where the first 'real' pass of this journey begins, the Sustenpass with a height of 2224 meters.
The Susten Pass forms the connection between Innertkirchen in the canton of Bern and Wassen in the canton of Uri. The current road was built between 1938 and 1945 and is therefore one of the newer Swiss pass roads. The Sustenpass is little used as a transit route and is especially important for tourism. For this reason, the road is not kept snow-free during the winter.
The highest point of the route over the Sustenpass is located in a short tunnel. On the Bernese side there are several buildings and ample parking spaces. The actual Sustenpas can only be reached on foot. The descent leads through the green Meiental to Wassen in the valley of the river Reuss.
Breathtaking views, beautiful asphalt, wonderful curves, everything that a good pass needs to be found here. Don't forget to stop at the various places where it is possible to fill your memory card with memories.

Although you only have 20 kilometers left of the route if you have Hotel Steingletscher in view, it is wonderful to settle down here for a cup of coffee or something fresh and simply see what is passing by. That, in combination with the views, makes driving on a no-go.

At the bottom of the descent you enter Innertkirchen, also the final destination of this route. Immediately on the right you will find the hotel Hof und Post. This is a nice hotel, located in a great spot between two passes, the Susten and Grimselpasses.


Have fun driving this route!