Rapperswil - Wattwil: “Heart Route”

The regional bike route 99 stretches from Lausanne to Rorschach and takes you past the most beautiful corners of picturesque Switzerland. The thirteen daily stages can be enjoyed individually or as a multi-day trip. The Heart Route can be ridden by anyone who occasionally rides a bike in everyday life. Switzerland as you have never experienced it by bike before: 700 kilometers, 12,000 meters of elevation, over 20 old towns and historic local scenes.

From Rapperswil to Wattwil: rustic pre-Alpine land for landscape gourmets Shortly after Rapperswil, you leave the villa area and enter the canton of Zurich, which shines here in its rural diversity. Gravel paths invite you to bicycle strolls, glacier-shaped moorlands invite you to linger, and a small lake invites you to swim. At the Ritterhaus Bubikon, guests discover the traces of the Knights Hospitaller in almost unchanged testimony.

The Heart Route slowly ascends and heads towards the Bachtel, the local mountain of the Zürcher Oberland. A detour is definitely worthwhile! The Heart Route cleverly gains height and winds along the sunny valley slope well above the village of Wald. Pasture farming, dairies, and happy cows shape the landscape and enrich the fantastic view. Here the canton borders blur in the greenery. Only at Chrinnen, the highest point of the stage, do you definitely enter the canton of St. Gallen.