Cycling Lake Constance: 3-Day Family Tour Through Germany, Austria & Switzerland

🚴‍♀️ Join us on a 3-day family cycling adventure around Lake Constance – one of Europe’s most famous bike routes! Starting in Lindau, we follow a flat and easy path through Bregenz, Konstanz, Stein am Rhein, Meersburg, and back to Lindau.

This video is perfect for anyone planning a relaxed cycling holiday with kids, couples, or just wanting to enjoy a beautiful ride through Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

We’ll show you:

🚲 Easy cycling paths ideal for families

🏰 Stunning sights like Arenenberg Castle, Wasserburg, and the famous Hundertwasser House in Altenrhein

🏞️ Ferry crossings and lake views

🚧 What we skipped: Mainau Island ( we were there already several times) & Reichenau(missed the last ferry)

🍦 Our favorite stops along the way!

🗺️ Our Route (GPX tracks):
📍 Day 1: Lindau → Bregenz → Konstanz
👉 https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/19363343748?share_unique_id=35

📍 Day 2: Konstanz → Stein am Rhein → Konstanz (ferry)→ Meersburg
👉 https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/19373505552?share_unique_id=41

📍 Day 3: Meersburg → Wasserburg → Lindau
👉 https://connect.garmin.com/modern/activity/19382885974?share_unique_id=44

⚠️ Tip: Don’t miss the ferry at Aspenbach if you want to visit Reichenau skipping the back-and-forth ride through the Island!

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Hi everyone, we started this weekend 
on a 3 days tour of the Bodensee one of the least challenging routes and 
least wild of Europe. We are the whole family with three bicycles, four pannier bags 
and we just started. Back there is Lindau, on this side is Bregenz. We’re going to do 
basically the whole tour of the Bodensee. And here is the setup: the usual 
tracking bike, my daughter’s bike, the coupling system, seat and four bags. And after our long stay in Austria, 
here we are in Switzerland: hello, grüzi! We couldn’t miss some good rain. This is a Hundertwasser house that I didn’t even know existed. They let us in in the 
last minute, they’re about to close. So, we are getting close to Konstanz, we’re about 15 km away. Here is a 
small station with some ice cream. Still in Switzerland for a few seconds and now 
it’s going to be Germany! With the green signs. So here we are in Constance; we are going to spend 
the night here. We did a bit more than 80K today, all flat, not especially exciting honestly. 
The route is not right on the lake but a few 100 m inland. Day two started. Here is our 
hotel the good old Ibis, and now we go to quickly check Konstanz before going around the 
part of the lake which is called Unterseen. And now we are in Germany, Germany, Germany, 
Germany…SWITZERLAND! Goodbye Germany, welcome Switzerland. So, today we made it for lunch to Stein am Rhein 
which is this city…here. And we’re going to go for lunch in this restaurant, the yellow house, 
where we stayed exactly 6 years ago. We spent the night and I still remember the dinner where we had 
a trout, which is usually for me a normal fish, but it was one of the best fish I ever 
had in my life. Let’s see if I’m going to destroy my memory by having something not 
as good, or maybe we are going to top it. Here the lunch is finished. We didn’t get 
the the trout as last time, but we got pike, which is also excellent but, yeah, I must say 
that the memory of the trout that I had was a bit better. But still absolutely excellent 
and recommended, here in the hotel Rheinfels. We are on the way back to Constance. This 
is Allensbach and this is the island of Reichenau. The idea was to go by boat from here 
to there, and then along the island to Constance, but the last ferry was one and a half hours ago, 
so we are going to continue on this coast. Getting back to Constance, and I must say that 
the whole stretch is pretty boring. We are almost never along the lake and in 
the middle of fields like this here. So, here we are on the ferry between 
Constance and Meersuorg, it is where we stay for the night. And, yes, 
a very beautiful sunset here. Arrived in Meersburg, and now let’s 
see if we find quickly the hotel. Third and final day on the Bodensee. 
We are in Meersburg. We’re going to spend a few hours here and then along the 
coast down to Lindau and then back home. Leaving Meersburg, and the last stretch 
to Lindau, where the car is. Here we are in Wasserburg. It is probably the last 
stop before Lindau, where we have the car. And we made it back to Lindau. Everything went 
well. I hope you enjoyed the video. If you did, like it and subscribe! And now my recommendations: 
the clear highlight of the tour is the infrastructure. There’s a bicycle route going all 
around the lake, mostly separated from the road, so it is safe, it is very good for family. 
It’s flat, there are many stops, you can go to the lake. The lowlight is the landscape. 
So, for a large part the route is not close to the lake. It’s also quite expensive: family 
rooms were in the range of €200 per night. So, overall recommendation: I give it two to three 
stars, but it depends on what you like. I usually like most the landscape, that’s the party I 
enjoy the most. If you like a safe ride ideal for families with lots of stops, then I’m sure 
you’ll enjoy the trip. Bye-bye, see you next time.