Velo Europe and Cycling in Basel
Cycling is very popular throughout Switzerland and there is a very well signposted route system on the Internet at Veloland.Ch. There are also some routes from and to Basel.
First we use the location of Basel on the Rhine for the routes along the Rhine downstream to Strasbourg and also to other places on the Rhine.
Parallel to the Rhine runs in some areas of the Rhine sides canal which we can follow. Upstream the Rhine we reach Lake Constance with many options from there.
Arrival by plane or train
The airport of Basel in Mulhausen has no connection with the train to Basel. Shuttle buses line 50 take us to Basel and line 755 to Mulhouse. A transport of the bikes in the buses must be requested.
Basel itself is a traffic junction of the railway and in almost all directions there are good connections in local and long-distance traffic.
Velo Europe daily stages from Basel
1) Basel to Koblenz at the mouth of the Aare, approx. 71 km, via Grenzach-Wyhlen, S 1 , min 1x hourly approx. 1:20 , exit also Waldshut-Tiengen
2) Basel to Mulhausen, approx. 39- 44-45 km, on different routes further to Cernay to the Alsatian wine road again approx. 28 km, to Mühlhausen several times hourly, approx. 25-30 min.
3) Basel to Courgenay, ca 53 km, min 1 x hourly , 1:08 hr
4) Basel to Neuenburg am Rhein, approx. 38 km, further to Freiburg im Breisgau another 38 km, to Neuenburg min 1x hourly approx. 1:20 hr
5) Airport Mulhausen to Basel main station
6) Basel City Tour
Velo Europe Routes from Basel
Basel to Strasbourg
We use Basel's location on the Rhine for routes along the Rhine downstream to Strasbourg. Parallel to the Rhine runs in some areas of the Rhine side canal, which we can follow to Strasbourg.
Further ways to Strasbourg run via Mulhausen along the Canal de Huningue. From Mulhausen we can then cycle to Strasbourg along the Canal de Huningue or the scenic route along the Alsatian wine route, parallel to the Vosges northwards to Strasbourg.
Basel to Lyon and also option Paris via Dijon
From Mulhausen there is also a path (see Strasbourg) to Dijon - Lyon.
Basel to Freiburg - Black Forest - Stuttgart
If we drive along the Rhine downstream, we can leave the Rhine in Neuenburg and drive east to Freiburg im Breisgau in the southern Black Forest (see also options Black Forest stages here).
From Freiburg we reach the Neckar valley through the Elztal and Kinzigtal and downstream the Neckar we reach Stuttgart.
If we cycle the Rhine downstream to Kehl / Offenburg, we can follow the Kinzig through the Kinzig Valley, which is a western connection through the Black Forest via Freudenstadt into the Neckar Valley. Down the river the Neckar from Horb to Stuttgart.
Basel to Lake Constance
From Basel we can of course cycle up the Rhine via Koblenz and past the Rhine Falls from Schaffhausen to Lake Constance. The Rhine drains at Kreuzlingen from Lake Constance. From there we have again many options.
Basel to Zurich
If we leave the Rhine in Koblenz (Switzerland - Aargau), we will soon reach the city of Brugg along the Aare. From there, parallel to the Limmat, we reach Zurich.
Basel - Zurich by train, several times per hour approx. 1.20 hr
Basel to Lake Geneva ( Geneva )From Basel we can cycle through the Swiss Jura on a signposted route via La-Chaux-de-Fonds to Lake Geneva and Nyon.
Basel - Geneva by train, 1-2 x per hour, approx. 2:50 hr
