Riding to Lucerne

May 29, 2025

The last leg of our Swiss biking tour

Today the sun was shining as we set off from Wilen headed toward Lucerne. This was our easiest riding day, only 21 miles and 386 feet of climbing. For the most part our route today stayed near the shores of several lakes. We were very impressed with the cycling infrastructure in Lucerne and through the towns leading to Lucerne. We often had marked bike lanes and sometimes separate structures built out over the water. We also came to a place where a mud and rock slide had completely obliterated the trail and a new trail with signage had been built.

Once we got to Lucerne our luggage had not arrived yet so we set out to explore the town. We crossed the river on the chapel bridge, walked up to the lion monument, climbed the towers on the old city wall and walked along the top of the wall. Then we headed back to our hotel hoping our luggage had arrived….