It's so easy and comfortable to cycle around Lake Constance for one day or a week. A leisure bicyclist could complete the entire 268 km/166 circuit in 7 days without any problem and even three days if you are one of those 80 km/50 mile/day bicyclists. One of the many websites to look at is Bodensee-Radweg who will arrange tours including breakfast as well as transport bags.

Another way of doing the circuit is to base yourself in Lindau and use the wonderful public transport facilities. Ride until you are tired and then hop the train or ferry back to Lindau or Bregenz. Don't have to worry about transporting heavy luggage, unpacking and packing or finding suitable accommodation.

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We had most of a day to kill on the way back to Zurich after spending two weeks hiking in Au, Austria. There are trains from Bregenz to Zurich on an hourly basis and the train personnel showed us a locker storage area with lockers big enough to cram two 26" suitcases into one for 3.50 Euros a day. The 15-minute ride from Bregenz to Lindau was only 8.80 Euros/round trip so we thought...why not...Lindau is supposed to be gorgeous...

Lindau dates from the end of the 9th century and was a free imperial town of the Holy Roman Empire from the Middle Ages to 1804, when it became a part of Bavaria. For centuries, it was a center of trade between Bavaria and Switzerland. This town has a unique setting on an island at the eastern end of Lake Constance with Austria and Switzerland directly across the water. Connected to the mainland (Germany) by a road bridge and a causeway for walkers and trains, this postcard perfect town is a prime tourist attraction with its maze of winding narrow streets lined by medieval houses

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