Council Cycle Route

The route starts in the monastery district of St. Gallen, which today belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage Site. It uses a busy main road to Wittenbach and then slowly enters the green landscape of the hill range between Lake Constance and Sitter Valley. Passing the white little castle Dottenwil, past the shaggy Highland cattle of Ruggisberg to Hagenwil Castle, a well-preserved moated castle with a drawbridge. Amriswil only became larger than the surrounding hamlets after the opening of the Thurtal railway line.

The hinterland belongs to individualists who find relaxation between orchards, meadows, and forested areas. In "Mostindien" apple and pear trees dominate the landscape, in Altnau a nature trail explains fruit farming in Thurgau. The view of Lake Constance is dreamy, the route approaches Kreuzlingen and after an invisible border enters the German lakeside city of Konstanz.