Chur - Ascona

Start your self-drive tour in Chur or Landquart. For a special gorge driving experience, we recommend the route from Bonaduz via Versam to Ilanz. Here you will drive high above the Rhine Gorge on a narrow road through adventurous natural rock tunnels. Use the stops next to the road to take a look down into the mighty Rhine Gorge.In Versam you can descend to the Rhine. Along the Rhine on the sandbanks, some barbecue sites invite you to picnic.

In Ilanz, the journey continues along the Vorderrhein on the Oberalp road to Distentis/Mustér. There you turn left into the Val Medel. Over the Lukmanier Pass you reach the sun-drenched Blenio Valley and the Ticino. From Biasca you continue to the historic Ticino cantonal capital Bellinzona, probably the most Italian city in Switzerland. Time for a break and a visit to the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Bellinzona's three best-preserved medieval castles. With its castles, walls, towers, battlements and gates, the imposing fortifications amaze their onlookers!

Continuing south, Lake Maggiore is soon in sight and so is your stage destination, adorned with palm trees and classic Ticino houses: Ronco sopra Ascona.