Allgäu Cheese Road

There are a total of seven different themed routes in the name of cheese, ranging from 28 to 40 kilometres in length. The tours can also be combined with each other. A bit of fitness in your legs won't do any harm, as the constant up and down hills add up the metres in altitude.
The exercise also works up an appetite for a hearty cheese snack. But it's not all cheese in the West Allgäu. How about the "Cheese and Beer" cycle tour, for example, where you can visit not only rustic inns but also two breweries? Also on the programme along the Allgäu Cheese Route are places worth seeing, such as Isny with its towers and fountains, the old town of Wangen and Lindenberg with its "Cathedral of the Western Allgäu", famous for its windows and frescoes.

A total of seven cycle routes between 28 and 40 kilometres long are available on the subject of "cheese".

Here are the GPX tracks for three themed routes.

Themed route "Cheese and views":

Cheese and beer" themed route:

Cheese and herbs" themed route:

Journey:
Lindau, Oberstaufen and Wangen are integrated into the Deutsche Bahn network. Most long-distance connections run via Lindau, www.bahn.de

Tour combinations:
The Allgäu Cheese Route can be combined with the Cycle tour Allgäuthe Lake Constance-Königssee cycle path and the Lake Constance cycle path.

Accommodation tips:
Brauereigasthof Engel in Isny, www.engel-isny.de
Hotel Blaue Traube in Wangen, www.blauetraube.com
Hotel Bad Rain in Oberstaufen, www.bad-rain.de
The rental plant in Lindau, www.dasmietwerk.de

Culinary tip:
How do the holes get into the cheese? Dairy tours take place along the cheese route. Scheidegg Tourismus, Tel. 08381/86555, www.scheidegg.de

Organised trip: Multi-day tours with visits to alpine dairies organised by Westallgäu Tourismus.

Maps and literature:
A folding map for download on the website www.westallgaeu.de/allgaeuer-kaesetrasse-radtouren
Bikeline cycle map "Allgäu" at a scale of 1:75,000 for 6.90 euros.
ADFC regional map "Allgäu" at a scale of 1:75,000 for 8.95 euros.

Information:
Westallgäu Tourism, Tel. 08382/270153, www.westallgaeu.de,
Tourism Isny, Service tel. (07562) 97563-0, allgäuer-käsestrasse.de

The complete article was published in Trekkingbike issue 6/2016. You can download the issue in the Trekkingbike app (iTunes and Google Play ) or in the DK-Shop order.