Many thanks for the pointers, it’s map time over the weekend, first determine which extra maps I might need, second out with the highlighters.
Switzerland can be covered near enough in just two or, more likely, one map. I guess you’ll not be off-roading or seeking out goat tracks or you’d have told us.
The good news is that the nice people at ADAC have already been busy with their map and highlighter, so you don’t have to:
https://www.adac.de/_mmm/pdf/TK_06_Schweiz_zur Freigabe_210817.pdf
I’ve used their suggestions many times and never found myself wishing that I hadn’t. The maps will print well enough on A4 or have it printed nicely (maybe in A3) at one of those High Street print shops. Besides not having to make any great effort, the great thing about ADAC’s suggested routes is that - as they are designed for car drivers as much as for motorcyclists - they might sometimes take some interesting small roads, they’ll never take you down a goat track or through a farmyard.
Whilst the ADAC routes map will do most things, the Kurvenking website will do even more. It’s all in foreign but that is because it’s what they speak. Guess what the pictures and words like ‘Motorrad Tourenplanner’ and ‘GPS’ or ‘PDF’ mean. Click about in it, zoom in and out, it’s free you can’t break it:
https://kurvenkoenig.de/motorrad/motorradtouren-in-der-schweiz.html
When it comes to a route from Switzerland to Maastricht, I’d suggest starting with the excellent Kurviger route planner:
https://kurviger.de/en
It has four separate settings for its algorithms, anything from taking motorways through to some quite fiddly and (to be frank) sometimes quite silly small roads, useless if you have set aside just one morning to get from somewhere in Switzerland to Maastricht and be there in time for lunch.
PS If you are ever stuck looking at foreign, cheat by using Google translate. Highlight all the gibberish text, copy it and paste it into Google translate. Here’s an example:
Die schönsten Schweizer Motorradtouren
Wer immer unseren Planeten erschaffen hat, scheint die Schweiz für Motorradfahrer geplant zu haben. Jede Straße, jeder Pass, jede Kehre und jeder See hält unvergessliche Bikerträume parat. Egal ob in den Tälern oder auf den Traumpässen bis in die Gletscherregionen, die landschaftliche Schönheit, die naturverbundene Bevölkerung finden Sie überall in der Schweiz.
Jeder Kanton hat eigene Höhepunkte zu bieten, die wir Ihnen hier vorstellen wollen.
Wenn Sie eine Motorradtour in der Schweiz planen, nutzen Sie unseren Motorrad Tourenplaner.
Viel Vergnügen !
Becomes, as if by magic, which it really is:
The most beautiful Swiss motorcycle tours
Whoever created our planet seems to have planned Switzerland for motorcyclists. Every road, every pass, every turn and every lake has unforgettable biker dreams. Whether in the valleys or on the dream passages to the glacier regions, the scenic beauty, the nature-loving population can be found everywhere in Switzerland.
Each canton has its own highlights, which we would like to introduce to you here.
If you are planning a motorcycle tour in Switzerland, use our motorcycle tour planner.
Have fun !
