Jägerheim Inn Ausserbinn
This meeting point for you and your family offers you an excellent cuisine with house specialities as well as traditional Valais and Swiss specialities.
RestaurantRoom / Holiday flatCafé
E-Bike-route Blitzingen–Binn
E-bike itinerary
This diverse route takes you through the Binntal Landscape Park. Discover beautiful cultural landscapes, traditional mountain villages and the wild Twingi gorge with breathtaking views - a high-class nature experience.
More informations
points of interest
1. Historic village Mühlebach
2. Ernen village square
3. Twingi gorge
4. Historic hotel Ofenhorn
Season
June, July, August, September, OctoberRoute-information
- Length
- 34.00 km
- Altitude difference ascent
- 610 m
- Altitude difference descent
- 610 m
- Time required
- 2 hours
- Level technique
- Easy
- Level condition
- Middle
Arrival
- Starting point
- Blitzingen, Bahnhof MGB (Altitude: 1290 m)
- Arrival by public transport
- Blitzingen, Dorfplatz Timetable SBB
- Destination
- Blitzingen, Bahnhof MGB (Altitude: 1400 m)
- Arrival by public transport
- Blitzingen, Dorfplatz Timetable SBB
Signalization
You cycle along the Rhone route no. 1 via Ernen until you reach the tunnel entrance at "Steimaata" and then follow the cycle and hiking trail (unpaved road) through the Twingi gorge. At the end of the gorge the trail ascends to the main road to Binn.For the return journey we recommend a small detour (5min) to Ze Binne, a tiny picturesque hamlet above the reservoir (turn left at the bus stop Langthal below Binn). At the entrance to Ausserbinn turn right and follow the TCS cycling route 1 up and over the hill (road partly unpaved) to Ernen and from Ernen take the Rhone route back to Blitzingen.
Equipment rent
FLYER-rental station:Olympia-Sport
Bodmen
3989 Blitzingen
www.olympia-sport.ch
FLYER reservation:
Tel: 027 971 03 30
or mail to: info@olympia-sport.ch
Opening times:
Mo - Su: 9:00 a.m.- 6:00 p.m.
Infrastructure
For picknick you can order a lunch bag with specialities of the region by Klaus Leuenberger at 079 262 79 56. Please order 2 days in advance.
From Binn, you can take a little trip to Fäld (10 minutes) a wonderful village of national importance. Visit as well the mineral cave, which belongs to the ten world's most famous discoveries with very singular and special types of minerals.
The battery can be charged at a charging station opposite the tourist office.
Possibilities for catering
Blitzingen, Mühlebach, Ernen, Ausserbinn, Binn, FäldContact
Landschaftspark BinntalPostfach 20
Dorfstrasse 30
3996 Binn
Tel. +41 27 971 50 50
www.landschaftspark-binntal.ch
E-Bike-route Blitzingen–Binn
E-Bike-route Blitzingen–Binn
Hamlet of Bodme with its past
Even today, the small settlement of Bodmen displays all components of a genuine independent village; chapel, residential and utility buildings, trails, alleys and courtyards, scattered green area are integrated into a fascinating community.
Cultural landscapeSite
Twing gorge
This deep gorge used to be a difficult passage in the trade route over the Albrun pass to Italy. Today the old track with small natural rock tunnels and rare flowers offers a spectacular landscape experience.
Natural monumentHistorical placeViewpoint
Historic village Mühlebach
Make a stop in the small hamlet and look at the sunburned houses: Mühlebach has the oldest village centre in Switzerland of timber construction. Here there is a signposted house trail leading to objects worthy of seeing.
SiteHistorical building
Ernen village square
The showpiece of Ernen is the village square (Dorfplatz), around which numerous historic buildings are grouped, e.g. the St. Georg tavern (1535), the "Tellenhaus" (1576) with the oldest Tell frescos in Switzerland or the "Zendenrathaus" (dated 1750).
SiteHistorical buildingHistorical place
Hotel Ofenhorn
The hotel was built 125 years ago for English visitors - Winston Churchill also stayed in the Binn Valley in 1897.
RestaurantHotelCafé