Wine Route Sion-Leuk (Stage 2)

Áno

Áno

Our recommendation: Technically flawless bike, helmet, gloves, and bell, appropriate clothing depending on the weather (always with you: rain protection), drink and food.

Via the A9 motorway from Lausanne or Sierre, exit Sion-East (No. 27) or via the cantonal road. Via roads open all year round: Pass La Forclaz, Great St Bernard tunnel, Simplon Pass. Via passes open only in summer: Great St Bernard, Nufenen, Grimsel, Furka

Regular train connections from all over Switzerland to Sion. Possibility to take the bus from Sion station to La Muraz, Mont d'Orge. At the end of the route, you are at Leuk station. Train and bus timetables can be found at sbb.ch.

Follow the parking guidance system in Sion. 

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1306 Sion / 1286 St-Léonard / 1287 Sierre

Leuk is home to the oldest vine in Switzerland, a Cornalin planted in 1798. Once there, you should not miss tasting the wine produced by the local winemakers based on this vine under the name Vitis Antiqua 1798.