Originally Posted by Blackberry
I'm hoping to cycle from Geneva to Venice this summer and I'm hoping to find a route across the Alps that doesn't have too much traffic or too many tunnels. Has anyone found a good way that he or she would recommend? Thanks!
Well, it is not clear if ya wanna travel
thru the alps quite a bit, and then eventually leave them and end up in Venice...or if ya just want to get across the alps in one pass/swoop, and the continue on to Italy.
If the latter...be like Hannibal (the Carthaginian warrior, not the Lecter) and cross the Petit St. Bernard pass. It is southeast of Geneva and is one of the most underrated alpine passes. Ya climb a bunch of switchbacks in forested country and then have a gorgeous descent with views of Mt. Blanc.
roughstuff