The great passes of the Alps in one trip. This 11-day Alps motorcycle tour from Milan crosses Switzerland, Italy, Austria and a corner of Germany: the Furka, Grimsel and Susten in a single day, the Gavia and the Stelvio, the Bernina and the Flüela around Livigno, the Grossglockner High Alpine Road and the Dolomites passes of Falzarego and Pordoi, with a rest day in Innsbruck in the middle.
Eight riding days, around 2,050 km, high-end hotels booked for every night and your BMW GS and GPS routes ready from day one. Mountain and lake roads all the way, never a motorway.
Prefer a guided tour? We can also run this route as a guided tour for your group. Get in touch and we will plan it with you.
Route map coming soon.
Arrive in Milan and check in to your hotel. Collect your BMW, and we run through the tour, the bike and your digital route guide with the GPS routes for every day. The rest of the day is yours to explore the city.
Out of Milan to the shore of Lake Maggiore at Feriolo, then north along the lake past Locarno into Switzerland and up the Ticino valley to Andermatt, at the foot of four of the great Swiss passes. Around 257 km.
The big Swiss day. A loop over the Furka (2,429 m), the Grimsel and the Susten, back through Andermatt and over the Oberalp, then east past Disentis and Flims to the Splügen Pass and down its hairpins to Chiavenna in Italy. Around 287 km.
East along the Valtellina and over the Passo dell’Aprica, then north over the Passo di Gavia, at 2,621 m one of the highest and wildest roads in the Alps. Down to Bormio and on to Livigno for two nights. Around 208 km.
A loop through the Swiss Engadine: the Bernina Pass to St. Moritz, through the Albula valley to Davos, over the Flüela Pass and through the Swiss National Park, then back to Livigno through the Munt la Schera tunnel. Around 181 km.
Over the Stelvio Pass, at 2,757 m the highest paved pass in the Eastern Alps, and down its famous hairpins. Then north over the Reschen Pass into Austria, the Fern Pass below the Zugspitze, a short loop through Garmisch-Partenkirchen in Germany and on to Innsbruck. Around 290 km.
A day off the bike. Explore Innsbruck’s old town and riverside, or take the cable car up to the mountains above the city.
East through the Zillertal and over the Gerlos Pass to Zell am See, then the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, Austria’s most famous mountain road, with views of its highest peak. South through Lienz and into the Dolomites to Cortina d’Ampezzo. Around 309 km.
The Dolomites at their best: the Passo di Falzarego and the Passo Pordoi, through Val Gardena and Ortisei, north to Vipiteno and over the Penser Joch to Bolzano. Around 211 km.
South from Bolzano on the Strada del Vino through the vineyards around Lake Caldaro, down the Adige valley and over to Riva del Garda at the top of the lake. Then the Gardesana Occidentale, the cliff road down the west shore through tunnels and lemon groves to Salò, and quiet country roads across Lombardy to Milan, where you hand back your bike. Around 290 km, no motorways.
Check out after breakfast and head home with the Alps in your memory.
Expect the classic Alpine passes back to back: long switchback climbs, high mountain scenery and coffee stops in four countries. Days are planned at around 180–310 km, with a rest day in Innsbruck halfway through.
The highest passes, including the Stelvio, the Gavia and the Grossglockner, are open in summer, so we run this tour from late June to September, on the dates that suit you.