Route
What would the Gotthard be without its access routes? The ViaGottardo reaches the central Alpine pass from Chiasso in the south, from Schaffhausen in the northeast and from Basel in the northwest of Switzerland. There are many traces of these transport links to discover along the way.
Basel–Chiasso
The main route of the ViaGottardo followed the route from Basel over the Unteren Hauenstein and the Gotthardpass to Milan that was opened at the beginning of the 13th century.
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Bargen–Küssnacht am Rigi
The western arm of the ViaGottardo leads from the national border in the Schaffhauser Jura to the edge of the Alps, through a landscape of contrasts. The vibrant economic centre of Switzerland is a natural, urban and transport landscape rolled into one.