Explore the unique countryside between the Bodensee and the Säntis on the Appenzellerland Culture Trail, a hike across Appenzellerland. Fifty interesting and varied cultural objects wait to be discovered.

The Appenzellerland region, a hiking paradise nestling between the Bodensee to the north and the Säntis towering over everything to the south, has a new hiking and cultural highlight. Track down the various facets of Appenzell culture. The 50km-long culture trail is a themed hike through the charming, typically rolling Appenzellerland countryside, leading past 50 cultural attractions. The path is marked in both directions.

The term culture is wide ranging: cultural objects, places of interest, historic transport structures, literature with local links, museums, local personalities, outstanding works of art on public display, buildings with a link to economic history, evidence of political religious and geographical events; all wait to be discovered on the Appenzellerland Culture Trail.

Stages Places   Arrival / return travel 

Length55 km

 Height differenceDegersheim–Rheineck: 2'400 m
Rheineck–Degersheim: 2'800 m

 RequirementsGrade: easy (hiking trail)
Conditions: medium

 SignalizationFor hiking, follow the logo indicated on the yellow signposts. Take a printout of our web map on your hike for safety's sake.