Inseln

The Chapel of St. John and the ruins of a 12-13-century castle are to be found on the island.
Ferry service.

St. Petersinsel has been a peninsula since 1878 (Jura inshore waters regulation). J.J. Rousseau chose this island as a place of refuge in 1765. The Rousseau Museum Room is open to visitors at the hotel (formerly a priory). A wide variety of birdlife; nature reserve.

Privately owned. May be hired for wedding aperitifs, discos, parties, etc.

Privately owned by a farming family, but accessible to the public on foot.

This island is the site of a ruined castle with two mighty towers and a chapel. There are also the remains of a little town dating from the 13th century which was flooded when the Saane dam was built in 1947.

12 islands, the biggest being 200 m2. Accessible to the public by boat, pedalo or surfboard.

Accessible to the public only by boat or pedalo, which can be hired.

Two islands: the smaller is St. Apollinaris (under preservation and not accessible) and
the larger is St. Pankratius. Exotic vegetation. Botanical gardens of the Canton of Ticino. African folk museum. Can be reached by scheduled boats from villages on the shore and by motorboat from Porto Ronco.

Natural islands in the river Rhône, which still flows freely through the Pfynwald. Nature trail through the Pfynwald, one of the biggest nature reserves in the Alps. For trade publication

Accessible to the public. Free open-air pool with large sun-bathing lawn. Nude bathing permitted on the lower part of the island.

The little island castle of Wörth at the Rhine Falls.
Water tower, former customs house for Rhine shipping. Now a guesthouse.

Natural river landscape where the Alpine Rhine meanders round its last broad curves. Meadow vegetation on the islands. For trade publication.

The late gothic-baroque abbey, formerly the collegiate church of St. Maria, is one of the most sumptuous showpieces of high baroque in Switzerland.

This island is privately owned but can be visited. The island estate is run by a farming family, who will accept groups by prior arrangement for special celebrations (weddings, birthdays, etc.)

Accessible to the public by boat, this island has a letter box and, like a message in a bottle, post left here can be read by anybody at any time. It is flooded at high water.

On the Island of Ufenau you will find a farm and two churches: ¿ the church of St. Peter and Paul stands on the foundations of a Gallo-Roman temple, and the church of St. Martin can be traced back to the 7th century.
Owned by Einsiedeln Abbey.

Small neighbouring island to Ufenau. The Island of Lützelau is a nature reserve and can be reached from Rapperswil harbour.