Group Excursions in Schaffhausen

Beautiful former monastery on Rheininsel – the brilliance and richness of the magnificent interior of the baroque building are overwhelming. The monastery church is one of the most significant Swiss sacred buildings.

Munot has been proudly overlooking the town of Schaffhausen for well over 400 years. The tower contains the quarters of the Munot watchman, who rings the famous Munot bell for five minutes every evening at 9 p.m. – by hand, of course, just like in 1589.

The Kesslerloch cave is one of the most important sites of the late Ice Age in Europe and provides traces of settlements from the Upper Palaeolithic Age (Magdalenian civilisation, 14 000 – 12 000 B.C.).

The history of viticulture in the canton of Schaffhausen dates back to the Roman era. Monks contributed significantly to the spread of wine cultivation and Schaffhausen became Switzerland’s most important supplier of wine.

A trip on the High Rhine from Schaffhausen to Stein am Rhein and on the Lower Lake to Konstanz/Kreuzlingen. Board the boat in Schaffhausen at the foot of the Munot fortress and pass by Hohenklingen castle and Reichenau, an island of culture and vegetable growing, before reaching Lake Constance on the upper shores of the Lower Lake.