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The best way for individual guests and locals to discover this UNESCO World Heritage city.

The city of St.Gallen is like a giant museum. The urban landscape is shaped by various artworks in public spaces, while numerous art and cultural institutions ensure creative diversity. Discover this diversity at your own pace on a self-guided tour of the city.

Where spirituality and beauty unite. St.Gallen has a very special landmark: its sublime cathedral. It forms, with the world famous Abbey Library, a historic ensemble that is unrivalled, and which was declared UNESCO World Heritage in 1983. The famous Abbey Library sports the most beautiful secular Rococo interior in Switzerland. Dubbed a “pharmacy for the soul”, it is home to 170.000 books as well as 2.000 priceless medieval manuscripts.

Around 700 stars twinkle above the squares and alleyways of St.Gallen's old town in December, bathing the historic facades of the UNESCO World Heritage town in a festive Christmas glow.

Every year at the end of June, the monastery courtyard in the Abbey District is transformed into an opera setting.

On a hike through the St. Gallen region, you can expect breathtaking views of Lake Constance as well as a host of culinary delicacies.

Which is the best St. Gallen bratwurst? Fascinating facts await you at the tasting seminar run by St. Gallen bratwurst makers. There, visitors can try different samples and then choose their favourite.

The Abbey of St. Gall has been a UNESCO World Heritage site since 1983, and has plenty of impressive treasures just waiting to be discovered in its library, vaulted cellar and new exhibition hall.

The old town of St. Gallen offers a mixture of history and modernity. Highlights such as the Abbey District, historic alleyways and small cafés await you.

St. Gallen has more bridges than do most other cities in Switzerland. The Bridge Trail leads from the St.Gallen-Haggen Station and over 18 bridges.

The fox takes chasers on four different trails across St. Gallen. The fox hides away in the “city of a thousand stairs”, as intricate as a piece of St. Gallen embroidery. Be careful not to lose the scent at the train station already.

This “restaurant ramble” is an exciting and varied combination of city tour and culinary discoveries at various restaurants in the City of St. Gall.

This fountain, created by Toggenburg sculptor August Bösch and placed on the Lindenplatz in 1896, is a reminder of the times when the city was supplied with water from Lake Constance.

The three artificial water basins ‘Drei Weieren’ were created in 1610 to secure the water supply for the textile bleaching industry as well as the fire brigades. Today they are a water park, an oasis of serenity and a wonderful recreation area. Located just a few minutes from the Grand Tour, the ponds invite visitors to swim, take a stroll or picnic in the summers, and ice-skate in cold winters. The fact that Drei Weieren are amongst Switzerland’s most beautiful natural swimming pools is also due to the magnificent view of Lake Constance, the city of St. Gallen and the Abbey Cathedral which has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1983.

Originally a private landscape garden, the City Park is today the largest contiguous green space in the St. Gallen inner city area. With its lawned areas under beautiful old trees, it is the epitome of a peaceful oasis in the middle of the hustle and bustle of the city. It is surrounded by Theater St. Gallen, the Museum of Art, and the Historical and Folklore Museum.

The city of St.Gallen is known for its legendary “Erststockbeizli”, characteristic, traditional restaurants and wine taverns located on the first floors of the historic timber-framed houses of the old town.

Enjoy the splendid panorama of St.Gallen with the Abbey District on this tour.

Within the abbey complex just north of the Abbey Cathedral is Monastery Square, a large, open, grassy area.

The Mülenen Gorge is a narrow ravine south of the old town of St.Gallen. At the lower end of the valley - so the story goes – Saint Gall stumbled and fell among thorns.