Stage 5: Jakobsweg Graubünden

Medium

16 km

4:25 h

480 mhd

660 mhd

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The hike leads from the car-free Schellen-Ursli village of Guarda to the gateway to the Swiss National Park at Zernez. The trail runs south along the Inn River across the valley floor and over wooded slopes. Ornate churches, beautiful wooden bridges, mossy rocks, and icy caves tell of the history of the Lower Engadine.

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Guarda

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Zernez

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46.775513822669, 10.153159077367

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This stage brings us back to the valley floor of the Lower Engadine, where we will get to know the shady side of the valley today after the sun terraces of the previous day, in the literal sense. We walk along the Inn to Zernez. Since pilgrims have a lot to think about, here is a suggestion for this stage: the Inn, here still young, slim, lively and dynamic, still has its long journey of life ahead of it. It will gradually become calmer and wider, and will later unite with the Danube in Passau, where both will find peace together at the end of their journey in the Black Sea ...
The stage town of Zernez is a hub for travellers in this area. Here the axes from the Upper Engadine come together with those from South Tyrol via the Ofen Pass as well as down the valley with the Lower Engadine, the Flüela northwards to the rest of Switzerland and from the Lower Engadine with the Tyrol. A stopover, then, to meet people from different areas, and then probably continue in different directions.

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The motorized traffic (incl. Postbus) from Müstair to Zernez leads on a shorter route over the Ofenpass, but we would have missed a lot.

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Museum Engadin Samnaun Val Müstair

Schellen-Ursli museum

This must have been how the Schellen-Ursli lived!

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City Engadin Samnaun Val Müstair

Guarda (Gemeinde Scuol)

Engadine treasure chest that has fascinated for decades

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Ruin Engadin Samnaun Val Müstair

Ruinen Gonda

Gonda is an abandoned settlement from the 12th century near Lavin in the Lower Engadine in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The area of Gonda has been under the protection of the Swiss Confederation since 1987.

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City Engadin Samnaun Val Müstair

Lavin (Municipality of Zernez)

Italianità Engiadinaisa and open spirit

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Public Facility Engadin Samnaun Val Müstair

La Tuor Planta Susch

La Tuor Planta is the second remaining medieval residential tower in Susch, next to the Tuor la Praschun, and stands next to the church on the banks of the Inn.

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