radujlo
Traveller
10 comments
Posted 12 years ago
Hi guys,
I'll spend about half a day in Lichtenstein and plan to see the castle (I know I can't go inside) and the city center of Vaduz. Anything else worth seeing in this country, easy to reach by train / bus?
Didn't see any other topics on this theme in this forum under Lichtenstein, so thought it can be of help for other travelers as well to get some quick tips.
Cheers,
Radu
Flo
Traveller
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Hej Radu,
well, it's been a while since I was in Liechtenstein...when travelling by train, you have to get off at Buchs SG and then take a regional train to Feldkirch. Get off at Schaan-Vaduz, from there it is about 3-4km to the city centre of Vaduz, either walk or take a bus.
In Vaduz there is not _that_ much to do apart from having a look at the castle you can have a walk around the town and go to the modern museum. And well, that is about it I think... ;)
Flo 8)
radujlo
Traveller
10 comments
Thanks Flo,
Useful info. If I'll find any other interesting things on the way, I'll add to this thread :)
Cheers,
Radu
eastwestdivide
Traveller
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Very tempted to walk the width of the country - about 8 miles/13 km apparently. Some links:
www.bootsnall.com/articles/11-10/10-countries-you-can-walk-across.html
cyan.rrx.ca/liechtenstein.shtml
www.travelblog.org/Europe/Liechtenstein/blog-395934.html
Any experiences of this? Is it worth doing as a walk in itself, or is it more a case of bragging rights I walked the entire width of a country
It looks like you could divert into the hills for the views, rather than follow the valley route that the trains take.
eastwestdivide
Traveller
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Following up my post above, I walked from Feldkirch in Austria to Buchs in Switzerland via Liechtenstein.
From Feldkirch station, I walked via a back road (Dorfstrasse) past the hospital (quieter than the main road), most of the way to the border.
Just over the the border, I took a Naturlehrpfad = nature trail, poorly signposted from the main road, off a side road, Heiligwies, into the hills to the SE of the main road - you might need to check on the Swisstopo maps to find it (try [u]http://map.schweizmobil.ch/?lang=en[/u]). Pleasant walk through forest with plenty of interpretation/information boards (German-only). That took me as far as Nendeln, back on the busy main road. Nendeln was mostly closed, apart from a Spar mini-supermarket, on a hot Saturday lunchtime in June. There were useful drinking water fountains at a few points along the paths.
From Nendeln I followed a very steep path, again not that easy to follow, up through the forest to the village of Planken, with great views at the top. It was a bit lung-busting going up, and would have been very tricky underfoot going down. Proper walking footwear essential. From Planken, it's a more gentle descent on paths into Schaan, and from there out along a back road, Wiesengass, to the Rhine and into Switzerland. There were mostly-hourly buses up to Planken if you fancy the view without the effort.
It was really very quiet away from the transit traffic on the main roads, and apart from a couple of Americans on bicycles, who were much more talkative, the most conversation I got out of anyone was a brief 'hoi',and a lot of people hardly even replied to a greeting. I don't think I looked too disreputable.
I didn't go into Vaduz.
Was it any different from a walk in the woods in Austria or Switzerland? Probably not.
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Very interesting read, thank you!
[quote]
Was it any different from a walk in the woods in Austria or Switzerland? Probably not.[/quote]
:D
nltrainer
Traveller
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for those taking it more easy and willing to pay the odd CHF for the bus:
there is a yellow Swiss Postbus ev 20/30 mins (less on sundays) from the station forecourts Buchs (CH)-via Lichtenstein, Vaduz, then back into CH. Single tickets only cost 1 or 2 CHF, thats heavily subsidised.