🚗 Day Trips & Vorarlberg

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Bregenz Festival – lake stage Bregenz · Bodensee 🚗

Open-air opera for almost 7,000 on the lake stage in Lake Constance: Verdi's 'La traviata' in 2026 and 2027, late July to late August – tickets from €30.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Bregenzerwald: Bezau, Schwarzenberg & the cheese road Bezau · Bregenzerwald 🚗

Loop into the Bregenzerwald: timber architecture, Lingenau cheese cellar, Zumthor's Werkraum in Andelsbuch, Angelika Kauffmann's Schwarzenberg, the Krumbach bus shelters.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Feldkirch: Schattenburg castle & old town Feldkirch · Rheintal 🚗

Vorarlberg's best-preserved medieval town: arcades, the 40 m Katzenturm and the 13th-century Schattenburg castle with museum and tavern – 41 minutes from the house.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Gauertal: Lindauer Hütte & Drei Türme Tschagguns 🚗

From Latschau to the Lindauer Hütte (1,744 m) beneath the Drei Türme: 12 km, 550 m of ascent, alpine garden with over 500 plant species – 15 minutes from the house.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM inatura nature experience Dornbirn Dornbirn · Rheintal 🚗

Hands-on natural history museum in the old Rüsch works: live animals, a 4 m relief of Vorarlberg, science zones – daily 10 am–6 pm, 10 % off with the Montafon guest card.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Kristberg: leisure mountain, Silberpfad & miners' chapel Silbertal 🚗

Sunny plateau above the Silbertal (around 1,440 m): five minutes by cable car, the Montafon's oldest church (c. 1400), the Silberpfad trail and inns with a view.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Pfänder Bregenz Bregenz · Bodensee 🚗

Bregenz's local mountain (1,064 m): six minutes by cable car, views over all of Lake Constance and 240 Alpine peaks, free wildlife park, inns – open all year.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Rappenloch & Alploch gorges Dornbirn Dornbirn · Rheintal 🚗

Two gorges of the Dornbirner Ach with walkways and a new bridge (2023): from the Gütle via the Staufensee into the Alploch – 5 km, 250 m of ascent, 2 hours, free entry.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Silvretta Montafon summer: Hochjoch cable car & panorama trail Schruns 🚗

Two lifts from Schruns to 2,300 m, then 7 km past the Seetal lakes to the Wormser Hütte (2,307 m) – a 3-hour high-level walk, 13 minutes from the house.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Bartholomäberg: sunny balcony, baroque church & historic mine Bartholomäberg 🚗

The Montafon's oldest village at 1,087 m above Schruns: Baroque church with 1792 Graß organ and Romanesque cross, museum, show mine – 25 minutes from the house.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Bludenz: old town & Muttersberg cable car Bludenz · Bludenz 🚗

The 'town of five valleys': arcades, Oberes Tor gate, a whiff of Milka – and eight minutes by cable car to the Muttersberg (1,401 m). 19 minutes by train from Schruns.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Lake Constance boat trips from Bregenz Bregenz · Bodensee 🚗

The three-country lake from the water: 1–2-hour round trips and scheduled boats to Lindau (22 min), Friedrichshafen and Konstanz – 3 April to 18 October 2026.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Brandnertal & Bürser gorge Bürs / Brand · Brandnertal 🚗

The Bürser gorge at the valley entrance – footbridges over the Alvier in the 'Bürs conglomerate' – and the Brandnertal with Natursprünge trail, cable cars and Lünersee.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Bregenz lakeside promenade, lido & Pipeline cycle path Bregenz · Bodensee 🚗

A summer day on Lake Constance: harbour pier and lighthouse, lido with 400 m of shore, the wooden Mili bathhouse of 1825 and the 1.7 km 'Pipeline' path to Lochau.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Damüls – snowiest village & summer hiking Damüls · Bregenzerwald 🚗

Over the Faschinajoch to the Bregenzerwald's highest village (1,429 m): 9.30 m of fresh snow a winter on average, Gothic frescoes, Uga-Express lift to easy high walks.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Großes Walsertal – biosphere reserve & Propstei St. Gerold St. Gerold · Großes Walsertal 🚗

UNESCO biosphere reserve since 2000: six Walser villages on 192 km², cheese dairies, Sonntag-Stein cable car and Propstei St. Gerold (960) with concerts and an inn.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Jewish Museum & Hohenems Palace Hohenems · Rheintal 🚗

300 years of Jewish life in the Villa Heimann-Rosenthal (Austrian Museum Prize 2022), plus synagogue, mikveh, cemetery and the Renaissance palace of the Counts of Ems.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Karren Dornbirn – cable car & panorama restaurant Dornbirn · Rheintal 🚗

Dornbirn's lookout (971 m): four minutes by cable car, the 'Karren-Kante' walkway jutting 12 m over the rock, panorama restaurant and evening rides until 11 pm.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Kleinwalsertal (Riezlern, Hirschegg, Mittelberg) Mittelberg · Kleinwalsertal 🚗

Vorarlberg's high valley reachable only via Oberstdorf: Breitachklamm gorge, cable cars up the Kanzelwand, Heuberg and Ifen, Walser culture – 2½ hours from the house.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Klostertal & Sonnenkopf Klösterle · Klostertal 🚗

The valley to the Arlberg: Sonnenkopf gondola to 1,840 m with free Bärenland play area, Klostertal museum in Wald, the 1884 Arlberg railway – 43 minutes from the house.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) Bregenz · Bodensee 🚗

Peter Zumthor's glass cube on Lake Constance (1997): three to four major contemporary-art shows a year – €14, €12 with the guest card, online ticket doubles as VVV day pass.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Lech Zürs – Formarinsee & Skyspace Lech · Arlberg 🚗

Over the Flexen pass to Lech: hiking bus to the Formarinsee below the Rote Wand – voted Austria's most beautiful place in 2015 – and James Turrell's Skyspace in Oberlech.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Lindau (Lake Constance island) Lindau (DE) · Bodensee 🚗

Bavarian old town on a 68-hectare island: harbour entrance with lion and lighthouse (1856), Mangturm, Maximilianstraße – from Bregenz by boat (22 min) or train.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Muttersberg & alpine inn (Bludenz) Nüziders · Bludenz 🚗

Eight minutes by gondola from the edge of Bludenz to 1,401 m: mountain inn with panoramic terrace, huge play room and easy paths – all year, Fridays until 10 pm.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Rhine delta nature reserve Hard / Fußach · Bodensee 🚗

2,000 hectares of reeds, shallows and forest at the mouth of the Rhine: 330 bird species recorded, level dyke paths for bikes and walkers, nature centre in Fußach.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Rankweil: basilica & Frödisch gorge Rankweil · Rheintal 🚗

Pilgrimage basilica on the Liebfrauenberg (502 m) with a roofed rampart walk and views over the Rhine valley – plus the wild Frödisch stream near Sulz to cool your feet.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Rellstal & Alpengasthof Rellstal (car-free) Vandans 🚗

Car-free Rätikon side valley behind Vandans: by hiking bus to the Alpengasthof Rellstal below the Zimba, then 45 minutes to the Heinrich-Hueter-Hütte (1,766 m).

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Rätikon scenic drive: Brandnertal & Walgau Bludenz · Brandnertal 🚗

Half-day loop, 110 km: Bludenz – Brandnertal to the Lünersee cable car – Bürs – Walgau with the little Schnifis cable car – and back, the Rätikon in view all the way.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Gayenhofen Palace & the 'Milka town' of Bludenz Bludenz · Bludenz 🚗

Baroque palace (1746/47) with restored garden above the old town – and the factory that has made Bludenz smell of Milka since 1888. A town walk for families.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Silvretta loop via the Arlberg (substitute for the closed high alpine road) Galtür · Arlberg 🚗

Full-day loop, 220 km: Klostertal – Arlberg – St. Anton – Paznaun – Galtür – Bielerhöhe (2,032 m) on the Silvretta reservoir, toll-free from Tyrol in 2026 – and back.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM vorarlberg museum & Bregenz upper town Bregenz · Bodensee 🚗

The provincial museum on the Kornmarkt (2013, façade of 16,656 concrete blossoms) with Romans, art and everyday history – then up to the upper town and the Martinsturm.

Aerial imagery basemap.at (CC BY 4.0) · track OSM Feldkirch wildlife park Feldkirch · Rheintal 🚗

Over 160 animals of 26 species – wolves, lynx, ibex, wild boar – on the Ardetzenberg above Feldkirch, open all year, admission by donation.