This one-time sanatorium has been transformed into a groovy backpacker palace. Budget-conscious skiers dig the bright, modern dorms with pine bunks (balconies cost a few francs extra), the relaxed lounge and ski storage.
Davos Youthpalace
Graubünden
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
22.32 MILES
When an environmentally on-the-ball land like Switzerland has just one national park, you can bet it’s a good one. Huddled away in the far southeast of…
27.27 MILES
A riot of turrets and towers plonked high on a hillside and set against the theatrical backdrop of jagged mountains, Schloss Vaduz is quite the fairy-tale…
15.24 MILES
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27.34 MILES
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24.31 MILES
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14.71 MILES
Near the Plessur River, the Obertor marks the entrance to Chur's alley-woven Altstadt (Old Town). Along with the stout Malteserturm (once the munitions…
Liechtensteinisches Landesmuseum
27.21 MILES
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0.55 MILES
This giant cube of a museum showcases the world's largest Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) collection. The German expressionist painted extraordinary…
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This giant cube of a museum showcases the world's largest Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880–1938) collection. The German expressionist painted extraordinary…
0.96 MILES
This ski-obsessed museum races you back to an age when skis were wooden planks and snowshoes improvised tennis rackets.
11.58 MILES
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13.31 MILES
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14.1 MILES
Glittering at a giddy 2030m above sea level, this startlingly aquamarine reservoir mirrors the snowcapped diamond of 3312m Piz Buin on bright mornings…
6. Kathedrale St Maria Himmelfahrt
14.45 MILES
Chur's 12th-century cathedral, which took over a century to build, conceals a late-1400s Jakob Russ high altar containing a splendid triptych. First signs…
14.46 MILES
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14.48 MILES
In the back of the Old Town, this is one of the few remains of the old defensive walls built in the 13th century.