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Appenzell
A colourful village in rolling green hills known for its painted wooden houses, direct democracy traditions, and the dramatic Alpstein range.
12 km · about 20 min drive
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Altstätten
Saint Gallen, Switzerland · Europe
About Altstätten
Altstätten works well as a base: 5 minutes from Rebstein, 22km from Schwägalp Pass.
Altstätten is in Saint Gallen, Switzerland, with about 11,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Rebstein, about 4 km away.
Altstätten is a historic rural town and a municipality in the Rhine Valley district, in the canton of St. Gallen in Switzerland. It is about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) west of the Alpine Rhine in the flat and wide St. Gall Rhine Valley, which also designates the border with Austria.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is there to see near Altstätten?
Within an hour or so of Altstätten: Appenzell (12 km), Berggasthaus Aescher (15 km), Rolls-Royce Museum Dornbirn (17 km), Schwägalp Pass (22 km).
Are there any good drives near Altstätten?
The nearest famous roads are Schwägalp Pass, Furkajoch and Hochtannberg Pass.
Where is Altstätten?
Altstätten is in Saint Gallen, Switzerland, about 4 km from Rebstein.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,574
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Switzerland
- Region
- Saint Gallen
- Timezone
- Europe/Zurich
- Coordinates
- 47.3777, 9.5475
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Switzerland
Motorway vignette (toll sticker) required: buy at the border or online. Roadside assistance (TCS): 140.
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Worth the detour from Altstätten
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
Berggasthaus Aescher
An 1846 guesthouse pressed under a 100 m overhanging cliff below Ebenalp, made world-famous by a National Geographic cover; cable car from Wasserauen, then a 15-minute walk to rösti on the terrace.
15 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Rolls-Royce Museum Dornbirn
One of the world's largest Rolls-Royce collections, filling a converted 19th-century mill in the Gütle valley near Dornbirn with Phantoms and Silver Ghosts once owned by royalty.
17 km · about 20 min drive
mountain pass
Schwägalp Pass
The road under the north face of the Säntis, ending at the cable car station. Green alpine pasture country rather than high rock.
22 km · about 25 min drive
museum
Autobau Erlebniswelt
Racing driver Fredy Lienhard's supercar and motorsport collection in a former Romanshorn industrial plant on Lake Constance: Ferraris, Le Mans prototypes and Indy cars.
24 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
Furkajoch
A narrow, quiet Vorarlberg pass with a fine view over the Rhine valley, closed through the winter.
25 km · about 30 min drive
castle
Vaduz Castle
The princely family's hilltop residence overlooking Liechtenstein's capital and the Rhine valley.
27 km · about 30 min drive
scenic viewpoint
Triesenberg
Walser mountain village terraced 400 m above the Rhine on the hairpin road to Malbun; its balcony viewpoints take in the entire principality and the Swiss Alpstein across the valley.
29 km · about 35 min drive
Driving roads near Altstätten
- 22 kmSchwägalp PassThe road under the north face of the Säntis, ending at the cable car station. Green alpine pasture country rather than high rock.
- 25 kmFurkajochA narrow, quiet Vorarlberg pass with a fine view over the Rhine valley, closed through the winter.
- 29 kmTriesenbergWalser mountain village terraced 400 m above the Rhine on the hairpin road to Malbun; its balcony viewpoints take in the entire principality and the Swiss Alpstein across the valley.
- 45 kmHochtannberg PassA pass linking the Bregenzerwald to Lech, held open through winter for the ski resorts.
- 46 kmSalginatobel BridgeRobert Maillart's slender 1930 concrete arch spanning the Salgina ravine near Schiers: declared a World Monument and revered by engineers as one of the most beautiful bridges ever built.
- 48 kmRiedberg PassGermany's highest paved mountain pass at 1,407 m, carrying the B308 Alpine road over gradients up to 16% between Balderschwang and the Illertal in the Allgaeu Alps.
Driving in Switzerland
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.82/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
- Vignette
- Required, around €42 for a short-stay sticker
When to drive here
April to October
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