Tamina Valley
The Tamina Valley offers impressive buildings and nature experiences. The largest arch bridge in Switzerland connects Pfäfers and Valens. Hikers and nature lovers appreciate the region, which is also home to the highest mountain in the canton of St. Gallen.
A road leads from the spa town of Bad Ragaz up into the Tamintal valley. Here, the largest arched bridge in Switzerland connects the two villages of Pfäfers and Valens. Pfäfers is famous for its former monastery and the old Pfäfers baths in the Tamina gorge, where people used to bathe in the healing thermal water from the Tamina gorge. The sun terrace on the St. Margrethenberg is popular with hikers in summer and cross-country skiers in winter. A side valley of the Tamina Valley, the Calfeisen Valley, branches off at Vättis. Here you are in the middle of the UNESCO World Heritage Tectonic Arena Sardona. At the very back of Lake Gigerwald, an artificial lake dammed by a 150-metre-high wall, is the 700-year-old Walser settlement of St. Martin. Today it houses a restaurant and also offers various accommodation options in the historic houses. The Tamina Valley is popular with hikers and nature lovers and is also home to the highest mountain in the canton, the Ringelspitz. St. Gallen.
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