Swiss Camino

Swiss Camino – via jacobi

The Swiss Camino starts in Rorschach or St.Gallen and goes through Switzerland to Geneva.

How to reach St. Gallen

By train from the Airport Zurich to St.Gallen railway station: about 1 hour. See the timetable of trains: Zürich Flughafen – St.Gallen.
From the airport of Munich: by train about 3 hours and a half. See also the timetable. From Munich City (ZOB) every day are starting busses to St. Gallen railway station. Flixbus
From the railway station in St.Gallen you needs about 20 minutes of walking to the pilgrim hostel. (Googlemaps)
The adress: Pilgerherberge Sankt Gallen, Linsebühlstrasse 61, 9000 St. Gallen, Tel. 0041 71 220 00 62
For reservation you can wright per mail verein@pilgerherberge-sg.ch or call by phone. Website
We are glad to welcome you in our pilgrim refugee, in spanish refugio.

Informations about the Swiss Camino

St. Gallen – Einsiedeln: Flyer for download

Einsiedeln – …. : the way up from Einsiedeln

Signalisation through Switzerland

Recommended book for the Swiss Camino

Renate Florl: Jakobswege Schweiz – Link

Were to stay on the Swiss Camino

www.pilgerherbergen.ch/

Some Impressions of the Swiss Camino between St.Gallen and Einsiedeln

Linsebühlstrasse St.Gallen near the Pilgerherberge

Cathedral of St.Gallen

Cathedral St.Gallen

Cathedral St.Gallen

Schmiedgasse-street

Church St.Laurenzen

Shell in the Old-Town of St.Gallen

Signalisation through St.Gallen

Pond named Burgweiher

Chapel Maria Einsiedeln

Way to Bruggen

one of the brigdes in Bruggen Fürstenlandbrücke

Lake Gübsensee

Lime tree at Nieschberg near Herisau

Way through forest near Schwellbrunn

Signalisation 'via jacobi 4' the Swiss Camino

Near Waldstatt with view to Alpstein-mountains

Old farmer house

Way to Toggenburg

View to Alpstein mountains

Chickens beneath the way

Wooden brigde in Rapperswil

Monastery of Einsiedeln

Village with monastery Einsiedeln

Welcom to Switzerland and a ‚buen camino‘!

(Copyright of all photos: by Josef Schönauer – jakobsweg@pilgern.ch)