Via Albula & Bernina

The long distance hiking path of Via Albula Bernina leads along the UNESCO world heritage train line of the Rhaetian Rail. It runs as close as possible to the Albula and Bernina line and provides fascinating views that open out onto the 100 year old work of art in the magnificent alpine landscape. The first part of this walking trail brings you to Thusis and Albula Valley to Engadine with the world-famous skiing destination St. Moritz. You continue past the Bernina pass to Val Poschiavo and end your trip at the city of Tirano in Italy.

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Details about the hiking holiday Via Albula & Bernina

During this hiking holiday in Switzerland, you discover a more than 100-year-old work of art in the field of railway construction embedded in a magnificent alpine landscape. In eight days and six stages, the picturesque route takes you through the beautiful canton of Graubünden to Tirano in Italy. Fantastic distant views and scenery backdrops are your constant companions along the tour. A particularly impressive photo motif is the Landwasser Viaduct, the railway bridge with a height of 65 metres and a length of 136 metres on the railway line from Tiefencastel to Filisur.

Highlights of the hiking tour Via Albula & Bernina

• UNESCO World Heritage Rhaetian Railway: In July 2008, the Albula and Bernina Line was recognised as UNESCO World Heritage. A real special feature, after all there are only two other railway lines that are a UNESCO World Heritage Site: the Semmering Railway in Austria and the Mountain Railway of India.
• Centuries of railway history: This hiking path along the Albula and Bernina line takes you along a true masterpiece of railway construction. The mountain railway was opened in 1896 and has overcome enormous differences in altitude of more than 5.000 metres since then.
• Culture and cuisine of two countries: On our cross-border hiking holiday Via Albula & Bernina you will experience the best of the culture and cuisine of the two countries Switzerland and Italy.
• Countless natural highlights: Along this hiking holiday, countless highlights in the stunning nature await you: the highest mountains in the canton of Grisons, an impressive glacier world, the Stazerwalk, Pontresina on the Bernina Pass, the crystal-clear Lake Palpuogna in the Albula Alps, as well as the 136-metre long Landwasser Viaduct.

Things to know about the walking holiday Via Albula & Bernina

This hiking holiday Via Albula & Bernina is assigned our level of hiking ‘Walking’. Daily stages are planned to take three to six hours and can be mastered with a good basic fitness level. Some of the hiking trails are narrow or a bit rocky, for which we recommend surefootedness and good shoes. Particularly pleasant: if you so wish, the hiking stages can also be shortened in parts by the Rhaetian Railway.