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Walking tour through the Alpine City

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  • City E-Guide Chur
    City E-Guide Chur
    Photo: André Meier, Schweiz Tourismus
Discover Switzerland's oldest town on a tour through the city center and the historic Old town. In addition with the Audio Guide from Chur Tourism, you will enjoy an interesting and individual city tour.
easy
Distance 4.5 km
1:45 h
20 m
20 m
623 m
574 m
The City E-Guide by Chur Tourism is the individual city tour for your mobile phone or tablet. With the free app, you can explore the city on your own. All kinds of interesting facts about history, culture, sights and much more are available in the app at any time. You can choose from various tours of different lengths, which can be adapted to your starting point thanks to GPS positioning.

In 43 chapters you will learn many interesting facts about the history and culture of the Alpine City of Chur and the holiday canton of Graubünden. A further 32 chapters deal with the Cathedral Treasure Museum of the Diocese of Chur - you will learn many interesting facts about the history of the diocese, about the cathedral treasure of Chur and the Death Pictures from the Episcopal Castle.

At the Tourist Info at Chur mainstation, you have also the possibility to rent a tablet with the City E-Guide on it. Thanks to the larger screen, tablets are ideal for experiencing the tours together with one device.  

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Michael Christ
Update: June 28, 2022
Difficulty
easy
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Landscape
Highest point
623 m
Lowest point
574 m
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www.churtourismus.ch/city-e-guide

Start

Chur, train station (584 m)
Coordinates:
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2'759'415E 1'191'303N
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46.853748, 9.529188
DMS
46°51'13.5"N 9°31'45.1"E
UTM
32T 540341 5189047
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Destination

Chur, train station

Public transport

Public-transport-friendly

The tour begins directly at the Chur railway station.

Coordinates

SwissGrid
2'759'415E 1'191'303N
DD
46.853748, 9.529188
DMS
46°51'13.5"N 9°31'45.1"E
UTM
32T 540341 5189047
w3w 
///empire.dusted.premises
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Difficulty
easy
Distance
4.5 km
Duration
1:45 h
Ascent
20 m
Descent
20 m
Highest point
623 m
Lowest point
574 m
Public-transport-friendly Circular route Family-friendly Cultural/historical interest Accessibility Suitable for strollers

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