Saint Gallen Travel Guide
From Wikitravel
Saint Gallen (St. Gallen, German: Sankt Gallen) is in Switzerland.
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Get in
By plane
Zurich International Airport is the closest international airport to St. Gallen. Direct trains between St. Gallen and the airport run twice an hour with a travel time of exactly one hour.
Alternative airports are the St. Gallen-Altenrhein Airport (with connections to Vienna) and the Bodensee-Airport Friedrichshafen.
By train
St. Gallen is a major hub for northeastern Switzerland. Trains between St. Gallen and Zurich depart twice an hour with a travel time of 1h10min. The St. Gallen train station is 500m from the old town and is surrounded my numerous hotels, restaurants, and shops. If you wan to get quickly to Berlin or Zurich, 3 times a day the eurocity between both cities stops at Saint Gallen. The main train station also acts as terminus for a number of local traint lines running to Appenzell, and Trogen.
By Bus
Outside the main train station is a central hub for bus and Postbuses to get around St.Gallen and to surrounding smaller villages.
Get around
The old town of St. Gallen is almost void of traffic and is therefore best enjoyed on foot. The VBSG buses connect to the fringes of the city and run frequently and punctually. Bus tickets can be purchased at major bus stops or on the bus from the onboard vending machine. Standard fare is CHF 2.50 and is valid for one direction only. Taxis are always waiting at the train station and along the Marktplatz in the old town.
The Trogenerbahn is your connection from St. Gallen to great hiking trails in Speicher and Trogen.
Bike rental is available at the train station, but check the opening hours before planning a trip.
By car
Parking is available underground in the Migros shopping center garage, near the train station. The garage is spacious and safe but like many things in Switzerland it closes on Sunday.
See
The St. Gallen Stiftsbibliothek is St. Gallen's most famous tourist attraction.
On top of the northern hill at rotmonten there is the Peter und Paul Wildlife park.
At the eastern corner you can find the botanical garden.
In August there is the Inline one-eleven, 111km Inlining Marathon
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Get out
About 10km to the northeast is Rorschach, a small town just by the big lake. Check it out for the lake and nice promenade, in august there is the international sand-sculpturing contest. From Rorschach to Kreuzlingen you have a nice 40km route for biking and inlining.
South of St.Gallen is the Canton and Town of Appenzell and the Alpstein mountain range. This area of green pastures, steep wooded valleys, pretty farm buildings with a stunning mountain backdrop is picturesque and, apart from the town of Appenzell itself, little visited by tourists. The Alpstein range provides some spectacular mountain walks and is well served with mountain huts and cable cars.
check out St. Gallen Homepage
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