The offer can be booked for 2, 3, 4 or 5 nights:
2 nights: Weissbad - Heiden
3 nights: Weissbad - Heiden - Lochau
4 and 5 nights: with either 2 nights in Weissbad or/and 2 nights in Horn
Your journey starts with a 1- or 2-night stay at the Hotel Hof Weissbad, where you can leave your everyday life behind and simply feel at home. Enjoy genuine hospitality and Appenzell tradition in the midst of nature. Let yourself be pampered by a variety of spa offers as well as a culinary 4-course menu in the evening.
Summer tip: Experience a unique breakfast at the Aescher mountain inn with local specialities including train and cable car ride from the Hotel Hof Weissbad to the Aescher and back. This can be booked at a surcharge of CHF 70 per person.
Your hiking experience begins in the Appenzell village of Bühler, where you hike through rolling hills and lush green pastures. After a good hour's walk, you reach the Hohe Buche restaurant at the highest point of the first range of hills, with one of the most beautiful viewpoints in Appenzellerland. The hike then leads down the Wissegg to Trogen. The hiking trail leads right through the historic village centre, where you can admire the impressive wooden buildings along the way. The trail then climbs steeply up to Rehetobel via Chastenloch. Shortly after Rehetobel, we recommend a stopover at the Gasthaus zum Gupf. This is not directly on the Alpine Panorama Trail, but can be reached with a five-minute diversions. Be sure to book a table in advance by telephone - the Gupf is usually very busy. The remaining stretch from Gupf via Kaienspitz to Heiden is a great, entertaining hike with phenomenal panoramic views from Lake Constance over the Alpstein to the Säntis. The stage destination, Heiden, lies on a sunny terrace high above Lake Constance. It is also known as a Biedermeier village because of its classicist village centre. Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, spent his last 23 years in Heiden. A museum is dedicated to him, which you pass shortly before leaving the village. Or discover the Biedermeier village from a bird's eye view from the church tower - the 157 steps up to the tower room are worth it! You can also look forward to an extensive wellness visit at Hotel Heiden to relax. In the evening you will be spoiled with a 4-course gourmet menu.
Abbreviation of the hike: For leisurely hikers, the experience only starts in Trogen. By train it takes around 50 minutes from Bühler to Trogen. On foot it takes around 2 hours.
After a restful night and a hearty breakfast at the Hotel Heiden, you’ll set off the next morning on the second stage of your hike. The Alpenpanorama Trail takes you at a leisurely pace from Heiden down to Weinacht-Tobel and past the romantic Wartensee Castle to Rorschach on Lake Constance. Here, you’ll board the boat and enjoy the crossing across the lake to Bregenz. You can easily purchase your tickets on the spot.
From the ferry terminal, it’s just a few minutes’ walk to the valley station of the Pfänderbahn, which takes you up to Bregenz’s local mountain, at an altitude of 1,064 metres, in around six minutes. At the top, an impressive panorama of the whole of Lake Constance and numerous Alpine peaks across four countries awaits you. A detour to the freely accessible Alpine Wildlife Park is well worth it, as is – during the summer months – the birds of prey flight display at the Adlerwarte. You can also buy tickets for the Pfänderbahn directly at the valley station.
From the Pfänder, you can then walk to the Hotel Fritsch am Berg in Lochau. Round off the day in style with a two- to six-course meal: you decide on the number of courses yourself and choose freely from the dishes on the daily changing menu.
Not included and payable on site:
| Prices per person for 2, 3, 4 or 5 nights | 2 nights | 3 nights | 4 nights | 5 nights |
| in a double room | CHF 649.- | CHF 899.- | CHF 1'149.- | CHF 1'359.-. |
Single room price on request
Surcharge for the summer tip (May to October): Breakfast at the Aescher mountain inn incl. train and cable car ride from the Hotel Hof Weissbad to the Aescher and back: CHF 70.- per person.
Here you can find the map overview including elevation profile, detailed route plan and GPX file.
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