Discover Ruggell

Ruggell lies on the plain along the Rhine, bordering Switzerland along the river and Austria to the north. This location offers different ways to plan your trip: you can focus on nature and activity, explore the region’s culture or combine both. It is best to choose a holiday apartment or holiday home in Ruggell based on which of these experiences you want to shape your days.

Nature around the Ruggeller Riet

The Ruggeller Riet is a peatland area and nature reserve covering around 90 hectares in the very north of Liechtenstein. This landscape gives your stay a clear focus on nature and provides a specific starting point for walks and exploration. A route around the Ruggeller Riet can be walked at any time of year. This allows you to adapt your plans flexibly to the season and the interests of your travel group, without committing to a particular time of year.

The Rhine and the Rhine embankment at the Ruggeller Riet also offer various possibilities for active days. You can walk, cycle or use inline skates there. If you are travelling with people who have different preferences, you can vary the day’s activities accordingly: while a walk puts the landscape centre stage, cycling brings a different rhythm to your exploration. Inline skates add another form of activity.

Discover culture and local history

The Küefer-Martis-Huus is the museum and cultural centre of the municipality of Ruggell. The listed building hosts exhibitions on regional topics. For your stay, this provides a cultural complement to the outdoor routes: you can engage with regional content and then set your own priorities in the landscape again. Anyone looking for accommodation in Ruggell can take this change between experiencing nature and culture into account when planning their days.

Another distinctive building is the parish church of St Fridolin. It is a single-nave neo-Gothic vaulted church with an octagonal, east-facing chancel, a side tower and a sacristy. The town’s history also includes a chapel located northwest of the present parish church. It was built in 1614 and dedicated to St Fridolin in 1617. These dates point to the town’s long religious history, while the present church, with its architectural features, offers a destination in its own right for visitors interested in culture.

A sporting focus at Widau Leisure Park

Widau Leisure Park comprises three natural-turf pitches and one artificial-turf pitch. Since its renovation in 2019 and 2020, it has been the training centre for the Liechtenstein Football Association’s senior football and national teams. This means that, alongside its nature reserve, river landscape and cultural attractions, Ruggell also has a distinctly sports-oriented location. The leisure park adds another theme to the range of options you can consider when planning your stay, without requiring a specific itinerary.

The right base for planning your trip

Ruggell is particularly suitable as a destination if you do not want to consider nature, paths along the Rhine, regional culture and local history separately. For a stay focused on walking, cycling or inline skating, the Ruggeller Riet and the Rhine embankment take centre stage. If you are more interested in exhibitions and architectural history, the Küefer-Martis-Huus, the parish church of St Fridolin and the historic chapel provide suitable points of reference.

You should therefore plan your accommodation around your preferred travel rhythm rather than around a single attraction alone. This allows you to divide your days between natural landscapes, physical activity, museums, church architecture and sporting history. Ruggell offers an unusual combination of open plains, the Rhine landscape, a nature reserve and regional culture.

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