Kappel am Albis

Worth seeing in and around Kappel am Albis

3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Bürglen

   The Bürglen is the highest mountain of the Albis, a wooded range stretching west of Lake Zurich in the Swiss canton of Zurich. It is located between Hausen am Albis and the valley of the Sihl.

   3.1 km · mountain in Switzerland · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Kappel Abbey

   Kappel Abbey is a former Cistercian monks monastery located in Kappel am Albis in the Swiss canton of Zurich.

   900 m · abbey · Wikipedia
3. 03
   castle ruins "Schnabelburg" and other fortifications

   Schnabelburg Castle was a small castle erected in 1150 by the lords of Eschenbach on the Albis chain southwest of Zürich, Switzerland, overlooking the nearby Schnabellücken pass. In 1309 the Schnabelburg was attacked by the Habsburgs, in revenge for the participation of Walter von Eschenbach in the murder of Albert I of Germany.

   3.6 km · castle ruins in Hausen am Albis in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland · Wikipedia

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Getting to Kappel am Albis

Airports

Zürich (ZRH), 25 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 85 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 89 km

• Geneva → Kappel am Albis

  214 km · quickest by road, 4h 17m · CHF30–40
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• Bâle / Mulhouse → Kappel am Albis

  106 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · €15–21
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• Friedrichshafen → Kappel am Albis

  86 km · quickest by road, 2h 47m · €18–26
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