Stansstad
Stansstad is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
Stansstad is a municipality in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
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Worth seeing in and around Stansstad
4 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.
- 01Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne
Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne is a Swiss luxury resort and tourism complex situated above Lake Lucerne in Canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. The resort is located on the Bürgenberg and comprises a total of 30 buildings, including three hotels, residences, two spas, a conference centre and a number of leisure facilities.
3.6 km · Swiss hotel and tourism complex above Lake Lucerne in the canton of Nidwalden · Wikipedia - 02Winkelrieddenkmal
The Winkelried memorial was erected in memory of Arnold von Winkelried, who sacrificed his life in the Battle of Sempach on the 9 July 1386. According to the Swiss legend, the Swiss wouldn't be able to break through the firmly positioned order of Habsburg pikemen.
3 km · monument in Stans in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland · Wikipedia - 03Mueterschwanderberg
The Mueterschwanderberg is a ridge forming the southern shore of Alpnachersee, just northwest of Stanserhorn and west of the village of Ennetmoos, Nidwalden, Switzerland. Its peak is at an elevation of 860 m.
3 km · mountain in Switzerland · Wikipedia - 04Rotzberg Castle ruin
Rotzberg or Rotzburg is a ruined castle in the municipality of Ennetmoos in the canton of Nidwalden in Switzerland.
1.4 km · castle ruins in Ennetmoos in the canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland · Wikipedia
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Getting to Stansstad
- Airports
- Zürich (ZRH), 56 km · EuroAirport Basel–Mulhouse–Freiburg (BSL), 93 km · Bodensee Friedrichshafen (FDH), 117 km
- Stations
- Stans railway station, 2.9 km · Hergiswil railway station, 2.4 km · Hergiswil Matt railway station, 2.8 km · Stansstad railway station, 300 m
- Zurich → Stansstad46 km · quickest by road, 1h 17m · CHF7–9
- Geneva → Stansstad188 km · quickest by road, 4h 4m · CHF29–38
- Bâle / Mulhouse → Stansstad93 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · €12–17
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Stansstad
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Stansstad. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inIn Beckenried, east of Stans, there's a ferry across the lake to Gersau, saving around of driving.
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Next door to Stansstad
Stansstad is 46 km from Zürich, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.