ديسينتيس

June to October is best for hiking. December to March is the ski season. Spring and November are quiet, and some lifts and hotels close.

• Kloster Disentis is a large baroque abbey with a church and a museum.
• Baselgia S. Placi is a small old church near the village.
• Museum Cristallina is a museum of local minerals.
• Burg Hohenbalken is a castle ruin near Disentis.
• Infanteriewerk Stalusa, A 8717 is an old military fort that you can visit.
• Lag da Laus is a small lake in the mountains.
• Tödi is a high glacier peak at the head of the valley.
• Planurahütte is a mountain hut for hikers.

• Visit the abbey and its museum.
• Ride the Glacier Express route.
• Ski or snowboard in the winter.
• Hike on the paths above the village.
• Walk to a mountain lake.

• Tujetsch is the Sedrun area, higher up the valley.
• Ilanz/Glion is a town on the Rhine, about 40 minutes away.
• The Rhine Gorge, also called the Ruinaulta, is further down the valley.
• Chur is the capital of the canton, about 1 hour 15 minutes away.
• Andermatt is over the Oberalp Pass.

• Tujetsch and Ilanz/Glion are the nearest places in the same valley.

• By air: Zurich is the main airport, about 3 hours away.
• By train: Disentis is on the Matterhorn Gotthard line, which runs from Andermatt to Chur. Check times on SBB.
• The Glacier Express stops here.

• The village is small and easy to walk.
• The railway and local buses serve the valley.
• A cable car goes up to the ski area.

• A car is not needed for the village.
• The Oberalp Pass road is closed in winter.
• Parking is easy.

Try Graubünden dried meat, barley soup and cheese dishes. Local restaurants serve Capuns, which are dumplings wrapped in chard leaves. The abbey sells products.

People speak Romansh and German. English is widely understood.

• Disentis is very safe.
• Mountain weather changes fast.
• Avalanche risk exists in winter.
• Stay on marked paths.

The abbey was founded in the 8th century and is one of the oldest in Switzerland. It has been burned and rebuilt several times. The current baroque church dates from the 17th century.

The railway arrived in 1912 and the village grew as a tourist place.

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