Heart of Europe: Switzerland & Austria
Hiking & Culture from the French border in Geneva through all of Switzerland and Austria to the federal capital Vienna. This is the third of a total of seven stages on the international Peace and Culture Route between Spain and the Holy Land! Discover with us the greatest cultural and natural highlights, compact and with plenty of time to relax! Personally selected hotels, monasteries, and pilgrim accommodations, continuous travel support from the Jerusalem Way Team, and our tour bus provide the perfect setting for this.
This stage on the Jerusalem Way is truly unique between Spain and the Holy Land: it leads us through the entire Alps and the heart of Europe! We start in France and cross the border into Switzerland on foot near Geneva, traverse all of Switzerland, with breathtaking mountain and lake landscapes awaiting us, hike past the myths to Maria Einsiedeln Monastery, cross the Arlberg in Austria, and discover the extremely charming cultural and historical highlights of the Alpine country from west to east to the federal capital Vienna. To conclude, we even receive the original Jerusalem Way stamp with a dove of peace for our pilgrim passport in St. Stephen’s Cathedral – a unique journey comes to an end here, in the heart of Europe!
TRAVEL DATE: This trip was made in 2021. The photo album will gladly be sent upon request.
Some of the highlights include: Traveling on the most beautiful pilgrim paths, along wild and romantic river valleys and over several Alpine passes and through mountain valleys, the unique route leads us through the diverse landscape in the heart of Europe. Diverse highlights such as Geneva with Lake Geneva and its vineyards, national sanctuary Flüeli Ranft, Brünig Pass, Lake Lucerne, Interlaken, Schwyz, Haggenegg, Mythen, Maria Einsiedeln, Lake Zurich, Appenzellerland, Arlberg, Inn Valley, Innsbruck, Wolfsklamm, oldest pilgrimage site in Tyrol, Salzburg & Maria Plain, Linz Cathedral, Mauthausen concentration camp, Melk Abbey, Wachau & Dürnstein, Vienna with Schönbrunn Palace, Heldenplatz, and St. Stephen’s Cathedral, ..
The end once again becomes the beginning: Fascinating landscape from the Danube to the Aegean, providing the perfect transition to the pilgrimage through the touristically untouched Balkans (Part IV / VII). JERUSALEM HERE WE COME!
