The best MTB trails around Zernez

Chapel San Bastian, Zernez The Chapel / Church of San Bastian has been the winter church of the Protestant Reformed Church Community of Zernez since its renovation in the years 1949-1952. The choir of the smaller church in the Zernez fraction was built around 1490. For a long time, it was misused as a storage room. Only since the renovation of the church in the years 1949-1952 has the San Bastian church been regularly used for Sunday services. In recent years, summer services have also increasingly moved to the smaller, heated church. Thus, the San Bastian church has gradually become the actual main church in the community of Zernez. Since 1883, the church communities of Zernez/Brail and Susch were a pastoral community. Since the beginning of 2016, the four villages of Brail, Lavin, Susch, and Zernez together form the church community of Zernez, which belongs to the Colloquium Engiadina Bassa / Val Müstair and the Evangelical Reformed State Church of Grisons. The "Baselgia Gronda" with cemetery and the Church of San Bastian are a unit above the village and, alongside the Planta-Wildenberg Castle, are another symbol for the community of Zernez. Text / Source: Reformed Church Zernez https://zernez-ref.ch/de/kirchen/

Schloss Zernez / Schloss Planta-Wildenberg in Zernez Between the former Wildenberg farmstead and the present-day Schloss Planta-Wildenberg lies a long, history-rich path that could well pass as a film-worthy drama with a happy ending. The castle stands majestically on the plain below the church hill, marking the transition to the old village part Runatsch. Only the square tower is reminiscent of long-gone times. This medieval residential tower was probably built around 1280 and was owned by the lords Planta-Wildenberg. The unpopular castle lord Rudolf von Planta had executions carried out as a statutory judge, which earned him the ill will of the population. He was suspected of sympathizing with the Catholics, outlawed by the court in 1618, and sentenced to death in absentia. Under the leadership of his opponent Baptista von Salis, the Engadine people devastated his castle, but he fled. In 1627, he became an Austrian captain and ruled again in Zernez, to the dismay of the inhabitants, who had to rebuild it. Over the centuries, there were many changes of ownership: from the Bishop of Chur, Conrad Planta from Zuoz, Knight Rudolf von Planta, the Bezzola and Hemmi families, to the municipality of Zernez. Its current appearance was given to the castle through the renovation and addition of two further wings in the 18th century. Miraculously, it was spared from the great village fire. In 1985, it was acquired by the municipality of Zernez for use as a municipal building. Since 2007, it has housed the National Park administration. During the National Park Cinema Open Air, the castle courtyard transforms into a fairytale film set. The dramas now only play out on the screen and no longer behind the castle walls. Text / Source: Guest Information Scuol, Stradun 403a, Scuol https://www.engadin.com/de/schloss-planta-wildenberg-zernez

The Albula Trail is very beautiful, S1 at the top, partly S2 at the bottom, and leads down several kilometers to La Punt.

Beautiful descent with fairly compact terrain inside the forest.

Small hub: RhB to the Upper and Lower Engadine, post bus to the Ofen Pass and into South Tyrol, Silvestri bus to Livigno.

Switzerlandmobility routes 6 and 65. Easy, beautiful, almost traffic-free route (forest road, sometimes some asphalt) from Zernez via Such to Lavin, from there slightly uphill to Guarda.

Between Susch and Zernez, the scenic Inn cycle path leads through a peaceful mountain backdrop – ideal for a relaxing tour with a view.

In 2010 and 2011, Zernez station was completely rebuilt. Among other things, the railway facilities were renewed, the platforms were raised and made accessible for disabled people, a new covered central platform was built, the station building was rebuilt, the platform on the platform side was covered and the crossing tracks on the Susch side were extended. The central platform is connected to the station building and the platform on track 1 by an underpass. In addition, a new post bus access was built, which allows better transfer options from the train to the post bus. In addition, a new 40-ton swap body crane was built and a new general cargo loading center was created to improve the handling of freight traffic. Text / Source: Wikipedia https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahnstrecke_Bever%E2%80%93Scuol-Tarasp