Ausflugsziele in Vorarlberg

Opera in three acts (1904)
Libretto by Luigi Illica and Giuseppe Giacosa
In Italian with German surtitles

With an area of some 2,000 m2 and a climbing wall extending over 3,000 m2, the K1 climbing hall in Dornbirn offers challenges and fun for climbers of all abilities.

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf ranks among the most important singers of the 20th century. Luckily, her extraordinary career as an opera and concert performer is well documented through a great number of recordings, which set standards until the present day.

For half a century, the equipment of the shoemaker workshop of Karl Nachbauer (grandfather of the Schubertiade’s managing director Gerd Nachbauer) had been stowed away. Now it is on display in a small shoemaker museum, which takes up two rooms at Marktstraße 15.

Hans Bäumler’s unique private collection encompasses over 100 masterpieces from artists as varied as Spitzweg, Waldmüller Monet, Renoir, Gauguin and Picasso; 130 years of art history presented in a pattern and with a compactness seldom found elsewhere.

The Franz Schubert Museum traces the great Viennese composer’s life and work in rooms that were built shortly before his birth.

The Steinblock bouldering hall in Rankweil offers an uncompromising bouldering experience for beginners, experienced climbers and fitness enthusiasts. No previous experience, special equipment or courses are necessary for bouldering. Just come and try it out.

You should allow at least half an hour for a tour of the Alpine Game Park. The tour begins at Berghaus Pfänder with the children's favourites: the pygmy goats, rabbits and pot-bellied pigs.

The rediscovery of the Nibelungenlied’s C and A manuscripts at Hohenems Palace in 1755 and 1779, respectively, marked the starting point of its renaissance and rapid establishment as the German national epic.

Commemorating the local Jewish community and their wide-reaching contribution to the development of Vorarlberg and surrounding areas, the Jewish Museum in Hohenems is a regional museum with international flair, evocatively recalling the exemplary history of the Diaspora.