Landwasser Viaduct — Attraction in Bergün Filisur

The area around the Landwasser Viaduct offers several hiking trails that provide excellent views of this architectural marvel and the surrounding alpine scenery:

Landwasser Viaduct Trail Starting Point: Filisur Distance: 4 km round trip Duration: 1.5 to 2 hours Difficulty: Easy to moderate

This trail takes you from the village of Filisur to a viewpoint near the viaduct. It’s a well-marked path that offers fantastic views of the viaduct as it spans the Landwasser River.

Schmittentobel Bridge to Landwasser Viaduct Starting Point: Filisur train station or the Schmittentobel Bridge Distance: 3 km one way Duration: 1 to 1.5 hours Difficulty: Easy

This trail leads you from the Schmittentobel Bridge to the Landwasser Viaduct, providing panoramic views along the way. It's a relatively short and easy hike suitable for families.

Filisur to Davos Trail Starting Point: Filisur Distance: 16 km one way Duration: 5 to 6 hours Difficulty: Moderate

For those looking for a longer hike, this trail connects Filisur to Davos and includes a section that passes near the Landwasser Viaduct. The trail offers diverse landscapes, from lush forests to open alpine meadows.

Zügenschlucht (Gorge) Trail Starting Point: Wiesen train station Distance: 6 km round trip Duration: 2 to 3 hours Difficulty: Moderate

This trail goes through the Zügen Gorge, offering stunning views of the gorge, the railway line, and several bridges, including views of the Landwasser Viaduct from a...

This is an engineering masterpiece located close to Filisur train station along the narrow guage scenic railway track from chur to tirano where the Bernina express panoramic train operates. Regular trains run at 58th and 1st minute of evey hour. In addition Bernina express crosses this four times a day. There are 3 points to view this viaduct. Most popular place is the base of the viaduct. There is a car park located about 300m away from the viaduct close to the main road. Car park can be easily reached from Filizur station. After walking about 100m along station access road until the first bend to the left, there are two roads to your right with a trail sign board. Take the downhill path. This will take you to car park along the slope of the mountain. From car park there is a prominent gravel road to the base.

On this path there is a wooden bridge. Passing this there is a steep uphill foot path to the left next to a sign board. This foot path will take you to the north platform which provides a stunning birds eye view of the viaduct.

While coming down from the station to car park along the foot path, on the way there is a foot path to your right. This foot path takes you to the south platform. This gives an eye level view...

After all the research about how to make sure you get the perfect seats on the right side of the train, and the entire booking process to get the seats before they sold out left me so stressed. I realized during our train ride that there was another area of the regular train where wheelchairs and bikes were kept that had the largest windows and full on views with no heads or even seats in the way. I even stood in the breezeway where I could pull the window down not to have reflection. After riding the most sought after train journeys circling Switzerland the past 2 weeks, this landwasser viaduct, although beautiful, (and with high expectations going in after all the hype) I felt it was a bit underwhelming. There are so many other incredible routes that will leave you breathless throughout the country, my biggest advice from all this is don’t stress about the seats and expensive train rides, they are all on the...