Chur attraction guides

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  Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur: What to See at Chur's Art Museum

  The Bündner Kunstmuseum is Chur's art museum, built around the neoclassical Villa Planta and a concrete extension by Barozzi Veiga whose galleries sit two levels underground. Here is where it is on Bahnhofstrasse, how the visit unfolds from villa to subterranean rooms, how much time to give it, and what else sits nearby.

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  Chur Cathedral: Guide to the Cathedral of the Assumption

  Chur Cathedral crowns the episcopal court above the old town, a short climb from the lanes below. Inside are a late Gothic high altar from 1492, a carved choir and Romanesque sculpture on the column bases. Allow about an hour and go for the building itself.

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  Fontanapark Chur: A Baroque Garden Visit Guide

  Fontanapark is a public garden in the heart of Chur, laid out again to the footprint of its pre-1860 baroque predecessor after a restoration completed in 2006. It suits a 20- to 30-minute walk between the old town and the art museum, and it costs nothing to enter.

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  Obertor Chur: Visiting the Old Town Gate

  Obertor is the four-story gate tower that closes Chur's old town on the west, standing above Ochsenplatz where three lanes funnel toward it. The gate itself is a quick look; the square in front, with the Ochsenbrunnen of 1929, is what gives the spot its character. Allow a short stop and fold it into a walk through the lanes.

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  Rätisches Museum Chur: Visiting Graubünden's History Museum

  The Rätisches Museum is the canton of Graubünden's history museum in Chur, one of three cantonal museums run under the Amt für Kultur. Its collection runs to roughly 100,000 objects, so a visit is about selected highlights rather than exhaustive viewing. Here is what the museum is, what to look for inside, and how to build it into a few hours in Chur's old town.