Raiffeisen Goldach Water Trail

Logo Raiffeisen Goldach Water Trail
Logo Raiffeisen Goldach Water Trail
Tour data
6.94km
398 - 603m
Distance
-
182hm
Ascent
01:45h
 
Duration
Brief description

Discover the Wasserweg Goldach (Goldach Water Trail).  It links the four municipalities of Untereggen, Goldach, Tübach and Horn. 

Difficulty
easy
Rating
Technique
Fitness
Landscape
Experience
Starting point

Vorderhof, Untereggen

Route
Untereggen
0.5 km
Sankt Gallen (675 m)
0.7 km
Hammershaus
1.3 km
Goldach
4.6 km


Best season
Jan
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Description

Along the almost seven kilometre long trail, you can see rare species of animals, trees and plants and various places of interest. But there are also lots of unusual attractions including a Kneipp water therapy station complete with arm and foot bath in Vorderhof, the slow-moving soil flow typical of glaciated regions in the Rantel Forest, the Vita Parcours fitness trail and a fish ladder all with informative descriptions.  

After 5 kilometres downstream or 1¼ hours, you come upon the largest playground in Eastern Switzerland. It has lots of fun things for kids including a knight's castle, a rocket slide, 'space ball' climbing frame, ground-level trampoline and fountain. If you want to have a barbecue or a picnic, you can continue on for another 10 minutes to the Horner Forest, which offers sheltered barbecue areas and Kneipp foot bath stations, a form of hydrotherapy that was created by the Bavarian priest and one of the forefathers of the naturopathic medicine movement, Sebastian Kneipp. 

From here you can take a swim at the Goldach beach in the afternoon or keep walking another 20 minutes towards the final destinations of Horn in the west or Rorschach in the east.

Directions

Untereggen (Vorderhof) - Hammershus - Hospert - Rantelwald - Blumenegg - Haldenmühle - Dammweg - Bruggmühle - Kellen - Aachmühle - Mühlhof - Hornerwald - Barfussstrecke - Seegarten (Goldach)

Highest point
603 m
Endpoint

Seegarten, Goldach

Height profile
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Tips

The cold arm bath is often also called “nature’s cup of coffee”. It calms the heart and invigorates the mind. 

Additional information

The water trail is barrier-free between the Kellen playground and the Seegarten outdoor pool. 


Directions

Coming from St.Gallen on the A1 motorway: Exit at St.Gallen-Neudorf Turn off in the direction of Heiden. 

Public transportation

From St.Gallen by PostBus twice an hour (BUS 242 24230 in the direction of Rheineck, train station). Vorderhof stop, Untereggen. 


Author
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