SWISS CAMINO - Volume II

SWISS CAMINO

Volume II: Central Switzerland

(Hiking edition)



The Routes from Einsiedeln to Fribourg in 14 possible stages in German-speaking Central Switzerland:

- Detailed descriptions of 356 km signposted route nr. 4 (ViaJacobi)

- Geographical route maps of each stage

- Profiles and charts of 356 km hiking distances and 21'243 altitude-meters



1'000 years History and contemporary information on:

- Cantons Schwyz, Nidwalden, Obwalden, Luzern, Bern, and Fribourg, and their main cities

- 155 churches and chapels, their medieval religious artefacts and special features, including cathedrals in Bern and Fribourg, and 1'000-year-old churches

- 25 monasteries, of Jesuits, Franciscans, Capuchins, Augustinians, Dominicans

- Biographies of 75 saints, skeleton relics of 7 lusciously decorated catacomb saints

- Location of Saint Nicholas of Fle in Fleli/Sachseln, Saint Beatus in a cave high above Lake Thun, and Saint Peter Canisius in Fribourg

- 50 points of interest, including 21 castles