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Landwasser Viaduct
The Rhaetian Railway's 65 m six-arch curve dives straight into a cliff-face tunnel; signed viewpoints a short walk from Filisur catch the red Glacier and Bernina Express trains mid-crossing.
8 km · about 15 min drive
Grisons, Switzerland · Europe
Tiefencastel works well as a base: 15 minutes from Lenzerheide, 21km from Albula Pass.
Tiefencastel is a town located in Grisons, Switzerland. With a population of 244, it is an important destination in Europe.
On a road trip, Tiefencastel sits in Switzerland, where you drive on the right. It's in the Europe/Zurich time zone. Below you'll find where to stay, things to do nearby, and everything you need to add Tiefencastel to your route.
Tiefencastel (Romansh: Casti) is a village and a former municipality in the district of Albula in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2015 the former municipalities of Alvaschein, Mon, Stierva, Tiefencastel, Alvaneu, Brienz/Brinzauls and Surava merged to form the new municipality of Albula/Alvra.
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Tiefencastel is located in Grisons, Switzerland, Europe. The coordinates are 46.6601 latitude, 9.5788 longitude.
Tiefencastel has a population of approximately 244 people, making it a town in Switzerland.
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The Rhaetian Railway's 65 m six-arch curve dives straight into a cliff-face tunnel; signed viewpoints a short walk from Filisur catch the red Glacier and Bernina Express trains mid-crossing.
8 km · about 15 min drive
historic highway
The 'bad road' of Roman travellers: a sheer 300 m deep gorge on the historic route to the Splugen and San Bernardino passes, where the old road and dramatic footbridges cling above the Hinterrhein.
11 km · about 20 min drive
famous road
A beautiful Swiss pass at 2,312 meters alongside the UNESCO-listed Albula Railway with its famous spiral viaducts.
21 km · about 25 min drive
famous road
An ancient Roman trade route over the Swiss Alps at 2,284 meters, one of few Alpine passes open year-round.
24 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
A narrow, dramatic pass straddling the Swiss-Italian border with tight tunnels carved into rock and vertiginous drops into the Cardinell Gorge.
26 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
The birthplace of Alpine winter tourism and host of two Winter Olympics, set beside a glittering lake at 1,856 metres in the Engadin Valley.
27 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
Turquoise lake hidden in forest on the Flims landslide plateau, fed by underground springs yet warm enough to swim in summer; a short walk or tiny funicular down from the Flims Waldhaus parking.
28 km · about 30 min drive
mountain pass
Unique among Alpine passes for having hairpins on only one side, dropping dramatically from the Engadin plateau into the Val Bregaglia toward Italy.
30 km · about 35 min drive
April to October
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