Discover Egg: Museum, Bridge Trails and Varied Days on Holiday

Egg combines regional history, unusual bridge trails and various options for active or relaxing days on holiday. Anyone looking for a holiday apartment in the village can shape their stay according to their own interests: with culture at the Egg Museum, walks across bridges, a ride along the cycle path, a visit to the outdoor swimming pool or an insight into alpine cheese production.

Culture and History at the Egg Museum

The Egg Museum was founded in 1904 as a local history museum. After its collections had been stored for several years, it reopened in 1988 in the former school and municipal building from 1899. The museum is therefore one of Egg’s established cultural points of interest and combines the history of its collection with a historic building.

Every year, the Egg Museum presents one or two exhibitions related to the Bregenzerwald. Guided tours of the exhibitions complement the offering; there are also special accompanying programmes and special programmes for children. A museum visit can therefore be a good cultural element for families, especially when different age groups have their own interests. When planning your day, check whether a guided tour or a suitable programme is available during your travel period.

Bridges, Trails and Special Discoveries

The “Egg in Felder’s Time” route brings to life what happened more than 100 years ago to important buildings around the Egg church. A backpack with helpful materials and audio content supports this experience. The route therefore combines local history with independent discovery, without restricting you to a purely museum-based visit.

Another experience is offered by the “Floating over the Subersach” circular trail. It leads across the wire footbridge, a suspension bridge and the old covered wooden bridge in Gschwendtobel. The covered wooden bridge, built in 1833, is attributed to Alois Negrelli. Anyone wishing to discover distinctive structures and different types of bridges during an excursion will find several specific points of interest here for planning the day.

The orientation within the village also has a special feature: Egg’s centre can only be reached via bridges. You can take this detail into account when choosing your accommodation and planning your routes around the village. For walks, historical impressions and excursions with changing focuses, Egg thus offers an unusual local structure.

Cycling, Swimming and Regional Specialities

The Egg–Schoppernau pedestrian and cycle path begins in Egg and is 30 km long. It is therefore a clearly defined option for anyone wishing to combine their stay with a longer route. A section in the Achtal valley of the Bregenzerwald cycle path runs along the former route of the Wälderbahn railway from Egg to Doren. The former use of this route gives the cycle tour an additional historical connection.

On warm days, the Egger outdoor swimming pool offers a diving tower with 1- and 3-metre platforms as well as a 50-metre-long slide. The Egg swimming pool also has a separate children’s pool with a baby slide. This allows you to alternate between culture, exercise and time in the water when planning your holiday, without having to structure the day around a single activity.

The regional side of the stay includes Alpe Obere Falz. There, visitors can watch alpine cheese production live. This insight focuses attention on the production of a regional food and can be included as a separate excursion destination in a travel plan. Elias Brügel also commemorates people who died during the leprosy epidemic.

Choose the Right Location for Your Accommodation

When looking for a holiday apartment in Egg, it is worth first deciding on the desired mix of activities. Should the trip focus mainly on local history and exhibitions? Then the Egg Museum and the “Egg in Felder’s Time” route take centre stage. For active days, the bridge trails and the start of the Egg–Schoppernau pedestrian and cycle path are suitable options. If water and regional discoveries are to be part of the trip, the outdoor swimming pool and Alpe Obere Falz round out the selection.

Accommodation in Egg can therefore serve as a starting point for very different days on holiday. Plan the individual experiences according to your interests and, when making your choice, keep in mind which focuses you would like to set in the village itself.

More Places to Include in Your Search

If you would also like to compare other places, you can include Mellau, Sulzberg, Hörbranz, Bizau, Hohenweiler, Lauterach, Schröcken or Hard in your considerations.

For the overarching travel overview: Bregenz.