Albula: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Albula region covers a broad alpine elevation range from 720 to 3,416 metres above sea level. This range is particularly relevant for travellers seeking alpine elevations in varying forms.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Albula.

Geographical setting

The region encompasses the Albula and Julia valleys and extends across six municipalities: Albula/Alvra, Bergün Filisur, Lantsch/Lenz, Schmitten, Surses and Vaz/Obervaz.

Albula Surses is referred to as a tourism destination with Savognin and Bergün.

For geographical orientation, you can access the pages for the individual localities Alvaneu, Alvaneu Bad, Alvaschein, Bergün, Bivio, Brienz/Brinzauls, Cunter and Filisur.

If you compare individual localities when searching for accommodation, further locality pages lead to Lantsch/Lenz, Marmorera, Mons, Mutten, Riom-Parsonz, Salouf, Savognin and Schmitten.

The overview of localities adds Stierva, Sur, Surava, Tiefencastel, Tinizong-Rona, Vaz/Obervaz and Wiesen to this orientation.

Landscape

The named peaks Fil da Stidier, Crap la Massa, Piz Colm and Bot digl Uors lie approximately 2.4 km northeast, 4.0 km northwest, 4.8 km south and 4.9 km north, respectively, of the map reference point of the Albula region; the distances are approximate straight-line distances. These named peaks provide travellers who wish to spatially situate the alpine landscape with specific reference points.

As named map features in the wider regional surroundings, Rietberg Castle lies approximately 21.5 km northwest, Paspels Castle approximately 23.0 km northwest and the Chur Animal and Leisure Park approximately 29.9 km north of the map reference point of the Albula region; the distances are approximate straight-line distances.

The hiking area of the Albula Alps includes mountain tours passing mountain lakes and leading to the distinctive Piz Ela.

Culture

The Albula region brings together three subregions with different linguistic and cultural traditions, including the Romansh-speaking Surses and areas where German and Romansh are used.

The Albula railway line forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage cultural landscape associated with the Via Albula & Bernina route.

For the higher-level travel overview: Graubünden.