Peist: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Chüebergchöpf is located in the immediate vicinity of Peist. For travelers interested in named landscape references, this specific connection is a characteristic aspect of the place.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Peist.

Nature and Surroundings

Hinter Lerch is located in the surrounding area of Peist, as are Ober Boden and Tschingla. The Chur Animal and Leisure Park and Falkenstein Ruins are also located in the vicinity of Peist.

Culture and History

Paspels Castle and Rietberg Castle are located in the wider regional surroundings of Peist.

Peist is a locality in the municipality of Arosa in the canton of Graubünden. In 2013, Peist joined the municipality of Arosa as part of the merger of several formerly independent municipalities.

Geographical Location

The wider former municipal territory of Peist extended from the Plessur across a slope cut through by gorges to the Hochwang mountain range; Cunggel and Mattjisch Horn were also part of it.

Peist lies east of Chur on the northern side of the Schanfigg Valley and belongs to the St. Peter/Hochwang region.

The village of Peist stands on a sunny slope, about 250 meters above the Plessur and 100 meters above the Chur–Arosa railway line.

The wider cultural region of Schanfigg, to which the area around Peist belongs, has been documented under the name “Scanavico” since 765.

Other places: Praden, Malix, Chur, Parpan, Tschiertschen, Litzirüti, Sankt Peter, Molinis

For the next step in planning your trip, you can explore the linked places directly.

To the higher-level travel overview: Plessur.