Schnaus: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The surrounding area of Schnaus includes Cauma, La Cauma, Piz Riein Nordgipfel and Pala da Tgiern. This suits travellers interested in focusing on the landscape around Schnaus.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Schnaus.

Culture

In the wider regional surroundings of Schnaus are Paspels Castle and Rietberg Castle. The Chur Animal and Leisure Park is also located in this wider regional area. Paspels Castle may be of interest to travellers who would like to include regional culture in their stay.

Schnaus is documented as an old settlement under the name Scanaues around 840. The Church of St Sebastian, Mary Magdalene and George is mentioned from 1480; it was a subsidiary church of St Remigius in Falera.

Geographical Location

Schnaus is a fraction of the municipality of Ilanz/Glion in the Swiss canton of Graubünden; until the end of 2013, the locality was an independent municipality.

Nature

Schnaus is situated on the left bank of the Vorderrhein, west of Ilanz. The documented area extends from the river to Mulin at elevations of 700 to 1,220 metres. The Alp da Schnaus exclave extends from 1,700 metres to Crest da Tiarms at 2,412 metres and consists largely of mountains and forest. As a result, the wider area around Schnaus has a distinctly alpine character.

If you would like to compare more local destination pages, continue here: Morissen, Waltensburg, Obersaxen, Versam, Igels, Sankt Martin, Sumvitg, Cumbels.

To the overview of the wider destination: Surselva.