Platta: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Via Lucmagn passes through Platta. The route is 41.7 km long and designed to take around three days; with a few detours, it is also suitable as a cycling route.

Postbus services run year-round from Disentis/Mustér railway station to Platta. The station can be reached by the Rhaetian Railway from Chur and by the Matterhorn Gotthard Railway from Andermatt or Göschenen.

Those planning their own stay in Platta may wish to rent a holiday apartment.

Nature

The Muschaneras circular hike begins and ends in Platta. The hike leads to the old alpine huts of Muschaneras and offers views across the entire valley from the Muschaneras alp. It is classified as moderate to difficult, is 13 km long and takes around five hours.

Winter

Snowshoe trail 610, the “Tegia Nova Trail”, begins in Platta, is difficult, 10 km long and takes around five hours.

The snowshoe tour to Tegia Nova leads above the tree line and offers views of the peaks of Val Medel and the Upper Surselva. The Tegia Nova snowshoe trail passes through a wildlife protection zone; visitors should remain in the signposted corridor there.

Culture

The Baroque parish church of St Martin in Platta has a Romanesque bell tower and a large painting of St Christopher on the south façade.

The themed trail “Churches and Chapels of Val Medel” leads to twelve larger and smaller places of worship, including the churches in Platta and Curaglia, and provides information about their origins and art-historical treasures. The trail also passes through Platta; it is easy, 11.5 km long and takes around three hours and 46 minutes.

Services are held once or several times a year in some of the chapels in Val Medel; the hand-operated bells of chapels near settlements ring regularly.

Further destinations: Friggahüs, Affeier, Giraniga.

For the higher-level travel overview: Obersaxen.