Via Jacobi

[efdoucette]

Hello all,

Is anyone aware of an English guidebook for the Via Jacobi through Switzerland?

Regards,
Eric

 

[mspath]

Eric,

Have you checked this earlier forum thread for suggestions/tips?
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/swiss-via-jacobi-guide-book.6698/

Or this
https://www.jakobsweg.ch/en/eu/ch/

Happy research!

 

[Kitsambler]

https://www.jakobsweg.ch/en/eu/ch/

This site includes accommodation lists with contact info, and Tourism Office locations and contact info. Plus a link to the Swiss Mobility app with the mapped routes.

There's not an English-language guidebook, but you will find both the German-speaking Swiss and the French-speaking Swiss are quite happy to operate in English. Lodging is more expensive than in Germany, on average. The less expensive accommodations book out early, so I strongly recommend reservations weeks in advance. This is not necessary in the (few) pilgrim hostels.

The Via Jacobi is a spectacular route and makes a very enjoyable journey. Please feel free to consult my blog or PM with questions.

 

[amorfati1]

Hello all,

Is anyone aware of an English guidebook for the Via Jacobi through Switzerland?

Regards,
Eric

you might also like to view this link - based in the Canton of Graubunden -
http://www.jakobsweg-gr.ch/vorstellung/
in german - but some maps, other links etc also very useful/visual and you might get by understanding those as well.

lovely routes -

and - if i find it - i have a pdf with lodgings available for pilgrims. will post it when found...
http://www.jakobsweg-gr.ch/karte/ (map)
http://www.jakobsweg-gr.ch/19-etappen/ (stages)

pdf in english:
http://www.jakobsweg-gr.ch/fileadmi...sentation_in_English/Poster_JwGR_englisch.pdf

found the lodging/restaurant pdf -
address' are from monasteries to farms that offer 'sleeping on straw' to hotels/youth hostels, pensions etc.

enjoy the planning - it's gorgeous here ...

 

[efdoucette]

Looks like I won't be able, time wise, to walk the full Via Jacobi. Can anyone recommend a section for 7 nights. Many tanks.

 

[Kitsambler]

... Via Jacobi. ...a section for 7 nights.

The wonderful thing about Switzerland is that even small towns have excellent connectivity by train and bus, so you can pretty much start and finish anywhere you like. That being said, the scenery is best east of Interlaken. You might as well start at the beginning, either Konstanz or St Gallen, and progress as you like. You certainly have enough time to reach Einsiedeln and maybe a bit beyond.

 

[efdoucette]

You might as well start at the beginning, either Konstanz or St Gallen, and progress as you like. You certainly have enough time to reach Einsiedeln and maybe a bit beyond.

Thanks for your suggestions Kitsambler, you are always a help. I am leaning towards Einsiedeln to Fribourg, 8 stages. Not sure why, just sounds and feels right.

 

[Kitsambler]

Einsiedeln to Fribourg, 8 stages.

Einsiedeln is easily accessible from Zurich by train. It's been a pilgrimage site in its own right for generations.