Castles Trek
Take part and win a real experience
The new brochure from the Swiss Castles Association includes a castle pass with a competition. The brochures will be available in the 30 member castles from mid-May 2024 and are valid until the end of 2025. Take one of these brochures with you on your next visit and have the relevant field on the castle pass stamped at the castle ticket office.
Discover the variety of castles in the west, east, north and south of Switzerland and win a unique prize:
14 castles visited: a new Castles Monopoly and a tasting session at the Brauquöll Appenzell visitor centre
30 castles visited: A visit to a castle of your choice for four people and a special tasting session at the Brauquöll Appenzell visitor centre
Simply send your stamped castle passport with your name/address/email to the office of the Swiss Castles Association:
Verband Die Schweizer Schlösser
Schloss Wildegg
Effingerweg 6
5103 Wildegg
The competition is organised in cooperation with the Locher brewery. In some of the castle bistros you can refresh yourself with a castle beer or a non-alcoholic castle spritzer.
The Swiss Castles - 2for1
The 2for1 voucher promotion has ended on 31.12.2023. No more new vouchers will be distributed.
However, the 2for1 vouchers received in 2023 will still be accepted at the tickiet offices of our 29 member castles until the end of June 2024. The voucher can be redeemed once when purchasing a regular admission ticket, cannot be combined with other discounts and cannot be redeemed at the issuing castle.
The competition is closed. The winners 2023 of a Castle Monopoly have been notified.
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The Swiss Castles look forward to your visit.
THE FIRST SWISS CASTLE WHISKY
The Castle Whisky is the result of a collaboration between the Association of Swiss Castles and Säntis Malt from the Locher Brewery. It matures in Appenzell and is then refined in the castle cellar at Schloss Wildegg in a wine barrel (Cabernet/Merlot) from the castle vineyard winemaker Brunner Manufaktur. The six-year-old whisky with 51.1 % vol. can be purchased in the Museum Aargau shop: Museum Aargau - Museums-Shop - Schloss-Whisky 20 cl.
Other castle whiskies with different regional touches will follow in other Swiss castles.
Swiss Castles Monopoly
MONOPOLY, the world-famous game of land and real estate, takes you through various Swiss castles in this edition. Very popular at the moment, the Swiss Castles Monopoly. A must for every castle fan and an ideal gift.
Available at the museums shops of our members.
Discover nine Swiss Castles
Nine of the Swiss Castles are now just a mouse click away. The virtual tour on the internet is free of charge and offers a chance to compare castles. The 360° Swiss Heritage project by the Society for Swiss Art History invites you to be enchanted by the beauty of Switzerland's cultural assets.
A real excursion - with birdsong - from the comfort of your own home: The Society for Swiss Art History invites you to discover nine Swiss Castles on your own 360° tours and compare them with each other. Under the web address www.360-swiss-heritage.ch, the castles of Burgdorf, Hallwyl, Wildegg and Romont as well as the Stockalper Castle in Brig can now be visited virtually free of charge and as often as desired, and can be explored both inside and out. The castles of Spiez, Waldegg, Werdenberg and Zug Castle have been included for some time. The individual visit in a 360° panorama offers the viewer a unique, immersive experience that is completely new in the world of cultural heritage. In 2019, GSK had developed an app called 360° Swiss Heritage. This app was adapted to virtual reality glasses and is in use in various castles as well as in several tourist offices in Switzerland. During the Swiss lockdown, GSK made the castle explorations, which were previously only possible with VR glasses, freely accessible to everyone on the internet. The 360° Swiss Heritage project is technically implemented by DNA Studio from Bulle. Other castles from all parts of the country are to follow.