Sisikon - William Tell's Chapel

Sisikon (457 m/1,499ft), at the mouth of the Riemenstalden valley, has a modern church built in 1968. Beyond this, the road continues through more tunnels to the Tellsplatte Hotel (512 m/1,680ft), with a parking lot and beautiful gardens (view of the massive Urirotstock, 2,932 m/9,620ft). From here, a footpath (seven minutes) leads down to the famous Tell's Chapel (known to have existed since at least 1500; restored 1881, with paintings by Stükelberg), on the spot where William Tell is traditionally supposed to have leapt out of Gessler's ship during a storm. From the hotel, a cableway runs up in four minutes to the Axen station (825 m/2,707ft). 1km/0.5mile further on the Axenstrasse enters its last tunnel, with an old gallery (lookout) on the right.