Bad Scuol Attractions
The village of Scuol, situated on the left bank of the Inn along the main road from St Moritz to Landeck bypass, combines with Bad Tarasp, only a short distance upstream, the summer holiday village of Vulpera, a little way south above the right bank of the river, and the village of Tarasp-Fontana below Schloss Tarasp to form the leading resort in the Lower Engadine. Scuol is a spa (recommended for liver and bile ducts, stomach disorders, etc.), a health resort and a winter sports resort.
Bad Scuol - Tarasp Castle
Perched on a high schist crag is an imposing medieval castle, Schloss Tarasp (1,505 m/4,938ft), which became the residence of Austrian governors and was much altered during the 16th-18th C. (restored 1907-16 by a Dresden industrialist and made habitable; private property).
Hours vary. To the east is the Kreuzberg (Munt la Crusch, 1,477 m/4,846 ft), with the best view of the castle.
Guides
Guided tour included with admission.
Bad Scuol - Museum d'Engiadina bassa
The Museum d'Engiadina bassa exhibits agricultural implements, domestic articles of Romanesque culture, weapons, a mill, etc.
Hours
May 15 to June 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
July 1 to September 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Open | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 | 11:30 |
| Open | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 | 15:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
Bad Scuol - Spa Quarter
The heart of the resort is the lively little town of Bad Scuol or Schuls (1,250 m/4,103ft; pop. 1,900), in a beautiful sunny setting on a gently sloping area of Alpine meadows. In the spa quarter, Oberschuls (Scuolsura), is the Badehaus (Pump room), to which water of Vi, Sotsass and Clozza springs (high carbonic acid content) is piped. To the west lies the extensive spa complex. The new spa and health center was inaugurated in 1993.
Unterschuls
In the old village of Unterschuls (Scuol-sot) are richly decorated old Engadine houses and the Protestant parish church of St George (1516). On the southwest side of Scuol the Inn gorge is spanned by the Gurlaina viaduct (40 m/131ft high). From here it is a half-hour walk to Vulpera.
Bad Scuol Surroundings
Bad Tarasp, Switzerland
Bad Tarasp (1,470 m/4,822ft; pop. 280), 2km/1mi southwest of Scuol and 3km/2m from Vulpera, has sodium sulfate and chalybeate (iron-bearing) springs which are similar in their action to those of Karlsbad. On the left bank of the Inn stand the large Kurhaus and the Kurhotel, on the right bank the Trinkhalle (Pump room). The town is delightfully set on a small lake.
Ftan, Switzerland
Ftan (6km/4mi west of Sent). From Oberschuls a road runs up the valley past the open-air swimming pool and the lower station of the cableway, and then climbs steeply, with many turns, to the village of Ftan or Fetan (1,650 m/5,415ft; with the villages of Pitschen and Grond), a summer holiday place and winter resort (chairlift, ski-lift) on a high terrace of meadowland on the north side of the valley, opposite Tarasp.
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