The best-known castles and palaces in Vorarlberg
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
Vorarlberg is small, and its castles sit by its towns. The Schattenburg, dating from 1200, is in Feldkirch, with Schloss Amberg 2 km out and the Ruine Welsch-Ramschwag, from 1270, at 9 km. Palast Hohenems stands in Hohenems, the Burgruine Alt-Ems from the 12th century 1 km away. In Bregenz, Burg Hohenbregenz (1097) sits at 598 m, Schloss Wolfurt (1217) is 4 km out, and Bludenz has the Burgruine Valcastiel 6 km off.
Of the 34 castles and palaces RLQuest knows in Vorarlberg, 25 have a Wikipedia article. The list is short, but Feldkirch, Hohenems, Bregenz and Bludenz each anchor a handful, so it is easy to work through on foot. A visit is a quest RLQuest can verify from your route, and the first time at each one is what counts.
Every dot is a place. The numbers mark the highlights listed below.
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
A selection, best known first, with the nearest larger town next to each.
RLQuest knows these places too. Which means:
Some of your daily quests lead to a real place near you. The app uses your location to check you were really there.
If you're the first person in RLQuest to complete a quest at a place, it's your first find. The Place Book shows you which kinds of place you're still missing.
Every walk uncovers tiles, each about 350 m across. Over time you can see which corners you know well, and where you've never set foot.
Place data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. Borders: geoBoundaries (CC BY 4.0); Canada: Statistics Canada. As of 2026-10-02. The list shows the places RLQuest knows and isn't complete. Photos come from Wikimedia Commons; author and license are credited on each photo.
