The best-known ruins in Switzerland
Ordered by how much has been written about each place. The numbers match the map.
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The Château de Tourbillon, 1 km from Sion, is listed here as well as among the castles. Around Zurich, the Burgruine Wulp is 6 km from Adliswil and the Ruine Glanzenberg 2 km from Dietikon. Ruine Schenkon, dated around 1200, is 14 km from Emmen. Burgruine Belmont and Ruine Hohentrins lie 14 to 15 km from Chur. Château de Rouelbeau is 6 km from Annemasse and the Castrum Romain Eburodunum in Yverdon-les-Bains itself.
Of the 96 ruins RLQuest knows in Switzerland, 31 have a Wikipedia article. The list mixes old castle sites with Roman remains and a few abandoned chapels. RLQuest hands out a handful of outdoor quests each morning; a walk to a ruin is one it checks from your recorded route, and the map fills in tile by tile on the way.
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.
and 44 more
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.
