Places with audio guides - Switzerland

The former high lookout above Eglisau recalls the signal network of the old Confederation and earlier settlement on the Rhinsberg ridge.

The largest and best-preserved castle complex in the Bernese Oberland, with a tower and views over the Aare, Lake Thun, and Niesen.

The wooden observation tower on Gurten, built in 2000, offers a panoramic view of Bern and the Bernese Alps while recalling the old Bernese watch service.

The unobtrusive ruin above Ilanz recalls a medieval fortress with a massive tower, whose masonry still reveals the quality of the building work around 1200.

The ruins on a rocky spur above Waltensburg recall a 13th century castle seat associated with the lords of Rhäzüns.

An extensive medieval site with the remains of a castle, a small town, and chapels. Bossonnens reflects shifts in power in Vaud and Fribourg.

A Biedermeier-style castle in Weinfelden with the Schlossgut Bachtobel winery, whose history reaches from a medieval manor to a reconstruction in 1820.

The medieval ruins above the Schwarzwasserschlucht gorge recall the Bern border wars and the transformation of a noble residence into a ruin.