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title: "Bluescht Walk Arth"
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description: "The circuit begins and ends just a few steps from the oldest distillery in Switzerland: S. Fassbind AG. A highlight in the distillery shop, open Monday to Friday, is the Rigi-Kirsch AOP. We quickly leave the residential area behind and walk through a wide plain. Scattered farms, grazing cows, resting goats, many blooming cherry trees, and the Rigi on the horizon – it feels like walking through a landscape painting. After a short gentle ascent, the view of Lake Zug and the village of Arth completes this impression. Along the way, there are repeated opportunities to buy directly from the farm: from cherry brandy and fruit to ice cream and meat to herbs. This way, the walk can also be used as a sustainable shopping route. Having returned to the plain, we cross the Rigiaa for the second time, watch a cat hunting mice, and finally return to the starting point with a bag full of Schwyz flavors."
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Bluescht Walk Arth
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- Tip
- 5.27 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: easy
- Walk
- Hike

A walk like through a cherry orchard. In spring, the sea of blossoms enchants, in summer various farm shops along the route sell plump, sun-ripened cherries - and also homemade cherry brandy.

The circuit begins and ends just a few steps from the oldest distillery in Switzerland: . A highlight in the distillery shop, open Monday to Friday, is the Rigi-Kirsch AOP. We quickly leave the residential area behind and walk through a wide plain. Scattered farms, grazing cows, resting goats, many blooming cherry trees, and the Rigi on the horizon – it feels like walking through a landscape painting. After a short gentle ascent, the view of Lake Zug and the village of Arth completes this impression.

Along the way, there are repeated opportunities to buy directly from the farm: from cherry brandy and fruit to ice cream and meat to herbs. This way, the walk can also be used as a sustainable shopping route. Having returned to the plain, we cross the Rigiaa for the second time, watch a cat hunting mice, and finally return to the starting point with a bag full of Schwyz flavors.

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- 1:25 h
- 5.27 km
- 60 m
- 60 m
- 431 m
- 491 m
- 60 m
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- Start: Fassbind Distillery, Oberarth
- Destination: Fassbind Distillery, Oberarth

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Pavements

Street (6%)

Asphalt (62%)

Gravel (10%)

Trail (16%)

Path (6%)

Best to visit

suitable

Depends on weather

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Tour information

- Circular trail
- Nature highlight
- Refreshment stop

Directions & Parking facilities

**Getting there**Take the Goldau highway exit.

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**Parking**No parking available in Oberarth. Park in Arth or Goldau.

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**Public transportation**By train to Arth-Goldau and from there by bus to the stop Oberarth, Dorf. Bus lines 501 and 502.

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Author

Manuela Gili

Organization

Schwyz Tourismus

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

The walk is well suited for families with strollers.

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