Sternenberg: Hotels and Accommodation

Winter

On Friday and Saturday evenings, the Sternenberg ski lift offers night skiing for groups of at least five people. The Sternenberg ski lift also highlights taster courses in Fassdauben skiing. The Sternenberg ski lift can be reached by car or PostBus.

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Trails and Landscapes

The Bauma–Sternenberg–Saland hike is approximately 13 kilometres long and takes around four hours. It leads through dense forests and wild gorges, passing waterfalls along the way. The route also passes the Hagheerenloch, a cave approximately 30 metres deep.

A hiking route from Sternenberg Church to the Hörnli takes approximately one and a half hours. For shorter walks, there are circular hikes starting in Sternenberg that take between 45 minutes and one hour.

Sternen/Sternenberg opens up views of twelve densely forested valleys and gorges. The route towards Manzenhub and Wila offers views across the entire Alpine range. The observatory in Sternenberg is a recommended stop along the Bauma–Sternenberg–Saland route.

Culture

The film comedy Sternenberg was partly filmed in 2004 in the rooms of the Sternen. Alexander Solzhenitsyn lived in Sternenberg in the summer of 1974.

In the wider Bauma–Sternenberg area, a guided tour of the house provides background information on the history of Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

In the wider Bauma–Sternenberg area, this house tour is available on request.

Advance registration is required for the house tour in the wider Bauma–Sternenberg area.

Gasthaus Sternen is a family-run establishment where the family's values and traditions have been preserved and developed over decades. Marianne Brühwiler-Rüegg has shaped the establishment since 1996.

Getting There and Trails

The Bauma–Sternenberg–Saland hike can be reached via the S26 from Winterthur or Rüti ZH to Bauma. The route can also be reached by bus and PostBus via Wetzikon or Pfäffikon ZH to Bauma.

PostBus route 809 connects Bauma with Sternenberg.

Cuisine

Gasthaus Sternen serves hearty à la carte dishes and daily specials. These include seasonal asparagus dishes, game from the Sternenberg hunting grounds and meat cooked on a hot stone.

For the general travel overview: Pfäffikon District.

More Destinations

More places within the same destination:

Wila, Pfäffikon, Fehraltorf, Bauma.