• The landmark of Bregenz is the St. Martin’s tower . Once built as storehouse, it was reconstructed in 1600 into a watch tower. Its baroque onion-shaped roof covered in wooden shingles is considered the largest in Central Europe.
• Only remains of the wall are what is left of the former fortress “Hohenbregenz“ – today’s Gebhardsberg Ruins , giving the ensemble of inner courtyard and church a picturesque touch. From the restaurant you can enjoy a magnificent view of the lake and the Rhine Valley.
• The city parish church St. Gallus in Bregenz. In the 18th century it was rebuilt according to the design by the baroque constructor Franz Anton Beer, an especially beautiful example of Lake Constance baroque. One of the herdswomen on the altar sheet “Adoration of the Kings” has the features of the Austrian empress Maria Theresia.
• The Red House in Dornbirn is the landmark of the city. It was built in the early 17th century and is one of the last baroque houses of the Rhine Valley in Vorarlberg. Wooden beams, painted ox blood red with outdoor staircase and bull’s eye window panes.
• The Renaissance palace in Hohenems (16th century) was once inhabited by the Counts of Ems. Through clever marriage politics they were related to the Italian Medici family.
• The ruins of the former Altmonfort castle are located near Weiler. It was destroyed in the 15th century during the Appenzell Wars.
• The basilica in Rankweil (15th century) rises majestically above an island hill. In 1986 it was sanctified as site of miracle-working powers.
• The massive Schattenburg Castle in Feldkirch was seat of the Counts of Montfort from the beginning of the 13th century to the end of the 14th century.
• The medieval city ensemble in Feldkirch enchants with its pergolas, city towers and solid walls.
• The Counts of Montfort also owned property in Schlins: today’s Jagdberg Ruins, which host open-air events in summer.

Sightseeing
• Kunsthaus Bregenz , built by the Swiss architect Peter Zumthor. The cube covered in glass shingles represents a continuous dialog between the building, lake and sky.
• Festival and congress hall Bregenz, workshop theater and expansion, built by Helmut Dietrich and Much Untertrifaller. A diagonal “spine“ combines the old festival theater with the new workshop theater, the ensemble room and the lakeside foyer.
• Children’s Center Braike in Bregenz, built by Roland Gnaiger/Gerhard Gruber, a Kindergarten which was awarded the Architecture prize in 2002.
• Building complex Mildenberg in Bregenz, built by Carlo Baumschlager and Dietmar Eberle, unusual facade with red bricks.
• Vetterhof Lustenau , a farmhouse, built by Roland Gnaiger (guided tours by appointment).
• Port building Rohner , Fussach, built by Carlo Baumschlager and Dietmar Eberle, a house that is part of the landscape.
• Cube Wolfurt , built by Lothar Huber, Andreas Cukrowicz, Anton Nachbaur-Sturm, an unusual event center.
• Terminal V Lauterach, built by Hugo Dworzak. A futuristic office building with conference rooms.
• Hotel Martinspark Dornbirn, built by Carlo Baumschlager and Dietmar Eberle. A green airship with vaulted walls floats over the entrance to the designer hotel.
• Fire brigades station in Dornbirn, built by Wolfgang Ritsch. A functional, light and simple construction. Glass, steel and the colors of the fire brigades: black, red and silver.
• Building complex Ölzbündt in Dornbirn, built by Hermann Kaufmann, simple wooden architecture.
• Building complex Atriumhaus in Dornbirn, built by Roland Gnaiger/Udo Mössler, wooden construction with atrium, fountains at the house and a magnificent garden.
• Vorarlberg media house Schwarzach, built by Ernst Giselbrecht. A strictly geometrical, 110 meter long, flat-roofed box.
• Cultural stage Götzis , built by Hubert Bischoff. Compact and elegant.
• Office building Frick Röthis, built by Reinhard Drexel, with window shutters that appear like eye lids.
• Cemetery extension Batschuns/Zwischenwasser, built by Marte.Marte.
• Bridge in Feldkirch , built by Martin Häusle, Gabriele Seifert and Götz Stöckmann. The modern bridge over the Ill impresses with its interplay between concave and convex, movable and fixed lines.