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AROUND ZÜRICH
Winterthur
POP 98,200 / ELEVATION 447M
Switzerland's sixth-largest city gave its name to one of Europe's leading insurance com-
panies and is equally known for its high-quality museums.
If You Like...
Castles
If you like big old castles like Winterthur's Schloss Kyburg (
Click here
), you'll enjoy these other old fortresses
scattered about the northeast of Switzerland:
1 SCHLOSS ARBON
This 16th-century castle watches over the historic centre of Arbon. The castle's
Histor-
isches Museum
(Alemannenstrasse 4; adult/child Sfr4/2; 2-5pm May-Sep, Sun only Mar-Apr &
Oct-Nov)
races you through 5500 years of history, from the Stone Age to the 18th-century
linen trade. On one lane, centuries-old houses display frescos depicting trades of yore.
Arbon is on the train line between Zürich and Rorschach.
2 SCHLOSS WARTEGG
( 071 858 62 62;
http://wartegg.ch
;
Rorschacherberg; s Sfr145-155, Sfr220-270; )
This magnifi-
cent fantasy palace is a 10-minute drive from central Rorschach on the hillside above
town. This 16th-century former royal Austrian castle is set in leafy grounds with tower-
ing sequoias and Lake Constance views.
Sights
Winterthur owes much of its eminence as an art mecca to collector Oskar Reinhart, a scion
of a powerful banking and insurance family. His collection was bequeathed to the nation
and entrusted to his hometown when he died in 1965. Consider picking up the Winterthur
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