The red roof among vines
The capital's most famous rural view.
Clément Bucco-Lechat — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rafael P. D. Suppmann — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rafael P. D. Suppmann — CC BY-SA 3.0 · Rafael P. D. Suppmann — CC BY-SA 3.0
The Red House is Vaduz's second most recognisable building after the castle, and a familiar landmark in every panoramic photograph of the town: a sturdy country house of white walls, a vivid red tiled roof and a small square tower, standing alone among vineyards on the slope above the centre. Its origins are medieval (mentioned in the fourteenth century) and it belonged to the Swiss abbey of St Johann before passing into private hands. The present building in its distinctive form is nineteenth-century, and it remains a **private residence** that cannot be entered — but it is seen and photographed from the public road and the surrounding vines. It stands roughly on the walking route up to Vaduz Castle, and with the vineyards and mountains behind it makes the capital's most famous rural view — a few minutes' photo stop on your way up, not a destination in itself.
The capital's most famous rural view.
Mitteldorf, 9490 Vaduz
The Städtle (central Vaduz)The "Städtle" is Vaduz's main street and everything that resembles a "city centr6 minutes walk4.6
Kunstmuseum LiechtensteinThe Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein is the national museum of modern and contemporary 8 minutes walk4.4
Vaduz CastleVaduz Castle is Liechtenstein's symbol and its image on every postcard: a white 8 minutes walk4.2
Treasure Chamber of LiechtensteinThe Treasure Chamber (Schatzkammer) is a small, concentrated museum showing the 8 minutes walk3.8
Postal MuseumThe Postal Museum sounds like a marginal subject until you learn that **postage 8 minutes walk4.3No — it is an inhabited private house with no tours. The value is the view: stand on the public road in front of it or among the surrounding vines and photograph it with the castle and mountains. Fold it into your walk up to Vaduz Castle and it costs you no extra time.