Via Francisca: Maienfeld - Chur

After leaving Maienfeld, we hike through the vineyards of Jenins and Malans. After the village of Malans we leave the "Bündner Herrschaft", as this wine-growing region is called.
Then we cross the Landquart, which has left the Prättigau shortly before through a very narrow rock incision. In the upper part of this valley are the well-known ski resorts of Klosters and Davos.
We stay on the eastern side of the Rhine in the relatively wide valley, to Trimmis, and come through other, smaller vineyards. The Rhine Valley is now gradually changing its direction to the west.
At the exit of Trimmis we then go up again to the valley flank, which brings us shade in the forest and also offers us the opportunity to look at the Rhine Valley from the height. In doing so, we also bypass the extensive outer quarters of Chur, which lie in the valley floor. So we get through a lot of nature directly to the cathedral of Chur, the capital of the canton of Graubünden.