A short drive south of Bregenz rises the Gebhardsberg, a 600-meter-tall heavily wooded hill that's popular among walkers for its pleasant forest trails.
Worth exploring are the ruins of Burg Hohenbregenz, destroyed by the Swedes in 1647, and an 18th-century pilgrimage chapel with frescoes added around 1900.
From the popular Burgrestaurant, there are magnificent views of the town, the lake, and the Rhine Valley. A climb southwards along the Ferdinand-Kinz-Weg is also well worthwhile
