Murten, what to see and do in the most beautiful town in Switzerland

After a visit to the very beautiful city of Freiburg, located between Bern and Lausanne, in Switzerland, if you are looking for a nice village where to go, I advise you to visit the medieval village of Murten.

Imagine a walled town, with 800 years of history, on the shores of the lake with the same name.

This is the scenery of Murten, which is advertised as the most beautiful town in switzerland.

Curiosities from the history of Murten

Murten It is a town that was born at the beginning of the 11th century, and its location is in the area that limits the use of the German and French languages.

Hence Murten It is its name in German and Morat It's in French.

Of course, I will tell you that the Swiss German language is very different from the German you can hear in Germany; It's almost another language.

And Swiss French is more similar to the original French, although with a characteristic accent.

What to see and do when visiting Murten

With about 3.000 inhabitants, when you get to Murten Your visit will focus on two parts of this very nice swiss town.

Walk along the medieval wall 

On the one hand, a tour of its history medieval wall, which maintains its original configuration of 1481 in almost perfect condition.

You will do the route under a wooden cover that joins the twelve towers that occur along the wall.

Contrary to what is usual, the most interesting view is towards the interior of the wall, enjoying the characteristic roofs of houses in Murten, which make up a peculiar and beautiful landscape.

To climb the wall You may pass by the church that is currently of the German Protestant religion, but was once Catholic.

Baroque houses in the center of Murten

The other part of your visit will be a walk through the beautiful main street of Murten.

It is a street that maintains the charm of its baroque houses from the 15th and 16th centuries, with decorated facades under which run some arcaded galleries.

The abundance of flowers will give more splendor to the charming scene of Murten, dream town.

Photos of Murten

As a preview to the chronicle of the visit, here is a gallery of photos by Murten / Murat, beautiful town that you can visit in the Freiburg region.

Map: where it is and how to get to Murten

Murten It is 20 minutes away north of the Swiss city of Friborg and an hour and a half south of Zurich.