Davos Walking Tour: Rathaus, Giacometti Window & Alpine Views

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Duration2h

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LanguagesEN · DE +2

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Walk Davos from the 16th-Century Rathaus to Mountain Views

You walk through Davos's civic and cultural heart—starting at the 16th-century Rathaus, visiting the Reformierte Kirche St. Johann with its Giacometti window, then strolling the Davoser Promenade and Bahnhofstrasse shopping streets. A private guide leads you at a comfortable pace, with alpine views framing every section. The tour takes a few hours and includes no entry fees or additional costs beyond the guide.

Step-by-step itinerary

Explore Davos landmarks and shopping

Start at historic Rathaus Davos
Visit Reformierte Kirche St. Johann
Walk along Davoser Promenade
Stroll through Bahnhofstrasse shops
Enjoy alpine views around town

The Experience

You arrive in Davos expecting ski slopes and winter crowds, but the town reveals itself differently on foot—quieter, layered with centuries, ringed by peaks that don't need a season to matter. This walking tour starts at the Rathaus, a 16th-century civic building that still hosts weddings and official functions, and moves through the town in a way that makes sense: not a checklist, but a route that shows how Davos actually works. The guide walks you through the streets locals use, not just the ones postcards favor.

The Reformierte Kirche St. Johann is the visual anchor—a church that grew over time, with a smaller tower from the 13th century and a taller one added in the 15th, so you're looking at layers of decision and rebuilding. Inside is the Giacometti window, a modern artistic intervention in a medieval structure, which sounds like it shouldn't work but does. After that, you move onto the Davoser Promenade, the main street that runs through town, lined with cafés and shops and the kind of casual energy that comes from locals actually being there, not just tourists. The Alps frame everything—you don't have to work to notice them, they're just there, constant.

Bahnhofstrasse branches off from the Promenade and has a different feel: more refined, quieter, full of boutiques and specialty shops where you can find Swiss products that feel specific to the place rather than generic. The walk doesn't rush you through any of it. You're on foot, moving at a pace that lets you actually see the buildings, the shop windows, the way the light hits the mountains. It's a private guided tour, so the rhythm is yours—you can pause, ask about something, or just stand and look. The whole experience is built around the idea that Davos is worth understanding as a town, not just as a backdrop.

What’s included

Your tour includes a private guide leading you through Davos's main landmarks and streets—the Rathaus, Reformierte Kirche St.
Johann, Davoser Promenade, and Bahnhofstrasse—at a pace you control.
Alpine views are present throughout the walk.
Entry fees to buildings, meals, and shopping are separate.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for heart conditions

Operated by BlackBuck Travels

Is this one for you?This tour works well if you want to understand Davos as a town rather than just pass through it, and prefer a guide who knows the local history and can adjust the pace to what interests you. A private guide means you're not moving with a group schedule.