Flims

Flims lies along the upper Rhine valley, on a high terrace beneath the Flimserstein cliffs in terrain reshaped by the prehistoric Flims Rockslide. Its debris helped form the nearby Rhine Gorge, known in Romansh as Ruinaulta, where the river cuts through pale rock walls and forested slopes. Lake Cauma is another local landmark, set among woodland above the gorge. Flims stands close to the Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona, a UNESCO World Heritage landscape recording the forces that built the Alps. The town grew as an Alpine resort in the late 19th century; the historic Waldhaus Flims, opened in 1877, remains a defining local institution. See how Flims fits into Graubünden's wider mountain region by browsing webcams nearby.

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