• Saint Gallen Tourism website

47°25′30″N 9°22′35″E

Map of Saint Gallen

The Old Town of St. Gallen is almost void of traffic and is therefore best enjoyed on foot. The VBSG buses connect to the fringes of the city and run frequently and punctually. Bus tickets can be purchased at major bus stops or on the bus from the onboard vending machine. Standard fare is Fr. 2.50 and is valid for one direction only. Taxis are always waiting at the train station and along the Marktplatz in the old town.

The Trogenerbahn is your connection from St. Gallen to great hiking trails in Speicher and Trogen.

Bike rental is available at the train station, but check the opening hours before planning a trip.

• 47.42289.37641 St. Gallen Stiftsbibliothek (Abbey Library of Saint Gall), Klosterhof 6D, ☏ +41 71 227 34 16, stibi@stibi.ch. 10:00-17:00. In the Abbey of St. Gallen, it is St. Gallen's most famous tourist attraction. The Stiftsbibliothek contains many books dating back from the early Medieval times, and the library is a stunning piece of baroque architecture. The abbey itself is a UNESCO World Heritage site. For Baroque hall & Lapidarium: Fr.12, Concessions Fr. 9. (updated May 2017)

Within the city centre, just a short while from the Stiftsbibliothek, there are several museums:

• Kunstmuseum St. Gallen. (updated Jan 2017)
• Kunst Halle St. Gallen. 
• ^{[dead link]} Point Jaune Museum. 
• Naturmuseum St. Gallen. 
• Textilmuseum. Which displays St. Gallen's rich history as a centre for textile production and design. 

If you are interested in beer, visit St. Gallen's local brewery, Schutzengarten. Schutzengarten also hosts a beer bottle museum and a restaurant next door to the brewery.

On top of the northern hill at Rotmonten there is the Peter und Paul Wildlife park.

On the top of the southern hill there are three little lakes called "die drei Weihern". In the summer you can swim there and you also have a nice view over the city. It is an excellent place to jog or simply spend an afternoon.

At the eastern corner of the city you can find the Botanical Garden which houses over 8000 plants.

In August there is the Inline one-eleven, 111-km Inlining Marathon.

• Museum im Lagerhaus, Davidstrasse 44, ☏ +41 71 223 5857. Museum for naive art and outsider art. 

The best event guide (in German) can be found on the homepage of the cultural magazine Saiten at: http://www.saiten.ch/kalender/index.php

• Football: FC St Gallen play soccer in the Super League, the Swiss top tier. Their home ground is Kybun Park (formerly AFG Arena), capacity 20,000, at Zürcherstrasse 464, 3 km west of city centre. In 2025 it hosts matches in the UEFA Women's Finals.

FC Wil play in Challenger League, the second tier, at Stadion Bergholz (aka Lidl Arena; capacity 6000), in the adjoining city of Wil.

• American football: Helvetic Guards play in the European League of Football at Bergholz / Lidl Arena in Wil.
• Säntis and the Alpstein range are an easy and spectacular day trip from St. Gallen.

The area between the Bahnhof (railway station) and the Old Town is the Marktplatz, the main street of a collection of pedestrian-only streets filled with shops. Within the area, there are numerous shoe stores, tea shops, coffee houses, perfumeries, and mainstream clothes stores like H&M.

While the weather is nice, there are occasionally flea markets set up along the streets of Old Town, just a few streets away from the Abbey. If you happen to be lucky and catch a glimpse of some tents, check them out. There are some surprisingly good deals and treasures.

Nothing can be more St. Gallen than the OLMA bratwurst. You can get a juicy OLMA bratwurst, served with a hard roll, at a number of street stands around Marktplatz and around the entire city.

• Restaurant & Bistro Neubad, Bankgasse 6, ☏ +41 71 222 86 83. closed on weekends. Traditional Swiss restaurant with excellent kitchen and service in the heart of the Old Town. 
• US-MEX, Marktplatz, am Bohl 4, ☏ +41 71 228 8811. A great place for American- and Mexican-style snacks and variety of drinks. 
• Schwarzer Engel, Engelgasse 22, ☏ +41 71 2233575. Excellent cooperatively run restaurant, with organic food. Nice garden in the back. 

St. Gallen has its own brewery that makes at least two beers that are definitely worth a try. These are the "St. Galler Klosterbräu" and the "Schwarzer Bär".

As of June 2022, Saint Gallen has 5G from all Swiss carriers.

• Rorschach 10 km away is on the shores of Lake Constance, with a pleasant promenade and in August an international sand-sculpturing contest. A 40 km hiking route connects Rorschach to Kreuzlingen.
• Vaduz is the sedate capital of Liechtenstein.
• Zürich has an old centre and big city attractions.
• Appenzell to the south is at the heart of the Alpstein mountains, a picturesque area of green pastures, steep wooded valleys, pretty farm buildings and mountain hikes.