Appenzell and St. Gallen are two distinct AlpsDay days in Eastern Switzerland. This note compares village versus city feel — painted Innerrhoden Hauptort versus UNESCO Abbey district — not a winner ranking, and no hike how-to.
Appenzell feel: village centre
Appenzell is the tradition-steeped capital of Appenzell Innerrhoden, between the Alpstein massif and Lake Constance. The day feel is a car-free painted town centre, Landsgemeindeplatz, Museum Appenzell, Appenzeller Schaukäserei, and Appenzell Railways as transport existence. Culinary names such as Appenzeller cheese are existence only. Detail: Appenzell, Appenzell village cheese day.
St. Gallen feel: Abbey city
St. Gallen’s day feel is the city UNESCO Abbey of St Gall (World Heritage list 268, inscribed 1983, criteria (ii)(iv)): cathedral and Abbey Library in the Stiftsbezirk, with optional civic old town after — the WH title is the Abbey, not the oriel streets. Never use list 932. Detail: St. Gallen, St. Gallen Abbey UNESCO day.
Shared region, separate days
Both sit in Eastern Switzerland on the rail network. AlpsDay does not invent same-day Appenzell+St. Gallen minutes. If you want both feels, schedule them as separate days. Tourism may name each around the other as neighbours — extras, not a forced combo clock.