Schiers’ territory stretches south to the Austrian border at the Drusenfluh in the Rätikon mountain chain. To the north-western side of the valley of the Landquart river, the heavily forested Landquartberg forms a boundary with the village.

The lime faces of the Drusenfluh, Sulzfluh and Kirchlispitzen are a mountaineering paradise. Hikers and mountain bikers are spoilt for choice too, for instance by the ascent to the mountain village of Schuders or to Stels with its panorama scenery. There are excellent thermal conditions for delta pilots and paragliders on the southern flank of the Stelserberg and the Sassauna. Winter activities focus on cross-country skiing, ski touring, ice skating and sledging. The ski regions of Grüsch-Danusa, Klosters and Davos can be easily reached.

Schiers is home to a famous Protestant college with boarding school. Worth seeing is the reformed church of St. Johann, built in the late-Gothic style in 1522.

On the way from Schiers to Schuders is the Salginatobelbrücke (bridge), built in 1930. It traverses the Salgina gorge at over 90 metres height in an elegant arch. Built by the Bernese engineer Robert Maillart (1872 – 1940) it is considered a pioneer feat of steel-concrete construction and was proclaimed a world monument in 1991 by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Almost ten years later, the British magazine «Bridge – design & engineering» awarded the Salginatobelbrücke the accolade of most beautiful bridge of the century.

A jewel in the crown of bridge construction, the Maillart design was chosen because it was the most inexpensive option at the time. It can be visited by way of a one-lane mountain byroad or on foot via a historic circuit path starting at the village centre. The observation platform lies on an exposed rock spur and reveals a uniquely spectacular view of the bridge.