Quinten is a hamlet situated on the north shore of the Walensee in Switzerland . It belongs to the municipality of Quarten . As there are no roads leading to Quinten, it is only reachable by boat or on foot.

Quinten consists of two main villages (Quinten and Au) and a large number of weekend houses that can be found throughout the villages. Au is the smaller of the two parts of Quinten and lies about one kilometer to the east of the main village. Quinten is an incredibly steep part of Switzerland and reaches from 419m above sea level (mean level of the Walensee) to 2193m above sea level.