Valais (Wallis)

ABOVE: Hikers ascend a marked path near the Aletsch Glacier in Canton Valais (Wallis), Switzerland.

General Travel Information

Valais Tourism
The canton's official tourist site is a good starting point for your trip planning.

Swiss Cow Fights switzerlandforvisitors.com
There's no Waltz of the Toreadors in Switzerland's Valais region, but bovine battles for the title of 'Queen cow' offer a bloodless, crowd-pleasing alternative to bullfights.

Anzère

Anzère
This modern Swiss resort is best-known for skiing, but it does have summer activities--among them, mountain biking and beach volleyball.

Belalp

Belalp
The Aletsch Glacier is the longest in the Alps, and you can get a taste of it (and other excursions) with local mountaineering and ski guides at the Alpin Center Belalp,

Brig

Brig
You'll pass through here if you travel through the Simplon Pass to Italy or cross Switzerland via the Rhône Valley's main railway line.

Champéry

Champèry Winter Resort Report switzerlandforvisitors.com
A travel article (with Web links) on winter sports in Champèry and the Portes du Soleil.

Crans-Montana

Crans-Montana
Charm is in short supply at this two-headed yuppie resort, but there's plenty of skiing for beginners, intermediates, and X-C fans. In summer, golf and tennis are on the menu.

Grächen-St. Niklaus

Grächen-St. Niklaus
Step off the train before you reach Zermatt, then stay in St. Niklaus or take the postal bus uphill to Grächen. The area has hotels, vacation apartments, 35 restaurants, 40 shops, and a sports center for tourists to enjoy with the locals.  Translate with AltaVista.

Leukerbad

Leukerbad/Loèche-les-Bains switzerlandforvisitors.com
Visit this fashionable resort above the Rhône Valley and take the waters...please.

Lötschental

Lötschental/Lauchenalp
The Lötschental is a beautiful valley between the Rhone River and Lake Thun. You can reach it easily by train from Brig or Bern. Translate with AltaVista.

Saas-Fee

Saas-Fee
The car-free "Pearl of the Alps" attracts serious skiers, snowboarders, hikers, and mountaineers. In summer, events range from a music festival to a visiting circus. (Click "EN" for English-language information.)

Sion

Sion switzerlandforvisitors.com
A 2,000-year-old town in the Rhône Valley has two ancient fortresses and the world's oldest playable organ.

Täsch

Täsch
You'll park your car here and catch the train here if you're headed for Zermatt, but this village of 680 people is a family-friendly resort in its own right.

Val d'Anniviers

Val d'Anniviers
This picturesque valley on the Haute Route Chamonix-Zermatt has mountain pastures, vineyards, and unspoiled resorts for sports enthusiasts and nature buffs. 

GD Hôtel Bella Tola & St-Luc
The first hotel in the Val d'Anniviers opened in 1859. In recent years, the hotel has been restored to its original splendor, and it was "Historical Hotel of the Year" by the International Council on Monuments and Sites.

Val d'Hérens

Grande Dixence Dam switzerlandforvisitors.com
The world's highest concrete dam is also a high-altitude tourist attraction, with a cablecar and a hotel beneath the dam's face. It's located in the Dix Valley, above the Val d'Hérens and the historic Valais town of Sion.

Verbier

Verbier Winter Resort Report switzerlandforvisitors.com
An illustrated article for skiers and snowboarders, with links to tourism and winter-sports sites.

Zermatt

Zermatt switzerlandforvisitors.com
The most famous mountain resort in the Valais can be jammed with tourists and skiers during high season, but there's also good news: Cars and tour buses are required to park far outside of town. (Article includes links to tourism and ski sites.)

Glacier Express switzerlandforvisitors.com
Take an 8-hour journey from Zermatt to St. Moritz, or vice versa--and pay only a nominal reservation fee if you have a Swiss rail pass.

Gornergrat Bahn switzerlandforvisitors.com
Zermatt's GGB takes you to Matterhorn views and mountain hotels.

Matterhorn switzerlandforvisitors.com
If you suffer from acrophobia or can't afford the SF700+ guide fee, enjoy the view from the Gornergrat (see above).

Riffelalp Resort switzerlandforvisitors.com
Nearly 40 years after the legendary Riffelalp Grand Hotel was destroyed by fire, a new and more intimate resort hotel occupies its site on a mountain plateau overlooking the Matterhorn and Zermatt, Switzerland.

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