Zermatt

Best travel reports from Zermatt

Zermatt & Gornergrat

03.09.22 We take one of the many trains to Visp (7 minutes ride) and travel very comfortably in second class. All trains are clean, have toilets (also clean) and are super...

High Alpine on the Platthorn

Now Zermatt, another tourist hotspot. And even though I have become somewhat used to the Swiss price level by now, Zermatt takes it to another level - a day's use of the...

Resurrection on Gornergrat

After two days break I had enough. The weather forecast was developing excellently - a stable high pressure system was spreading across the entire Valais. So I absolutely had to...

Purification and idleness

So it was time for a break. Overnight, my hand had swelled even more, and simple things like washing my hands were no longer possible. I was seriously worried that I might have...

Switzerland Valais 2015

My son now lives in Valais - the canton that is home to over 40 four-thousanders. Naters Simplon I travel by train because from home to Naters it's already almost 8 hours by...