If you’re looking for a Michelin Star restaurant in Zermatt, then there’s never been a better time to come as the resort now has five Michelin stars. The Michelin Guide to Switzerland for 2019 confirmed Zermatt as the leading Swiss ski resort for gourmet cuisine as two addition Michelin stars were added to the existing…
Zermatt has won another award – the new 3S Matterhorn Glacier Paradise lift has won the German Innovation Award in ‘Aviation & Maritime Technologies’ category. Regular visitors to our blog will already know plenty about the 3S Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cable car. Our ‘Ultimate Guide’ covers everything you could need to know about the lift,…
Would you like to join the ‘Heroes of the Night’ and take a ride in a piste basher (aka snow groomer)? Zermatt now offers the chance to watch of these heroes close up in one of their state of the art PistenBully snow groomers. 23 drivers for 200km of pistes Every night, the team of…
For 24 hours a day trains shunt in and out of the Zermatt Bahnhof railway station delivering passengers from all over the world to one of the jewels in the Swiss crown. The majority of the passengers that alight here arrive on the shuttle service from Tasch, with others have changed trains in the valley town…
Zermatt’s latest attraction, the ‘Matterhorn Glacier Ride’, opened on 29 September 2018. Find out all you need to know about the new lift here, including: What is the capacity of the lift? What will happen to the old Klein Matterhorn lift? What is a 3S lift? Cable Stats How much did it cost? How does…
If you want to live in the mountains you need to recognise the potential danger from avalanches. In the Matterhorn valley there is a constant danger that needs to be accounted for. In the communities from Stalden to Zermatt there is an avalanche team made up of two local observers who constantly monitor the mountain,…
Skiing didn’t get underway in Zermatt until 1928. By that time Lou Batori was already 16 and trying out wooden skis on the snow and he kept skiing until he was 107! Here are our 7 reasons why Zermatt is the ideal destination for Baby Boomers to take a ski trip: 1. Amazing Skiing 2.…
Zermatt is currently in an existential dilemma as it considers ways to deal with the large marmot population in the resort. Regular visitors to our blog will recall that we wrote about this issue in May 2018, noting how our cuddly friends have moved down from high altitude and into the town itself. “Rodent holes…
This spring the project to improve the famous Kirchbrücke viewpoint of the Matterhorn in Zermatt will continue. New viewing platform Once completed visitors will be able to use a new viewing platform – wider than the existing viewpoint – as well as new passenger elevator. Kirchbrücke is well known as the perfect location to take…
Zermatt Unplugged is one of the Alps’ biggest and best music festivals. The event takes place in and around the town and slopes of Zermatt with music and acts on 14 different stages. Zermatt Unplugged 2019 – 09 April to 13 April This year the party gets started on Tuesday 09 April for four days when…