Second only to the Matterhorn itself, the Gornergrat railway is one of Zermatt’s icons. It links the centre of the village at just over 1600 m, directly to the summit of the Gornergrat at more than 3000 m making it the second highest railway in Europe after the Jungfrau train in the Bernese Oberland. …
Despite the linguistic and cultural diversity to be found across Switzerland, there is something that never changes, whether you find yourself in Zurich, Geneva or even Lugano, and that’s the coffee. Consistently good coffee Across the confederation, the quality and, to a great extent, the presentation of a cup of coffee is reliably consistent. Unlike…
How do you say “Luxury Zermatt chalet” in the local lingo! Multilingual canton and country Ever thought it strange how in Zermatt, they speak German (sort of…), whilst just along the Rhone Valley in Sierre, they speak French? And both places are not only in the same country but also in the same canton.…
We don’t have a cuckoo clock in our luxury chalet in Zermatt! Originally from Southern Germany Often regarded as quintessentially Swiss, the origins of the cuckoo clock are to be found in southern Germany and in particular, the Black Forest where the basic concept of a time piece with an automaton bird calling the hours…
Amongst Switzerland’s most well known exports is its chocolate and in particular, the ubiquitous Toblerone bar with its Matterhorn mountain shaped triangles cleverly presented in a prismatic packaging. 2023 Update Invented in 1908 This most iconic of Swiss confectionary was first conceived in 1908 by Theodor Tobler and his cousin, Emil Baumann who incidentally, is…
A charming bilingual Franco-American couple will have the pleasure of looking after our guests in Chalet Ulysse this winter. Erica Thomas – born and raised in Colorado in the heart of the RockyMountains but of French descent, Erica may have skiing in her blood but most of her professional life has been in high-end customer…
The stars will shine brightly and seem close enough to touch in the festival sky of Zermatt Unplugged from the 14th – 18th April 2015. This year with James Blunt, Anastacia, Travis, Patricia Kaas Officiel, Melissa Etheridge and many others. http://bit.ly/unplugged-lineup-15
National Geographic Traveler Best Trips 2015 presents 20 “must-see places” all over the world. Zermatt Matterhorn is the only Swiss destination to have made it on the top-20 list. http://bit.ly/nat-geographic