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SWITZERLAND BY RAIL - REGIONS
The Valais - Rhone Valley
Valais (Wallis)
The Valais – Valley in English and Wallis in German is the part
French and part german speaking region to the east of Lake Geneva, brodering
France and Italy acros the high southern Alps from Europe’s highest
mountain, Mt Blanc, to its most famous and recognizable, the Matterhorn.
The Valais essentially means the watershed for the Rhone River as is
flow between the middle Alps ranges of the Jungfrau and the southern
range. The largest city of the region is the capital, Sion, with Aigle
with its Wine Museum, Martigny, the gateway to the St Bernard Pass and
Mt Blanc, Sierre with its wine trails and Crans Montana, the baths of
Leukerbad, the Stockalper Castle of Brig and high mountain adventures
of Zermatt at the foot of the Matterhorn and Gornergrat.
In summetime, glorious balmly sunlight bathes the valley greenery. Water
gurgles from pond to pond in pine forests and vineyards while cool breezes
drift down from the glaciers. The Alps highest mountain peaks seem to
reach the heavens. The meadows of Crans-Montana and mineral baths of
Leukerbad, and high Alpine hiking trail. The Rhone River flows like a
blue-green ribbon, fed by the tributaries from steep valley gorges. The
river flows past mountain villages of sun-scorched houses, past towns
where ancient history and modern impulses combine, past orchards and
vineyards, until it flows into Lake Geneva. In winter, ski from the highest
platform in the Alps at Glacier Paradise where some powder runs are close
to 4,000 metres above sea level, with
the Matterhorn ever present.. Cross-country ski trails and toboggan runs
down valleys and across the hills. An ice crystal landscape, with snow-bound
woods under brilliant
winter-blue skies dotted by age-blackened wooden houses – ancient
treasures lovingly preserved and still in use. Go from a downhill run
to a steaming thermal bath and end the day with a traditional cheese
Raclette.
Matterhorn Glacier Paradise Tickets