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Valais & Zermatt
Valais landscapes leave you dumbstruck: from the unfathomable Matterhorn (4478m) to
the Rhône valley's tapestry of vineyards and shimmering 23km Aletsch Glacier. With such
backdrops, how can any hike, bike or ski tour be anything but great?
The Valais tale is of rags to riches, of changing seasons and celebrities, of an outdoors so
wonderful it never goes out of fashion. Wedged in a remote corner of southern Switzerland,
this is where farmers were so poor they didn't have two francs to rub together a century
ago, where today luminaries sip Sfr10,000 champagne cocktails in the posh winter play-
ground of Verbier.
As earthy as a vintner's boots in September and as clean as the aesthetic in Zermatt's
lounge bars, this canton can be fickle. The west speaks French, the east German, united in
matters of cantonal pride by fine wine and glorious cheese.
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