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garden-facing terraces. The rooms are all named after local Valais vines and wines, and
breakfasts of homemade jam, local cheese and ham are a delight.
Eating & Drinking
Everything happens on plane-tree-flanked Place Centrale, framed with pavement cafes,
bistros and bars.
CAFÉ DU MIDI $
( 027 722 00 03;
www.cafedumidi.ch
; Rue des Marronniers 4; fondue Sfr21-29; noon-11pm Wed-
Mon)
This shabby-chic cafe run by Brigida and Steve across from the church is a great ad-
dress. Guzzle Trappist brews and gorge on as much raclette as you can handle or dip into
one of 10 different fondues.
| Cafe
LA VACHE QUI VOLE $$
( 027 722 38 33; Place Centrale 2b; mains Sfr25-45; 10.30am-1am Mon-Sat)
Martigny's 'Flying
Cow' is a theatrical gallery-style bistro and bar with Boho ambience and cult cow kitsch:
from the angelic bovine beauty suspended from the ceiling to snazzy cowbell lights.
| Gallery, Bistro
Information
Tourist office
(
027 720 49 49;
www.martignytourism.ch
; Ave de la Gare;
9am-6pm Mon-Fri, to
7pm Sat, 10am-12.30pm & 3-5pm Sun)
Getting There & Away
Martigny is on the main train line running from Lausanne (Sfr23, 50 minutes) to Brig
(Sfr25, 55 minutes).
From Martigny the panoramic
Mont Blanc Express
(
027 783 11 43;
www.tmrsa.ch
)
goes
to Chamonix (1½ hours) in France.
Verbier
POP 3000 / ELEV 1500M
Ritzy Verbier is the diamond of the Valaisian Alps: small, stratospherically expensive and
cut at all the right angles to make it sparkle in the eyes of accomplished skiers and piste-
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