Discover Valais & Zermatt - Discover Switzerland: Experience the Best of Switzerland - page 385

Zermatt

Top Sights

Gornergratbahn B1

Matterhorn Museum A4

Activities, Courses & Tours

1 Zermatt Alpin Center A3

Sleeping

2 Chesa Valese B5

3 Hotel Bahnhof C1

Eating

4 Whymper Stube A4

Drinking

5 Vernissage Bar B2

GORNERGRATBAHN
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( www.gornergrat.ch ; Bahnhofplatz 7; adult/child one way Sfr39/19.50; journey time 35 to 45 min; 2 or 3
departures hourly 7am-6pm May & mid-Oct-Nov, 7am-10pm Jun-Sep, every 20 min 7am-5.15pm Dec-Apr)
This splendid cogwheel railway - Europe's highest - climbs through picture-postcard
scenery to Gornergrat (3089m). Tickets allow you to get on and off en route.

MATTERHORN MUSEUM
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| Museum

( www.matterhornmuseum.ch ; Kirchplatz; adult/child Sfr10/5, audioguide Sfr5; 11am-6pm, closed Nov)
This crystalline, state-of-the-art museum provides a fascinating insight into Valaisian vil-
lage life, mountaineering, the dawn of tourism in Zermatt and the lives the Matterhorn has
claimed.