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( 027 957 26 76; Dorfstrasse 61; mains Sfr15-30)
From the village church follow Dorfstrasse
downhill to this snug riverside address bedecked with sheepskins, cow-print curtains and
copper pans. Rösti is the mainstay and comes in various creative guises.
LA FERME $$
( 027 958 15 69; Obere Dorfstrasse 32; mains Sfr20-59)
Dirndl-clad maidens bring traditional
Valaisian specialities to the table at this barn-style restaurant, decked out with hops, cow-
bells and farming implements. Try tender lamb loin cooked in Alpine hay or fresh river
trout.
| Valaisian
Information
Tourist office
( 027 958 18 58;
www.saas-fee.ch
;
Obere Dorfstrasse 2; 8.30am-noon & 2-6pm
Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm Sat, 9am-noon & 3-6pm Sun, shorter hours low & mid-season)
Opposite the post of-
fice and bus station.
Getting There & Away
Buses depart half-hourly from Brig (Sfr18.60, 1¼ hours) and Visp (Sfr16.20, 45 minutes).
You can transfer to/from Zermatt at Stalden Saas.
Saas Fee is car-free; park at the village entrance (Sfr17/12.50 per day winter/summer) and
walk or pay around Sfr23 for an
electric taxi
(
079 220 21 37)
to take you to your hotel.
Aletsch Glacier
As you approach the source of the mighty Rhône and gain altitude, the deep valley nar-
rows and the verdure of pine-clad mountainsides and south-facing vineyards that defines
the west of the canton switches to rugged wilderness. Along the way is a string of bucolic
villages of geranium-bedecked timber chalets and onion-domed churches.
Out of view from the valley floor lies the longest and most voluminous glacier in the
European Alps. The Aletsch Glacier (Aletschgletscher) is a seemingly never-ending,
23km-long swirl of deeply crevassed ice that slices past thundering falls, jagged spires of
rock and pine forest. It stretches from Jungfrau in the Bernese Oberland to a plateau above
the Rhône and is, justly so, a Unesco World Heritage Site.
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