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Zermatt to St Moritz The Glacier
Express
This mythical 290km train journey has been a traveller-
must ever since the birth of winter tourism in the Alps.
Do it any time of year - in one glorious 7½-hour stretch
or as several sweet nuggets interspersed with overnights
in Switzerland's most glamorous Alpine mountain re-
sorts.
Zermatt (
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The looming Matterhorn almost seems to wave farewell as you head off on your great rail-
way adventure from
Zermatt
, the ski and holiday town at its base. From here, the narrow-
gauge railway winds north down the valley to
Visp
and
Brig
. Both are important cross-
roads and have been for centuries.
From here, the train swings northeast along the pretty eastern stretch of the Rhône Valley
through attractive villages such as
Betten
and
Fiesch
.
Bettmeralp (
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Hop off in Betten and catch a cable car up to car-free village
Bettmeralp
, where you can
spend the night and enjoy a beguiling Alpine town that has activities for visitors winter and
summer. From here you can go onwards up to
Bettmerhorn
or
Eggishorn
via cable cars
for a look at the Unesco-listed
Aletsch Glacier
. This ribbon of ice stretches all the way
back 23km to the Jungfrau region.
Back in the valley on the Glacier Express, the train trundles towards the
Furka Pass
(which it circumvents by tunnel) and descends on the new mega ski resort of
Andermatt
.
In winter you can stop here and hit the slopes with their ultra-modern facilities.
Chur (
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