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Zermatt Slideshow
Zermatt
Travel Blogs from Zermatt, Switzerland
Great Running day
... totally cool 5 mile run through the Swiss alps. I've ran some pretty cool runs before, but nothing like this. I took off from Zermatt, and ran up. UP, UP, UP. I probably went up 2,000 feet in 2.5 miles, then came back ...
La Suisse Didn't Kill the Electric Car!
The air in Zermatt is clear, dry and clean, because, since 1947, only electric cars without a combustion engine are allowed to operate in the village.--from http://www.zermatt.ch/en/page.cfm/zermatt_matterhorn/destination/zermatt ...
Missing the Matterhorn view
... (Zermatt is a car free town). After checking in at the hotel, we're back to the train station to go to Gornergrat. We had our late lunch at Gornergrat. Back in Zermatt in the evening and we had our dinner at one local restaurant in the Zermatt village. ...
The Matterhorn
The only reason, aside from using the internet to share Christmas with my family, that I visited Zermatt was to see the Matterhorn. Until the day after Christmas, the weather had been very cloudy and would not have done the famous peak justice. To my ...
Matterhorn Trail to Nowhere
Trails abound in the Matterhorn/Zermatt area, but alpine walking can be quite challenging, and our objective for today was to find a trail that highlights the beauty of the area, including the marquee sight – the Matterhorn – that we could ...
Zermatt - Matterhorn
... over the last 14 days, but determined to enjoy this one! After a quick breakfast we were on an early train up to Zermatt. Zermatt is the town closest to the Matterhorn. You cannot drive as the town is car free, relying on electric vehicles for ...
A scenic rail journey to Zermatt
... sun starts to drop so does the temperature. It certainly feels colder today than when we arrived yesterday afternoon. Zermatt is busy with skiers and snowboarders and the Gomergrat train runs frequently taking skiers and tourists to the top. ...
The Alps
... should have mentioned before that the actual point of going to Milan was to go through the Alps and be awed by the views. Zermatt offered almost the same opportunity, except the destination was in the middle of the range instead of beyond it. I ended up ...
Day 2 in Zermatt, recovery
... , here we go. 2 days in Zermatt, we're gonna tear it up. Day 2 was all about shopping. Surprisingly, Zermatt has fantastic shops. Christie got another pair of shoes. Like, pair number 3 or 4, or something. I ...
Skiing
... powder covering the 220 km + of ski runs on both sides of the border in this international resort. I say international because in Zermatt it's possible to ski right over the border into Cervinia, Italty. To do so, you must by the international ski ...
On the Right Track (Switzerland to Czech Republic)
... with her efforts at getting us from France to Zermatt at the base of the Matterhorn Mountain in the heart of the Switzerland Alps. Zermatt is a town frequented primarily by tourists as a starting point for visits to the Alps and it also has something in ...
The Matterhorn
... Zermatt itself is tiny, with only electric taxis. It is much colder than Lauterbrunnen even though it's on the border of Italy. Switzerland is strange. It has no language of its own. In Bern, Lauterbrunnen and Zermatt they speak German but in Montreux ...
Matterhorn
... an extra CHF50 because the train we had to take was private and therefore not covered by our eurail pass. When we got to Zermatt, we noticed a definite change on temperature and we went to find out train up the mountain. The train is called the gornergrat ...
Zermatt
We shall leave Interlaken for Zermatt via Montreux with a picture shop at the most beautiful historical medieval fortress in Switzerland - the Chillon Castle. ...
Welcome to Zermatt!
... , drink beer and play cards. 26/12 - Boxing day was a very quiet, lazy day for us. We just lazed around, read books and did bugger all. Switzerland weather did not disappoint on our last night being -10 degrees when we went for ...
Phantom Matterhorn and Expensive Chocolate!
... to be 100 grams. “How much is that?”, she asked the self-confident clerk (we found a lot of people in Switzerland pretty satisfied with their lot). “Seven francs” she purred, without batting an eye. “That will be ...
Arriving in Zermatt
Hi there - a few days ago we took the train from Lausanne to Zermatt, high in the Swiss alps. The train ride took about 3 hours, and my mum went mental looking at all the rocks and mountains - I thought the view from the train was ok. After we ...
Aí sim! Fomos surpreendidos novamente!
... até a cidade de Zermatt que fica a 1.620 m de altitude. Após a longa viagem de 15 minutos, chegamos até a Estação de Zermatt. A primeira impressão foi muito boa, uma cidade com construções típicas e neve pelos cantos, mas como NÃO era de se ...
First Ski Trip: Matterhorn and Freezing Temps
... to the top. By the time we reached the top of the mountain it was bitter cold (around 0 degrees fairenheit). Normally in Zermatt you can take the gondolas up the Swiss side and ski down the other side of the mountain in Cervina, Italy. ...
2,583 ft.
... , a couple of peaks are in our sights as well as a few flat looking trails. Hmm? I thought the Matterhorn was the highest point in Switzerland so why do I see mountain tops above us? A few minutes and a quick question later we find out that we're not even ...
Zurich to Zermatt
An early start to make sure we got our train on time - normal train to Chur then we joined the Glacier Express to Zermatt - amazing scenery en route! Checked into our hotel - Hotel Butterfly - then wandered down the charming main street - lots of ...
Christmas in Zermatt
... the world white. Thick clumps of snow had fallen on every treetop, roof and rock for as far as the eye could see. Zermatt was beautiful the day before but, waking up to rays of sunlight glinting off fresh white snow was undeniably a stunning Christmas ...
Disneyland? nope.
... view the ENTIRE way. Lake Geneva/Lac Leman is insanely gorgeous, then the trip into the Alps was insanely gorgeous again. Zermatt is like Disneyland or something, very touristy. But it is classic and beautiful. Aren isn't particularly impressed because of ...
Sssnooowboard
... o primeiro trêm que parou. É realmente uma pena que ele estivesse indo pro alto da montanha (Gornergratt) e não para baixo (Zermatt). Depois que percebi a grande façanha, resolvi descer na estação seguinte, Rotenboden. Que sábia decisão, eu ...