Begin and end of tour: Les Plans-sur-Bex
Access starting point: From Bex by postal bus
Hiking time: 4 h
Physical fitness: medium difficulty
Difficulty: medium difficulty
Difference in elevation: 500 m
Culmination point: 1610 m
Season: May - October
Gastronomy: Pont-de-Nant, Les-Plans-sur-Bex
Literature: Hiking map SAW Saint Maurice 1:50,000

The alpine garden "Thomasia" lies right behind Pont-de-Nant. The garden was planted by the Thomas family in 1891. You will hike along the Avançon, subsequently ascending to a wooden bridge. After the narrow path leading through the underbrush, the next highlight awaits you: the «Trou à l'Ours» or bear's lair. Here you must be sure of foot. The trail then leads back down to Les Plans-sur-Bex via Cinglo.

Other attraction: The salt mines of Bex
Fascinating guided tour through the salt mine Le Bouillet in Bex (Waadtland region). The tour through this enormous subterranean labyrinth reveals the spectacular and peculiar aspects of excavation and mining techniques that have been in use since 1684, when the first tunnel was built. The same mining techniques are still used today.