Notice to people who can be lulled by the magic of Christmas: "Come and marvel at the Christmas festivities in Grimentz the 12th and the 13th of December 2009"! Culinary Discoveries, Christmas market with quality items, concerts, activities for children and visit Santa Claus will await you throughout the weekend ...
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Grimentz – a picture-postcard village reflecting the romantic side of the Val d'Anniviers with its typical sun-browned grain stores and balconies ablaze with fiery-red geraniums.
Notice to people who can be lulled by the magic of Christmas: "Come and marvel at the Christmas festivities in Grimentz the 12th and the 13th of December 2009"! Culinary Discoveries, Christmas market with quality items, concerts, activities for children and visit Santa Claus will await you throughout the weekend ...
Grimentz lies at 1570 m, where the Corne de Sorebois (2896 m) divides the Val d'Anniviers (Eifischtal) into the Zinal Valley and the Moiry Valley. The traditional chalet-style hotels blend harmoniously with ancient village buildings, interspersed with numerous grain stores and barns. Grimentz lays great store by its traditions. Since 1930, residents have been decorating their houses year after year with a colourful profusion of geraniums – a magnificent, frequently photographed spectacle for visitors from all over the world.
Typical Valais products are on sale every Friday at the large market in the old village square. The 15th century Burgher’s House is the centre of Grimentz village life. You will also find cellars where glacier wine matures in ancient oak barrels. These casks containing the ‘Vin des Glaciers’ are continuously topped up, so they never become empty. The oldest wine is 125 years old. There are about 100 cellars in Grimentz where barrels of glacier wine are stored.
Typical Valais products are on sale every Friday at the large market in the old village square. The 15th century Burgher’s House is the centre of Grimentz village life. You will also find cellars where glacier wine matures in ancient oak barrels. These casks containing the ‘Vin des Glaciers’ are continuously topped up, so they never become empty. The oldest wine is 125 years old. There are about 100 cellars in Grimentz where barrels of glacier wine are stored.
Summer
Discover the rich variety of fauna and flora on a walk to the Moiry Reservoir. The Moiry Glacier with its Glacier Falls is one of the most spectacular in the Alps. Grimentz and the neighbouring village of St. Jean boast more than 100 km of signed mountain bike routes, ranging from an easy beginners’ stretch to the Grand Raid Cristalp race course. Adrenalin junkies can put their courage to the test by canyoning in the breath-taking gorges of the Gougra from Moiry to Grimentz, or bungy-jumping further down in the valley.
Winter
The Grimentz ski slopes above Bendolla stretch along the Becs de Bosson up to an altitude of almost 3000 metres, affording stunning views over the Val d'Anniviers and Rhone Valley. Other attractions include a fun park, tours, cross-country ski trails, a toboggan run and winter hiking trails.
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Highlights
- Grimentz townscape: an harmonious ensemble of ancient grain stores, barns and new chalet hotels.
- Bendolla: a mountain railway followed by a short walk (20 minutes) in fresh morning air will take you up to the Marais Alp, where cheese is made and a brunch of alpine produce served.
- Barrage de Moiry: 148-metre-high dam built in 1958, where brave bungy jumpers hurl themselves into the depths.
- Moiry Glacier: with its spectacular glacier tongue. There is a magnificent view of the glacier from the Cabane de Moiry, a hut belonging to the Swiss Alpine Club.