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The Abbey of Saint Maurice in Valais was built 1500 years ago as a place to honor martyrs. The pilgrimage destination was once the spiritual center of the Burgundy Empire and today houses one of the richest ecclesiastical treasures in Europe.

Along the Fairy Tale Path, the kids hear exciting stories and legends about Saas-Fee and the surrounding mountains.

Four treasure hunt trails around Nendaz make family hikes an exciting adventure. This way of hiking is great fun for children as well.

Discover our classics with a tasting of 3 or 6 vintages. Depending on the season, we'll introduce you to our world, our flavours and our passion.

Wolli Wonderland combines puzzle fun and playground in one and guarantees a fantastic family experience!

The ski pistes at the two car-free villages of Bettmeralp and Riederalp afford unobstructed views of the highest mountains in Switzerland. The Aletsch Arena also enjoys a sun-drenched setting. This area’s most striking downhill run takes you from the Bettmerhorn to the Riederalp.

Sport and wellness can be perfectly combined in Leukerbad – there are slopes for all levels in the Torrent ski area. The most beautiful descent runs from Schwalbennest to Flaschen. Enjoy your après-ski relaxation at one of the many thermal baths in the village.

Immerse yourself in the wild Gorner Gorge. On wooden walkways and galleries you follow the thundering glacier water through 220-million-year-old rock. A natural spectacle just a 15-minute walk from the centre of Zermatt.

The glacier to the west of the Wildstrubel is flat, 200 metres thick in places, and drains mainly towards Lenk in the Bernese Oberland but also into the Rhone Valley in Valais.

As high as it gets: with its 2,429 m a.s.l. (7,969 ft), Furka Pass connects the cantons of Uri and Valais, making it the highest alpine pass on the ‘Grand Tour of Switzerland’. The European watershed between the Mediterranean and North Sea also runs along here. In summer, a ride in the lovingly restored cars of the Furka Cogwheel Steam Railway or a walk to the famous Rhone glacier make for a special visit. As the name implies, the river Rhone – also known as ‘Rotten’ in Wallis – originates from here.

The 25,000 square meter snow park in Aminona has a wide range of offerings and is thus a pleasure for expert freestylers as well as for beginners. The snow park with kickers, boxes, rails and a halfpipe is called La Tsa.

Gletschi is the real hero of the Great Aletsch Glacier as well as being the Aletsch Arena’s mascot. The Gletschi programme offers kids a fun-filled and exciting experience in the snow-covered Aletsch Arena,

In the Valais town of Leukerbad, follow a steel footbridge through the wild Dala Gorge and draw warm thermal water directly from the spring with a rope pull. A suspension bridge leads you to the 35-meter-high waterfall.

The descent from the Eggishorn to the Heimatt combines spectacular views with a varied range of pistes covering wide slopes and short steep sections. The highlight is the valley run to Fiesch.

The fairy grotto near Saint-Maurice takes you 500 meters deep into the mountain. At the end of the illuminated galleries, an underground lake with a 50-meter-high waterfall awaits you. A journey into a mystical underworld in Valais.

Experienced climbers with a head for heights will welcome the opportunity to experience a “rock-climbing adventure” in the Saas Valley – the Via Ferrata Experience.

Safe and secure all the way, you traverse some truly impressive rock formations as you make your way up a total 305-meter climb in around 2 hours to find yourself at the top of the Eggishorn - best vantage point on the grand Aletsch Glacier and end point of the via ferrata.

Get back to childhood ...with shrieks of joy on an exciting ten-minute toboggan run from Rotenboden to Riffelberg in snow-white snow facing the Matterhorn.