Anzère
Introdução
Anzère encontra-se em uma encosta ensolarada a 1500m acima do vale do Ródano e a apenas 15 quilômetros de Sitten, a capital do cantão. Surgiu como centro de esportes de inverno em 1960. Porém, com seu panorama deslumbrante sobre o vale do Ródano e os Alpes de Valais, Anzère também é uma região surpreendente para se caminhar no verão, com passeios atraentes ao longo dos canais históricos de irrigação conhecidos como suonen.
The resort is part of the central Valais community of Ayent at the foot of the Wildhorn massif. It nestles amidst larch and pine forests and enjoys an almost Mediterranean micro-climate.
Before 1960 Anzère was simply a collection of five small chalets. Thanks to its favoured location, Anzère quickly grew to become a modern but compact holiday village. The surrounding countryside is dotted with alpine huts, usually built in stone or timber toasted a rich brown by the sun.
Because the Ayent-Anzère occupies such a sunny location and has one of the driest climates in Switzerland, farmers in the region have constructed a network of suonen, the irrigation channels ('Bisses’ in French) so typical of the Valais. Three main suonen, 70 km in length, traverse the community. The first suonen date from the middle of the 15th century, and there is an interesting little suonen museum in Anzère.
