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Andermatt
A mountain village at the center of the Swiss Alps, where the old pass roads meet.
- Open
- Year-round
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Andermatt station, 6490 AndermattDirections
- Getting There
- A stop on the Glacier Express, and 30 minutes by train from Göschenen on the Gotthard line.
Why Go
At 1,437 meters, Andermatt sits in a high valley where the routes over the Gotthard, Furka and Oberalp passes cross. Its old wooden houses and baroque church stand beside new hotels, and in summer the passes nearby make some of the grandest drives in the Alps.
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