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Goms Valley

The upper Rhône valley of sun-darkened larch-wood villages and onion-domed chapels.

Photo: Sjaak Kempe · CC BY 2.0
Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
On the way
Address
Münster-Geschinen, GomsDirections
Getting There
On the train between Brig and Oberwald.

Why Go

Between Brig and the Furka base tunnel, the train runs up a long, gentle valley of meadows and tiny villages like Ernen and Münster, their wooden houses blackened by centuries of sun.

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