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Valais
About 11 miles away
A car-free glacier village, ringed by 4,000-meter peaks.
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Gornergrat
A cog railway climbing to 3,089 meters, facing the Matterhorn, Monte Rosa and the Gorner Glacier.
- Open
- Every day
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Bahnhofplatz 7, 3920 ZermattDirections
- Getting There
- The station is across the square from Zermatt's main station; the ride takes about 33 minutes.
Why Go
Opened in 1898, the railway was the first electric cog railway in Switzerland. From the summit station the view takes in 29 peaks over 4,000 meters and the second-largest glacier in the Alps. Many walk down to the Riffelsee for the reflected Matterhorn.
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