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Although Zermatt’s most famous peak is the Matterhorn, the Breithorn is the first of the local ‘four-thousanders’ you see when approaching the village from the valley. The ‘wide mountain’ The Breithorn, which aptly translates as “wide mountain”, can be seen from as far away as Mattsand, some 16 km below Zermatt, from where it appears as…
After a lovely walk up to Riffelalp, along the Naturweg, down to Gant and then to Findeln for lunch at the Findlerhof with spectacular views. Photo by Suzanne Mannix of Matterhorn Chalets
It’s amazing that what was under a pile of snow in the winter magically transforms into beautifully organised and productive vegetable gardens in the most unexpected places around the village of Zermatt. Photos by Suzanne Mannix of Matterhorn Chalets
Ricola sweets are a uniquely Swiss confectionary which extraordinarily, has nothing to do with chocolate, and whilst they are made in Switzerland, they are widely available in some 50 other countries. Loved by celebrities The Swiss sweets are loved by celebrities – particularly singers – for their throat-soothing properties. Their official website includes Bruno Mars,…
These photos show the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise cable car in action on Sunday afternoon, leaving Trocknersteg to go up to the top of the Klein Matterhorn which, at 3883m, is the highest cable car station in the Alps. Photos by Suzanne Mannix from Matterhorn Chalets
Suzanne from Matterhorn Chalets walked up to the Gandegghütte with Poppy today to meet Ed for lunch. There were fantastic views of the Theodul glacier from the balcony.
The latest ‘Photo of the Day’ from the Matterhorn Chalets team is the great pic of the Matterhorn Express gondola. This was taken near where it passes close to one of our favourite lunch spots at Blatten.
It’s summertime out in Zermatt right now and we’ve been touring the valley to bring you some of the best photos of this wonderful Swiss resort. This is Riffelalp station on the Gornergrat railway, photographed by Ed from Matterhorn Chalets last week. The peak in the background is the Zinalrothorn (4221m).
Whilst this year sees the 150th anniversary of the conquest of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper, the canton of Valais – or Wallis as they call it in Zermatt – celebrates its bicentenary as a full member of the Swiss Confederation. What did the Romans do? For the last 2000 years, the upper Rhone valley has had an interesting…
It was at 5.30 in the morning on Thursday 13th July 1865 that Edward Whymper and seven others set out from the Monte Rosa hotel in Zermatt on what was to be one of the most significant adventures in mountaineering history: the conquest of the Matterhorn. During the previous four years the young London-born artist…