*** Zermatt has something to appeal to all tastes and ages. From gastronomic adventurers to exploring the quaint, cobbled streets among traditional rustic chalets & old wooden barns - where animals living below once provided central heating for Zermatt's farmers! All - in the very centre of this world famous resort & without the pollution of cars. 
 
Concerts are held in the Catholic Church in the centre of Zermatt as well as up the mountain at the highly luxurious Riflealp Resort Hotel when the Gornergrat train is specially laid on. 
 
Journeys by train or car around the Valais area are full of spectacular views and vistas, particularly spectacular is the Zermatt to St Moritz Glacier Express.  
 
In the Summer, apart from hiking, skiing, tennis, exploring the Alpine lakes & incredible variety of flowers, you can stay in remote mountain huts which have recently become much more comfortable - literally on top of the world! 
 
Thanks to Zermatt’s high altitude and glaciers, the Summer skiing attracts national training teams, though the pistes are of course open to all.  
 
The spectacular tour (with a mountain guide) of the 'Gorge' takes you down a deep ravine, where you spring with fixed ropes from one side to the other - yet always feeling secure! Another adventure, is the 'Klettersteig' where you climb vertical rock faces while securing yourself to fixed pitons - even if you have never climbed before! And if you are lucky, the haunting Swiss horns will serenade you on your return. If this does not appeal, a ten minute train down to Tasch will take you to the Matterhorn Golf Club.  
 
Other winter attractions include: cross-country skiing, ski touring (the official Haute Route goes from Saas Fee to Zermatt to Chamonix), tobogganing, ice climbing, skating, curling & heli-skiing (or heli-sight- seeing) with Air Zermatt's hightly experienced pilots. You can even visit an igloo, & you should not miss the ice schulpture museum at the top of the Klein-Matterhorn.