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Valais

Things to see in Valais

51 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A white chapel with a central arched entrance, two small spires, and a tall adjacent tower stands in a paved town square next to a building labeled "RESTAURANT COLUMBUS" and "DINKELLER", with mountains in the background.

Brig · History & Heritage

Sebastian Chapel

Historic chapel in Brig, Switzerland
AI-generated illustration of Alps Peaks Surrounding Saas-Fee

Saas-Fee · Mountains

Alps Peaks Surrounding Saas-Fee

Car-free village beneath 14 four-thousand-meter peaks
The Täschhorn and the Dom, the highest peak entirely in Switzerland

Saas-Fee · Activities & Adventure

Dom (Mountain/Peaks)

Highest Swiss mountain in the Alps
A Gornergrat railway train below the Matterhorn

Zermatt · Activities & Adventure

Gornergrat Bahn (Gornergrat Railway)

Historic rack railway to 3,100 meters
A low-angle view looking up at a metal mesh suspension footbridge spanning a rocky gorge, with four people walking across it against a clear blue sky.

Raron · Mountains

Jolischlucht (Suspended Footbridge)

25m suspension bridge in the Joli Gorge
A modern beige building with large arched windows and a reddish-brown entrance archway, featuring a signboard in the foreground that reads "Walliser Alpentherme & SPA LEUKERBAD".

Leukerbad · Natural Wonders

Leukerbad Thermal Baths (Leukerbad Therme, Alpentherme, Therme51)

10-pool thermal spa in Leukerbad, Switzerland
A high-altitude alpine landscape featuring a turquoise glacial lake in the foreground and a large, snow-covered glacier descending a rugged mountain face in the background.

Saas-Fee · Activities & Adventure

Fee Glacier

High-altitude glacier in the Swiss Alps
The old wooden houses around the village square of Ernen

Ernen · Historic Towns

Val d'Ernen

Walser village in the Goms region of Valais
Alpine meadows of the Vallon d'Arbi near Verbier

Verbier · Mountains

Vallon d'Arby

5.5km freeride route from 2,550m to 1,720m
A landscape photograph showing the Matterhorn mountain reflected in a calm lake, framed by trees with yellow and green foliage under a blue sky.

Zermatt · Activities & Adventure

Matterhorn

Underground alpine museum in historic Zermatt
A concrete and corten steel monument featuring the text "WHAM! LAST CHRISTMAS" and "Saas-Fee 1984" standing in front of a wooden chalet-style building with outdoor seating.

Saas-Fee · Cultural Experiences

Karaoke Cabin (Wham! 'Last Christmas' Video Location)

Interactive karaoke booth at Saas-Fee village entrance
A large, fortified baroque palace complex with distinctive onion-domed towers, red and white striped shutters, and formal gardens, set against a backdrop of mountains.

Brig · Cultural Experiences

Stockalper Palace

Baroque palace in Brig, Switzerland