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Valais

Things to see in Valais

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

AI-generated illustration of Bietschtal Bridge Adventure Course

Raron · Guided Tours

Bietschtal Bridge Adventure Course

Guided via ferrata through the Bietsch valley
The wooden walkway through the Gorner Gorge near Zermatt

Zermatt · Activities & Adventure

Gorner Gorge (Gorner Gorge / Geologischer Pfad)

1887 wooden walkways through 220-million-year-old rock
The revolving restaurant at Mittelallalin, top station of the Metro Alpin

Saas-Fee · Activities & Adventure

Metro Alpin Funicular

World's highest underground railway in Saas-Fee
A high-angle view of a dense alpine village with traditional chalet-style architecture, surrounded by green slopes and a large mountain face in the background.

Saas-Fee · Natural Wonders

Saas-Fee Village (Car-free Hamlet)

Car-free alpine village in the Swiss Alps
A paved path runs alongside a wooden fence bordering a calm alpine lake, with a blue signpost displaying German and French prohibitions against throwing trash and fishing, set against a grassy, snow-patched hillside.

Fiesch · Activities & Adventure

Märjelen Reservoir

Periglacial lake in the Swiss Alps
A panoramic aerial view of a valley in the Swiss Alps showing a large thermal spa complex with outdoor pools on the left, a campground, and a highway running through the center.

Brig · Natural Wonders

Brigerbad

Switzerland's largest open-air thermal bath
AI-generated illustration of Gletscherstube

Binn · Natural Wonders

Gletscherstube

Glacier cave in Binn, Switzerland
Old wooden larch barns and houses lining a lane in Zermatt's Hinterdorf

Zermatt · Historic Districts

Hinterdorf (Stadel) / Culture Trail (Kulturweg)

16th-century stilted barns in historic Zermatt
A high-altitude alpine lake surrounded by steep, rocky mountain slopes with patches of snow and green vegetation, reflecting the peaks in the calm water.

Verbier · Activities & Adventure

Lake Louvie

Alpine lake in Val de Bagnes
A snowy mountain valley scene showing a cluster of chalet-style buildings and a road winding through the snow, with forested slopes and peaks in the background.

Leukerbad · Mountains

Skiing And Snowboarding Areas (Torrentalp, Rinerhütte)

55km of slopes in high-altitude Swiss Alps
Tellenhaus in Ernen

Ernen · Cultural Experiences

Tellenhaus

Historic heritage house in Ernen, Switzerland
An exterior view of a weathered stone church wall with a tall arched window, a stone path, and a small memorial plot with a white headstone and cross in the foreground, set against a mountainous backdrop.

Raron · Cultural Experiences

Tomb Of Poet Rainer Maria Rilke

Rilke's tomb in St. Romanus Church, Raron