The most famous holiday resort in Switzerland, Zermatt is located in the canton of Wallis at the foot of a famous mountain - the Matterhorn.

Visitors stroll through the car-free alleys, where Walser wooden houses alternate with modern luxury hotels and everywhere souvenirs are for sale. Magnificent houses surround the market square, and green spaces have been created for recreation between the busy streets. In the local cemetery you can also find the graves of the remarkable mountaineers and below the church a small cemetery was established where all the mountaineers who died in accidents in the Zermatt mountains are remembered.

The Gronergrat-Railway already celebrated its 120th anniversary and has been continuously modernized. A masterpiece of railway construction. From the station Riffelalp at 2,211 meters above sea level, a small train takes guests over a short distance to the hotel of the same name with an overwhelming view. The train stops only briefly at the Rotenboden station at the height of 2,815 meters. What a view of the four-thousanders and the Riffel-Lake, where people pilgrimage to from all over the world to see the Matterhorn from this famous viewpoint with their own eyes. The terminus is at 3,089 meters above sea level and from up here you have a clear view of 28 four-thousand-metre peaks and especially of the Matterhorn.

The highest mountain hotel in Switzerland houses the research station and observatories.

The snow and ice world "Around the Matterhorn" resembles a fairytale land, which man has conquered through technology, but now has to protect through sensible measures.