Walking Tours in switzerland

Gourmet Goms Valley Walk

*  One of Switzerland’s best-kept secrets: fantastic hotel-to-hotel walking right off the tourist trail; choices everyday

*  Snow-capped peaks, postcard pretty villages, meadows ablaze with colourful wild flowers: orchids, pink peonies, bright yellow gentian

*  Breathtaking 360deg Alpine views: the Eiger, the Eggishorn, mightly Aletsch glacier

*  Welcoming trailside restaurants with panoramic sun terraces for lunch

*  Charming hotels, excellent cuisine, pools at both

This fabulously scenic independent walking holiday explores the undiscovered Goms Valley in Southern Switzerland close to the Italian border. A long-time favourite with Swiss hikers, it’s a region of outstanding natural beauty and, during your week, you will see some spectacular sites: majestic snowy mountains, thundering waterfalls and the Aletsch, Europe’s longest glacier. But there are minor discoveries too which are just as fascinating: Gothic churches, Baroque chapels, beautiful mountain shrines and charming wooden villages bedecked with flowers.

For much of the route, you’ll be following the well-marked paths alongside the infant River Rhone as it gushes between wooden bridges on its way to Lake Geneva – look out for marmots, red starts and golden eagles circling above. On “rest days”, the superb mountain transport system – cable cars, chairlifts and the bright scarlet Matterhorn Gottard Bahn  - means that you can carry on taking in all the “best bits” without too much effort! If you want to explore further afield, the chic resort of Zermatt is only 1hr away.

The places where you’ll be staying are as special as their surrounds and you’ll sample superb gourmet menus every evening. You are sure to enjoy the contrasts between Marko Zeller’s mouth-watering Valais cuisine in Obergesteln with traditional Alpine dishes in Munster rounding off with the artistic creations of expert chef, Peter Gerschwentner, in Blitzingen.

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