During my parents' visit in August, we set off on a Saturday morning for a weekend trip to Wallis.
The drive itself - over the alpine passes - was quite an experience already, especially when realizing in the middle of the Grimsel pass, that we only had gas for 10 kms (while the GPS was showing the first gas station 16 kms away...) Well, the driver (Zoli) had to slow down (which was quite unusual :-), but at least helped us reach the first gas station...)
As we arrived to Leukerbad (one of the largest thermal spa and wellness resorts in the Alps) we took the cablecar up to the Gemmi pass for a panorama of the valley:
... and to take a walk at 2300m around the mountain lake Daubensee:
To get hungry enough for our Swiss Roesti dinner, we continued with another long walk along the thermal canyon walk path, leading to the Dala gorge of Leukerbad.
It's been a long day, so next morning was time for us to spend a few relaxing hours in the thermal bath before heading towards Val d'Annivier
The valley, with a landscape of Alpine wilderness and sun-blackened houses with rich flower decoration is truly picturesque and definitely worth a visit.
It seemed like a great area for hiking and climbing, panoramic mountain tours or skiing, so we will surely return once to explore the beauties of the valley. However, the time was too short this time and we had to return home. On the way back, we took another route - over the Furka pass, one of the most impressive alpine crossing in Switzerland - just to ensure Zoli doesn't get too bored while driving :-)).
As we reached the Hotel Bélvèdere, our view opened up to the Rhone Glacier and we were soon standing in front of another natural beauty well worth seeing: the Ice Grotto, allowing visitors to take a look inside the glacier. An amazing experience, but also very sad: the ice grotto moves together with the glacier apx 10 cm per day downstream, due to which the cave needs to be cut back in the glacier every year.
You can visit our full albums here:
Alpine Passes
Wallis
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| From Wallis (Leukerbad & Val d'Anniviers) |
The drive itself - over the alpine passes - was quite an experience already, especially when realizing in the middle of the Grimsel pass, that we only had gas for 10 kms (while the GPS was showing the first gas station 16 kms away...) Well, the driver (Zoli) had to slow down (which was quite unusual :-), but at least helped us reach the first gas station...)
As we arrived to Leukerbad (one of the largest thermal spa and wellness resorts in the Alps) we took the cablecar up to the Gemmi pass for a panorama of the valley:
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| From Wallis (Leukerbad & Val d'Anniviers) |
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| From Wallis (Leukerbad & Val d'Anniviers) |
... and to take a walk at 2300m around the mountain lake Daubensee:
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| From Wallis (Leukerbad & Val d'Anniviers) |
To get hungry enough for our Swiss Roesti dinner, we continued with another long walk along the thermal canyon walk path, leading to the Dala gorge of Leukerbad.
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| From Wallis (Leukerbad & Val d'Anniviers) |
It's been a long day, so next morning was time for us to spend a few relaxing hours in the thermal bath before heading towards Val d'Annivier
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| From Wallis (Leukerbad & Val d'Anniviers) |
The valley, with a landscape of Alpine wilderness and sun-blackened houses with rich flower decoration is truly picturesque and definitely worth a visit.
 |
| From Wallis (Leukerbad & Val d'Anniviers) |
It seemed like a great area for hiking and climbing, panoramic mountain tours or skiing, so we will surely return once to explore the beauties of the valley. However, the time was too short this time and we had to return home. On the way back, we took another route - over the Furka pass, one of the most impressive alpine crossing in Switzerland - just to ensure Zoli doesn't get too bored while driving :-)).
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| From Alpine Passes |
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| From Alpine Passes |
As we reached the Hotel Bélvèdere, our view opened up to the Rhone Glacier and we were soon standing in front of another natural beauty well worth seeing: the Ice Grotto, allowing visitors to take a look inside the glacier. An amazing experience, but also very sad: the ice grotto moves together with the glacier apx 10 cm per day downstream, due to which the cave needs to be cut back in the glacier every year.
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| From Alpine Passes |
You can visit our full albums here:
Alpine Passes
Wallis
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