Valais
Natural beauty Valais has a tale of rags to riches, of changing seasons and celebrities, of an outdoors so fantastic it's always fashionable. Wedged in a remote corner of southern Switzerland, this is where farmers were so poor they didn’t have two francs to rub together a century ago and where luminaries flock today to sip Champagne cocktails in posh Verbier nightclubs.
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- Attraction in ValaisAletsch Glacier
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Attraction in ZermattGornerschlucht - Attraction in ValaisFondation Pierre Gianadda
- Attraction in ValaisFiesch & Eggishorn Cable Car
- Attraction in ValaisFurka Pass
- Attraction in ValaisGrimsel Pass
- Attraction in ValaisMoiry Glacier
- Attraction in ValaisMont Fort Sunrise
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This Swiss canton abounds with icons: soaring peaks, charming valleys, warm and gooey AOP Raclette de Valais cheese and slobbery St Bernard dogs.
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