jbritchford
June 18, 2008 at 12:57 pm

Verbier, Switzerland

Hello all,

I’m going on holiday to this little slice of the Alps at the end of the month, and wondered if anyone else here has ever been there and can suggest anything good to do in the area, tell me what it’s like etc?

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By: jbritchford - 20th June 2008 at 14:15

Thanks very much, guys.

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By: gremlin36 - 20th June 2008 at 02:00

was there last september also arrola evelyn zermat done the bishorn 14.000ft there are plenty of tourist information centers with free maps and things to do brilliant place mountains are awsome so is their thunder and lighting spectacular is an under statement

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By: richb - 18th June 2008 at 14:00

Hi – Have not been to Verbier but done a bit of touring around Switzerland. We stayed in Evolene (a couple of valleys up from Verbier) which was about 30 mins drive from Sion.

Sion is worth a trip for a bit of Swiss airforce action. Its also a nice town.

The whole area is very beautiful – lots of walks – in Evolene you could drive to the foot of a glacier – and the colour of the lakes/rivers is just amazing.

Montreux IIRC is about 1.5 hours from Sion – along the flat bit betwen the mountains! Montreux has a ‘Nice’ – south of france sort of feel to it – check out Freddy Mercury looking over Lake Geneva!

We also caught a train through the mountain (like a MK1 channel tunnel) to Interlaken – and you can’t get more Swiss than Interlaken!

Also if you can get to Zurich you must visit the Dubendorf – the Swiss Airforce museum (treat yourself to a Ju air flight on a Ju52). Luzern is also a very beautiful city – and a fabulous museum there with a Coronado!

enjoy!