Getting Around

Getting Around

An exceptional network of rail and bus service links even the most remote Valais hamlets carved into valley walls and anchored atop tapered passes. Main thoroughfares and highways are easy to navigate, but it takes skill and courage to tackle the twisted and graded (sometimes single-track and without guardrail) roads that spur off them.

Many travelers prefer to cover these distances by train or on one of the bright yellow postal buses, which cover the terrain multiple times a day.

These same comfortable coaches pick you up at designated roadside stops or post offices and are a good option when the hiking trail terminates or your legs are too weary to carry you farther.

Martingy, Sion, and Visp are main rail transfer hubs. Schedules are synchronized so that you step off one transport onto the other by walking from platform to parking lot.

If you must travel by car, check with the destination as resorts like Zermatt and Saas-Fee require that you leave your vehicle in a garage or lot on the outside of town adding parking fees to vacation costs. And guess what? Some hotels reserve space for your car along with your bed.