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Valais Sights

The Rhône has carved Valais into a valley the shape of a checkmark, with the town of Martigny at its angle. Beginning with the eastern shores of Lake Geneva, the short leg extends along the Val d'Entremont southward to the Col du Grand St-Bernard. There, in a near ninety-degree turn, the long, eastern leg stretches all the way upriver to the glacier-source, Gletsch. This wide, fertile riverbed is flanked by bluffs and is fed from the north and south by remote, narrow valleys that snake into the mountains. Some of these valleys peter out in desolate Alpine wilderness; some lead to famous landmarks—including that Swiss superstar, the Matterhorn. More »