15 Best Bars in Valais, Switzerland

A great place for après-ski drinks, this chatty witch-theme bar and pub has a subtle gay vibe. Gespritzer weissers (white-wine spritzers) are a local favorite, but the dark-wood paneling and cozy booths might make you want to sample something from the extensive whiskey menu.

This charming wineshop/wine bar is a great place to sample regional producers. The chummy local go-to houses more than 250 wines, including many lesser-known varieties of Valais wines like Humagne Rouge and Petite Arvine. You can also order Valaisan-style small plates to accompany your pours.

The small but convivial Bar Amadeus, beneath the Olympic Hotel in Montana, is a popular après-ski venue.

The Farm Club is the place to be seen in Verbier—it stays open until 4 in the winter season.

Located in what locals call the "Bermuda Triangle" because of its concentration of nightspots, this is a lively bar where you can enjoy cocktails, including the Matterhorn Mule, made with homemade ginger beer.

The popular club complex has a sunny terrace for après-ski cocktails and live music or DJs nightly for dancing into the wee hours.

The dance floor buzzes at Le Pacha, a popular spot in Crans.

If music, shots, and burgers until 2 am interest you, Monk'is is a hot, primate-theme venue in Crans.

Patrons squeeze into Nesti's, a perennial après-ski favorite.

A younger crowd congregates for drinks at Popcorn Bar. The all-in-one spot features a shop stuffed with übercool snowboard clothes and gear, reasonably priced hotel rooms, and—of course—DJs and dancing.

A double dose of regional song and dance can be had at the Schwyzer Stübli, open only in winter. Be prepared for rowdy sing-alongs and accordion music. It's incidentally also a great place to sample traditional Swiss food.

Hôtel Farinet features a collection of bars and clubs, some with live music, some with cocktails. For the more hard-core partyers, the basement club South is open until 4 in the winter high season.

Across the cobblestones from Mamacita is the Unique Hotel Post, which houses a live music hall, lounge where DJs spin tunes for late-night revelers, disco with a high-energy beat, late-night club, and mellow pub serving chicken wings and burgers.

For one-stop entertainment, eating, and drinking, swing by the cinema, club, or lounge bar at the Vernissage, the brainchild of local artist-architect Heinz Julen.