Culture, design & architecture

An underground museum on the church square with rebuilt old houses, a relief map of the climbing routes and the rope that broke on the first ascent in 1865. Usually open in the afternoon; check winter hours.

More than 30 barns, stores and houses in the old quarter, built from the 16th to 18th centuries in larch on stone slabs raised against mice. Some are more than 500 years old.

A cog railway, opened in 1898, climbs almost 1,500 m from the village to 3,089 m, facing the Matterhorn, the Monte Rosa massif and the Gorner Glacier.

Europe’s highest mountain station at 3,883 m, with a viewing platform over 38 four-thousanders and 14 glaciers, a cinema lounge and a Glacier Palace carved 15 m into the ice.

Cabins from Trockener Steg to the Glacier Paradise in about 11 minutes. Crystal Ride cabins have a glass floor that clears after a few minutes; extra ticket.

The high lift link over the glacier from Zermatt to Breuil-Cervinia in Italy, open all year. Weather can close it; carry ID.