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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Zermatt

3 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Zermatt, Switzerland

Updated November 9, 2023

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Solvay Hut

Zermatt, Switzerland

Solvay Hut

One of the highest emergency huts in the world has been waiting almost a century to give imperiled climbers a place to lie down.
Grave of the Unknown Climber

Zermatt, Switzerland

Mountaineers' Cemetery

This Swiss cemetery is reserved for people who died in climbing accidents.
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Zermatt, Switzerland

Evolver

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.
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Tower 5 of Felskinn Aerial Tramway

The only tower of an aerial tramway standing over a ski-lift.
8 miles from Zermatt
Hotel Everland in Leipzig

Saas Fee, Switzerland

Hotel Everland

Explore the subjective dream of a hotel.
10 miles from Zermatt
Goats of Cingino Dam

Noasca, Italy

Goats of the Cingino Dam

This Italian dam is covered in salt-hungry goats who manage to scale its almost vertical face.
13 miles from Zermatt
The lonesome Chapel of Gilliarey

Torgnon, Italy

Gilliarey

High in the Italian Alps, a lonely chapel with a striking view of the Matterhorn.
14 miles from Zermatt
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