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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Zermatt

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

Updated March 7, 2014

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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.
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Zermatt, Switzerland

Evolver

Spiral alpine structure provides an alternative experience of viewing the Matterhorn.
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Saas-Almagell, Switzerland

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
Part of the village's ruins

La Magdeleine, Italy

Villaggio dei Salassi

These ruins on Mont Tantané dates back to the Iron Age, but there is limited evidence for why a village was built so far from water or other resources.
15 miles from Zermatt
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