Village walk Zermatt

In the old village part, right next to the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, there are around 30 antique buildings that are witnesses to the traditional Walser architecture. The barns and granaries, partly up to 500 years old, breathe history and show how the mountain farmers of Zermatt used to live. The old village part is located on the village map in grid E8. Those interested in the former lifestyle of the Zermatt inhabitants visit the Matterhorn Museum - Zermatlantis.

Impressive hotel worlds
Zermatt also means well over 100 hotels and numerous chalets, some very old, some very modern. Zermatt has no large hotel blocks and no flat roofs. Special attention is given to the Hotel Monte Rosa (first hotel in Zermatt), the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof, and the Hotel Mont Cervin Palace. All three hotels have publicly accessible bars inside where you can experience charm, tradition, and hospitality of the Zermatt hoteliers. Grids E & F and 8 & 9.

The Bahnhofstrasse is Zermatt's promenade, with bars, restaurants, shops, souvenir shops as well as bakeries and patisseries. Those who look from the church steps of St. Mauritius Church or the church bridge towards the southwest see the Matterhorn rising mightily and majestically into the sky, sometimes with a cloud flag depending on the weather.

Car-free Zermatt
Zermatt has been car-free since 1961. This means strolling is relaxing; horse-drawn carriages travel along Bahnhofstrasse. And in midsummer, a herd of about 100 black-necked goats populate Bahnhofstrasse, usually around 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. The goats are the secret shooting stars of the Matterhorn village.

Light display in the mountain sky
Those who take the time early in the morning to see the sunrise at the Matterhorn witness a unique light spectacle. The Matterhorn is illuminated from the peak by the first sunbeams, which slowly descend the Matterhorn east face with the awakening day.

• Promenade Bahnhofstrasse
• Photo point: Kirchplatz (church steps, old wooden residential houses with the Matterhorn in the background)
• Photo point church bridge: Matterhorn alone and mighty on the horizon
• Old village part
• English Church
• Mountaineers' cemetery
• Mountain guides memorial
• Matterhorn Museum - Zermatlantis
• July/August: Goats drive - about 50 black-necked goats walk through Bahnhofstrasse around 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• July/August: Zermatt folklore summer with music (alphorn, Schwyzerörgeli) at various places in the village center