Access and Transportation
Zermatt is in Southern Switzerland and easily accessible from Western, Notrhern or Southern Europe. It is within a few hours of airports in Geneva, Zurich and Milano in Italy.
The train will take you all the way to the village on the Glacier Express, which takes you on a 90 minutes long, steep and beutiful journey. International rail connection link up at Brig.
Information about railway connections
With car you can get as far as to Täsch (about 5 km/3 miles from Zermatt), where you have to park your car in one of many parkingspaces. From Täsch you either take the train or a shuffle taxi the last bit.
If the normal transport facilities doesn`t function, there is always the well equipped Air Zermatt with transportation helicopters.
Transportation in Zermatt
Since Zermatt is car-free there are some alternative transportation:
Zermatt map
Skiing
There are 3 solardriven buses in constant rotation. They leave every 15 minutes approximately from the station and takes you to the main places and to the three different ski-systems.
The fare is:
- Adults - 2. Sfr
- Children - 1. Sfr
A special skipass can be bought to include the bustransportation.
There are many small electrotaxis in traffic.
- Imboden - (28) 67 15 67
- Julen - 67 16 03
- Jumbo - 67 22 44
- Quick - 67 33 00
- Schaller - 67 12 12
Children until 12 years are free of charge if attended by an adults. Skiers get a special rate when going to or coming from the lifts.
Nigth fares and extra charge for luggage is 50 %.
The horse-taxi works the same way as the electrotaxi but you can also take longer trips up the mountain.
Excursions to Furi max 4 persons
- Zermatt-Furi - 100. Sfr
- 1 h. stop - 120. Sfr
- Each extra 1/2 h. - 30. Sfr
Night fare is extra 50 % and luggage extra charge is per suitcase - 1. Sfr, 2 bags - 1. Sfr.
(se also "Skiing")
There are 73 lifts in Zermatt (including Cervinia).
- 1 rack railway with 18 railcars; Gornegrat
- 1 underground express railway; Sunegga
- 17 arial cableways
- 6 gondola skilifts
- 14 chairlifts
- 34 skilifts
Total length of mountain railways and skilifts in Zermatt: 24 km /39 miles
Air Zermatt offers helicopter rides around the Matterhorn.
- 20 minutes flight to the Theodul glacier.
Price 160. Sfr /pers (min 4 pers)
- Direct flight to Theodul glacier (Testa Grigia)
Price 130. Sfr /pers (min 4 pers)
- Direct flight to Unterrothorn
Price 90. Sfr /per (min 3 pers)
Heliskiing
For heliskiing it is necessary to have a mountain guide. By helicopter you can reach very high peaks which gives you fantastic and long skiing.
Some of the Destinations:
- Monte Rosa 4250m - 310. Sfr
- Alphubeljoch 3782m - 430. Sfr
- Plateau Rosa 3479m - 290. Sfr
- Unter Rothorn 3103m - 420. Sfr
- Combined flights via Äschihorn (2 runs).
Helicopter flight and mountain guide included.
As Zermatt is a car-free resort, cars must be parked in Täsch. The following parking facilities are at disposal of drivers:
Parking garages with totally 1300 places
- City - (28) 67 36 06
- Christophe - 67 35 35
- Eden - 67 33 00
- Elite - 67 12 26
- Fredy (nights) - 67 33 66
- Schaller - 67 12 12
- Täscherhof - 67 18 18
Tariff: 6. - 9. Sfr per day.
Reservation is possible.
Open air parks:
The above car parks charge - 3. Sfr per day
- Car Park Täsch railway station:
1800 places - 67 12 14
Tariff 4.50 Sfr per day
A free carpark exist in Visp, where you take the train to Zermatt (ca 80 min):
- Information and reservation (28) 23 13 33
Transfer to Zermatt
By train ever 20 minutes:
The first train leaves at 6.19 and the last 23.35 from Täsch.
The first train leaves at 6.00 and the last 23.10 from Zermatt.
Tariff - 6.20 Sfr (one way)
By taxi:
Taxi could be provided by parking garages
Tariff
- 25. Sfr (1 to 3 pers)
- 7. Sfr/ pers (min 4 pers)
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Tobias Tornqvist, SnoWeb. Last updated 25/1 1996