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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.
Permanently Closed

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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