Excursions in Saas Fee
Swiss half-price travel card
Included in your holiday (worth approx £55).Use the trains, boats, cable-cars etc at half price.
Pre-bookable
• Highlights of the Valais (by coach) (Tues) £41Explore the unspoilt Val d’Anniviers with a visit to Lake Moiry, the charming village of Grimentz and the medieval city of Sion• Zermatt (Thurs) £19Visit the famous ‘Matterhorn Village’.
Bookable locally (via our representative)
• Mittelallalin/Felskinn £16The highest point you can reach in Saas-Fee (3,500m) by cable-car and underground funicular railway, offering fantastic views of the surrounding mountains and an ice grotto (payable locally). • Hannig £6A good place to see chamois - from the top of the gondola, follow the Ecology trail, head for the glacier, or walk back down to the village.• Spielboden £6Excellent views of glaciers and the glacial lake from the top of the cable-car. Walk back to Saas-Fee from here, feeding the tame marmots on the way.• Husky-dog rides £22 Let a team of husky-dogs take you on a thrilling ride around some of the tracks around Saas-Fee, and then have your photo taken with them.• International Alpine Music Festival(approx. 10-13 July) Tickets are from £15. Usually a brass meeting with gala concerts in the evenings and guest musicians from all over the world.• ‘Summer Festival’ (approx. 3-14 August) Tickets are from £10-£32. Classical solos, romantic orchestral works, and chamber music.
Prices quoted are with ½ price card and are for guidance only. Many more excursions are available locally.
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