Zermatt & Gornergrat - day tour with private tourguide - starts in Zermatt

Itinerary
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Stop At: Zermatt-Matterhorn Ski Paradise, Zermatt 3920 Switzerland

You will start the tour by meeting your tourguide at your hotel in Zermatt. Together, you wil make your way to the historical part of the village. Visit the small streets and get information about the architecture of the wooden houses. While stopping at the best photo point, your tourguide will explain you the storiy about the climbers at mount Matterhorn. You will pass by the hotel "Monte Rosa" and the memory of the first climbers in Zermatt. Your tourguide will show you the cemetry for climbers and missing mountanineers. According your preferences, you will have lunch in Zermatt or board the coghwheel train to Gornergrat.

Within 40 minutes, the train climbes up to 2800m above sea level, where you will enjoy the fantastical areial view. Your tourguide will lead you to the scenic platform, where you have a 360 degrees panorama to mount Matterhorn, the glacier Monte Rosa and the surrounding summits. You will have time at the top to sit on the terraces and just enjoy the views. According your preferences, your tourguide will lead you back to Zermatt by train. In Zermatt you'll make your way to the local museum, where you will have a insight view to the life in Zermatt in the 19th century. You will see exhibition objects from the first ascent to mount Matterhorn, local houses and stories about the life in the mountain area. The visit will take approx. 45 minutes and after it, the tourguide will lead you back to your hotel, where the tour ends. 

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Gornergrat, Bahnhofplatz 7 Bahnhof, Zermatt 3920 Switzerland

top Matterhorn view from the Gornergrat peak

Duration: 3 hours