Every year, the vineyards of the Valais around Sion, stage the Marathon Des Saveurs, which involves walking 22km and tasting ten wines and five dishes on the way. Over a third of Swiss Wine comes from the vineyards of Valais, stretching for a hundred kilometres along the river Rhône. Sion, the region’s capital straddles the…
Hiking Champéry, Valais, Switzerland
Champéry is a traditional Swiss village, overlooked by the formidable Dents du Midi, and makes a cosy base for alpine hiking, whatever your level of ability. Situated at 1050m, at the foot of the Dents du Midi and the Dents Blanches, the resort of Champéry tumbles down the Val-d’Illiez in the Lower Valais. It’s managed…