Zermatt - Switzerland - Matterhorn - Backpacking - Amazing Hike to Tasch


Our view out our chalet's window.  Beautiful!!  We did our booking through booking.com and we were on a serious budget.  Thank goodness we were backpacking.  It took us two hours to find our chalet.  We were using the Rome to Rio app and we were running in to a bit if difficulty.  The app had been spot on fantastic up until now.  As it turned out, we were assuming that there was a road to our chalet.  We were wrong.  It was a very hot day as we were trying to locate our unit.  At last we found it up a ridiculous flight of stairs.  Rome to Rio was having difficulty because there was no road access.

Once settled in the beauty of Zermatt over takes you.  It feels like you are in a movie set.  I can hardly wait to go back.  In the summer the hiking is fantastic, the town is exceptionally charming, the people are very gracious, everything was perfect.

We went on a little hike that we thought would be about 30 minutes.  Oh my were we wrong!  It was a beautiful 2-3 hour hike.  Then took the train back up to Zermatt.





Best hike of the trip.  Loved it.  Bring water and snacks.  I think it took us so long because we kept stopping for photos...


and resting.

More on Zermatt next post.

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