From the main station and the Gornergratbahn, as well as from the Sunnegga Express the House La Perle is five minutes walk away. Round the corner there is a bus stop to the Little-Matterhorn cable car.
Opposite the Sunnegga-Express and next to the main station you will find sports shops, with a wide offer of sports equipment for summer and winter, for rent or sale.
Next to the main station you can find a shopping centre with a supermarket (Coop) among other shops.
Zermatt is situated in the canton Wallis, in the south of Switzerland, west of the Gotthard mountain range. The village is located at the end of the Nikolai valley, 45 km from Brig (valley of the Rhone).
Distance from the nearest airports:
Access by train:
Zürich-airport: 380 km - 5 hours by train (direct trains to and from Brig)
Geneva-airport: 280 km - 4 hours by train (direct trains to and from Visp)
Milano: 200 km - 3 hours by train (direct trains to and from Brig)
From Brig/Visp you reach Zermatt with the cog-wheel train (BVZ), the slowest express train in the world through a breath-taking landscape full of extremes.
To Zermatt by car:
- To Täsch (6 km from Zermatt), that is where the public road ends.
- The road Täsch to Zermatt is only open to holders of a special permit issued by the state police.
- In Täsch you board the shuttle train which runs between 06:00 and 23:30 every 20 minutes (approximately CHF 7 per person one way).
The Zermatt railways has trolley for you to use with a deposit of CHF 5 with which you can transport your luggage straight from your car onto the train and to Zermatt, without having to carry it around.
You can park your car either on the public car park next to the station at Täsch or with one of the private taxi companies or their underground car parks.
From Täsch you can also take a taxi to Zermatt (taxi stand at the entrance to the village). For one way and up to 6 people: CHF 30 - (rates subject to change)
The hotel offers you a pick-up service from Zermatt train station (CHF 2.50 per person each way to house La Perle and CHF 4.00 per person). Please call the hotel upon arrival in Zermatt.
(Please note that this service is not available in the evenings.)