The Hotel Astoria**** is located in the neighbourhood 'Steinmatte', right in the center of the village. We are about 10 minutes' walk from the station / the Gornergrat train, the Sunnegga Express, and 10 minutes' to the Little-Matterhorn cable car. Immediately next to the hotel there is a lively bar, a little supermarket, a bakery, several sports shops and restaurants. Around the corner you'll find the bus stops to the train station, the Sunnegga Express and to the Little-Matterhorn cable car. To the Bahnhofstrasse (the main street) it is 5 minutes walk, and you'll find loads of lovely boutiques, exquisite restaurants, book shops, jewellers and souvenir shops.
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)
- The road Täsch - 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 6.00 and 23.30 at 20 minutes intervals (around CHF 7 per person one way).
- The Zermatt railways put a trolley for you with a deposit of CHF 5 with which you can transport your luggage straight from your car boot onto the train and to Zermatt, without having to carry it around.
- You can park your car either on the public parking lot 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)
- one way and up to 6 persons around CHF 30 - (rates subject to change).
If you wish the transfer from the train station of Zermatt to the hotel please call the hotel number upon your arrival - the porter will come and pick you up immediately (we charge CHF 4 per person each way).