With so many wonders in the vicinity you might forget to spend some time on Zermatt’s car-free lanes.
A lot of the village’s history relates to early tourism and alpinism, like the Monte Rosa Hotel, the oldest hotel in Zermatt, opened in 1855 where Edmund Whymper and the rest of his team stayed before their ascent.
The “Old Village” is like an open-air museum, made up of some 30 typical “Walser” houses
