Crans-Montana

A sun terrace above the Rhône valley with a two-season rhythm: skiing and golf. The upper tier is spread across two communes, so a count by town name reads lower than the market actually is.

Hotel stock: 6 properties, 1 in the MICHELIN Key selection, 143 rooms recorded

GroupMICHELIN KeysGradeRoomsGroup
Aïda Hôtel & Spa◆Unclassified30independent
Guarda Golf Hotel & Residences—5★25independent
LeCrans Hotel & Spa—5★15independent
Chetzeron—Unclassified16independent
Hôtel Royal Crans-Montana—5★45independent
Ultima Crans-Montana—5★12Ultima Collection

Starred tables

L'OURS ★ · LeMontBlanc ★

Access

Airports in the canton: Sion (SIR). From Bern by rail: 2:10, with a change.

The Rhône valley is a single axis and everything else branches upward from it. Zermatt is car-free: the car stays in Täsch and only the train continues. Saas-Fee is the same. For transfers that means a baggage transhipment, and it has to be built into the plan in advance.

In Valais / Wallis

A confirmed 4,532,842 overnights in 2025, +2.2% — the fourth volume in the country. Zermatt, Crans-Montana, Verbier and Saas-Fee give the highest non-urban concentration of upper-tier stock in Switzerland. 52.4% of nights were domestic, and that share fell: the market is carried by inbound.

Seasonality
Two peaks: Dec–Mar and Jul–Aug
Overnight stays, 2025
4 532 842 · confirmed
Access
The Rhône valley is a single axis and everything else branches upward from it. Zermatt is car-free: the car stays in Täsch and only the train continues. Saas-Fee is the same. For transfers that means a baggage transhipment, and it has to be built into the plan in advance.
Airports in the canton
Sion (SIR)
From Bern by rail
2 h 10, with a change
Not counted in this canton
Matterhorn — a mountain; only the cableways are counted, each in its own way, Aletschgletscher — a UNESCO site; the cableways are counted, not the glacier
Destinations nearby
Zermatt, Matterhorn, Gornergrat, Verbier, Saas-Fee, Leukerbad, Sion, Sierre, Val d'Anniviers, Martigny, Nendaz
Events in the canton
Sion sous les Étoiles (Apr), Sion Festival (Jun), Verbier Festival (Aug)
Other sites on file
Gornergrat Bahn (800 000), Matterhorn Glacier Paradise (700 000), Aletsch Arena (400 000)
Starred tables in the canton
Gilles Varone ★★
Upper-tier stock
31 properties, 2 in the MICHELIN Key selection, 1 562 rooms recorded

Assembled from the same register as the master tables; verified 28 August 2026. Counts are matched on the town name, so a destination spread over several communes reads low here.