Zermatt

The deepest single-village hotel bench in the Alps and no cars at all. Guests arrive by train from Täsch or not at all; every transfer is two legs, and the luggage moves separately from the guest.

Hotel stock: 12 properties, 729 rooms recorded

GroupMICHELIN KeysGradeRoomsGroup
Grand Hotel Zermatterhof—5★78Zermatterhof / Burgergemeinde
Mont Cervin Palace—5★148Seiler Hotels
Riffelalp Resort 2222m—5★72Zermatterhof / Burgergemeinde
Backstage Hotel Vernissage—Unclassified20independent
Beausite Zermatt—Unclassified40independent
CERVO Mountain Resort—5★54independent
Chalet Hotel Schönegg—Unclassified26independent
Hotel Alex Zermatt—5★100independent
Hotel Firefly—Unclassified24independent
Hotel Monte Rosa—Unclassified41Seiler Hotels
Schweizerhof Zermatt—5★96Seiler Hotels
The Omnia—5★30independent

Starred tables

After Seven ★ · Alpine Gourmet Prato Borni ★ · Capri ★ · Brasserie Uno ★

Attractions on file

Gornergrat Bahn (800 000, 2024) · Matterhorn Glacier Paradise (700 000, 2024)

Access

Airports in the canton: Sion (SIR). From Bern by rail: 2:15, car-free village. Car-free village — arrival by mountain railway, transfers run in two legs.

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 15, car-free village
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
Matterhorn, Gornergrat, Crans-Montana, 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.