The Gornergrat is clearly on the must-see list of Swiss highlights. The cog railway takes guests from Zermatt station up to a lofty altitude of 3,089 metres (10,135 feet). The ride alone offers countless picture postcard scenes: the Matterhorn, chalets typical of the Valais, and a stunning mountain panorama.

Surrounded by no fewer than 29 4,000-metre giants such as the majestic Matterhorn and the Dufourspitze as well as the third-longest glacier of the Alps, Gornergrat rewards visitors with a view that is overwhelming indeed.

The Gornergrat is among those locations that one must have visited at least once in a lifetime. Europe’s highest open-air cog railway takes guests from Zermatt station directly to the summit of the Gornergrat, year-round. The railway conquers a total of 1,469 metres altitude in the process and leads across impressive bridges, through galleries and tunnels, past larch-and-pine forests, rocky ravines and mountain lakes.