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1. Take the train from Basel SBB to Visptrain Ic6 / ...
2. Take the train from Visp to Zermatttrain R41 / ...
3. Walk from Zermatt to Monte Rosaunknown
3h 51m

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Distance: 242 km
Duration: 3h 51m

What companies run services between Basel, Switzerland and Monte Rosa, Switzerland?

There is no direct connection from Basel to Monte Rosa. However, you can take the train to Visp, take the train to Zermatt, then travel to Monte Rosa.

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Zermatt, Switzerland

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Zermatt(Opens in a new window)

Zermatt is a statistic town and a municipality in the district of Visp in the German-speaking section of the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It has a population of about 5,800 inhabitants.

Klein Matterhorn(Opens in a new window)

The Klein Matterhorn (sometimes translated as Little Matterhorn) is a peak of the Pennine Alps, overlooking Zermatt in the Swiss canton of Valais. At 3883 m above sea level, it is the highest place in Europe that can be reached by aerial tramway, as well as by any other means of transport. The Klein Matterhorn is part of the Breithorn massif and overlooks on its south side the almost equally high flat glacier named Breithorn Plateau, just north of the international border with Italy. The name "Klein Matterhorn" is a reference to its much larger neighbour, the Matterhorn, which lies 7 km away across the Theodul Pass. The Klein Matterhorn, with the adjacent ski-lifts to the slightly higher Gobba di Rollin, is also a year-round ski area, marketed as "Matterhorn Glacier Paradise", and part of the international ski area between Zermatt and Breuil-Cervinia.

Matterhorn Museum(Opens in a new window)

The Matterhorn Museum in Zermatt is a cultural-natural museum whose main theme is the Matterhorn. The museum is in the form of a reconstituted mountain village consisting of 14 houses (church, hotel, huts and granaries), and relates the history and development of tourism in the Zermatt area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party.

Unterrothorn(Opens in a new window)

The Unterrothon (or simply Rothorn) is a mountain of the Swiss Pennine Alps, overlooking Zermatt in the canton of Valais. It is located west of the Oberrothorn, on the range north of the Findel Glacier.

Places to stay in Zermatt

CHF 395

BEAUSiTE Zermatt(Opens in a new window)

9.8Exceptional

CHF 289

Wellness Hotel Alpenhof(Opens in a new window)

9.6Exceptional

CHF 218

Hotel Jägerhof(Opens in a new window)

9.4Superb

CHF 562

Grand Hotel Zermatterhof(Opens in a new window)

9.8Exceptional

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