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Saas-Fee is the chief village in the region of Saastal (the Saas Valley) and is a municipality located in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. Thanks to its glacial location of the Dom and the Allalinhorn, Saas Fee Switzerland is a popular winter holiday destination. Here you can have a great time indulging in the winter sports. Its neighboring peaks for instance the Weissmies, the Nadelhorn and the Lenzspitze make for an excellent trekking terrain during the summer season. So, all through the year there is something to look out for in the city of Saa Fee. Some the popular activities include hiking, sledging, trekking, skiing, carving, tobogganing, hang gliding, snowboarding, canyon climbing paragliding, and ice climbing among others. The city has 22 lifts which includes 3 cable cars, 2 chairlifts, 5 gondolas, and 1 funicular railway. The city’s funicular railway is known to be the highest underground railway in the world and is also known to have the highest rotating restaurant in the world at 3,500 m (11,500 feet).
The city of Saas-Fee is accessible by car and bus. Postal buses operate almost all through the day run from Brig and Visp. But during winters these services are not so widely available especially beyond the bus terminal. Cars are not allowed to enter the city only small electric vehicles run on the streets. The city also has an exciting cultural life that will delight you to no end. Classical music, folk dances, beautiful locales there is a lot to Saas Fee besides winter and summer sports. |
