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Gorges of Dailley

Gorges of Dailley

Vanuit het plaatsje Salvan, hoog boven het Rhônedal voert een mooi wandelpad dwars door een lariksbos naar de ingang van de kloof vlak bij Van d’en Bas. Het pad door de Gorges du Dailley is in 1995 gerestaureerd. Het pad ziet er nu erg solide uit, wat een goede zaak is, want de bruggen, gaanderijen en trappen voeren langs duizelingwekkende dieptes. Het uitzicht is adembenemend: de Salanfe stort zich in etappes door de kloof naar beneden, en in de verte zie je de besneeuwde bergtoppen van de Alpen uitsteken boven de lichte nevel in het Rhônedal.

Bisse de Torrent Neuf Saviese

Bisse de Torrent Neuf Saviese

Built before 1430, the bisse of Torrent-Neuf (also called bisse of Savièse) was once the most daring irrigation project of its kind. It was sourced from the river Morge, leaving its gorge by a very precipitous and undulating route, and it provided an abundant supply of water. Our suggested walk covers an elevated path which has been newly restored. The purpose of this type of refurbishment work is to remind us of the scope of the task undertaken by our ancestors.

Hiking to the cipolin marble quarry in Saillon

Hiking to the cipolin marble quarry in Saillon

An old marble quarry at an altitude of 1000 meters is located above the town of Saillon in the Rhone valley in Valais (Wallis). Hiking towards this marble quarry goes via a path through vineyards and a forest. The marble quarry was in use from 1832 until its cessation in 1975 and produced the famous (and expensive) cipolin marble used in for example the paris opera building.

Hiking Trail – Burgruine Kronburg Zams

Hiking Trail – Burgruine Kronburg Zams

The ruin Kronburg is one of the most beautiful places in Tyrol and is a popular hiking destination in the Oberland. Already when you drive on the motorway towards Landeck, you can see it at the narrowest point of the Inn Valley on a striking mountain peak enthroned. On the green saddle below the ruin stand the monastery Kronburg with inn and the pilgrimage church next to it.