Top 4 Hostels:

I'm going to have to dig deep into my pocket to afford a room in Zermatt, Switzerland. I can tell you now this stay won't be long. All these hostels are ridiculously expensive and only a couple of them have an 80% or above rating. 

1. Zermatt Youth Hostel: I didn't want to buy the place only wanted a room for a night or two.

2. Hotel Alfa Zermatt: This one is going to break the bank. 

3. Matterhorn Hostel

4. Hotel Bahnhof: "This hotel has a loft with 17 dorm beds for 30 CHF (swiss franc) each. The accommodation is spartan and a little expensive for what you get, even in Switzerland, but if the Matterhorn Hostel is full and you don't want to pay 56 CHF a night then this is a reasonable option."   

Information founded at Hostelz

Top 4 Attractions in Zermatt, Switzerland

This Beautiful little town Zermatt, is where I might be visiting. It is "on the italian border of the canton (country or area) of Valais in the west of Switzerland."

1. Glacier Palace 

  “Discover mystical, icy worlds in the highest glacier palace in the world. You arrive at the glacier palace 

with one of the 2 lifts directly from the Matterhorn glacier paradise station. You then walk into the palace through an ice tunnel that is almost fifteen metres below the surface of the glacier. Adventurers and daredevils can return by walking through a glacier crevasse. Discreet lighting and

 ethereal sounds accompany you through a minor wonder of the world of glaciers. Information about the creation of the glacier palace, glaciology and impressive statues sculpted from ice round off an experience of a very special kind. The sculptures are regularly renewed.”

2. Igloo 

“Zermatt lies at the base of the Matterhorn in the Valais Alps of southern Switzerland, at 1600m above sea level. To reach Zermatt, travel through the Visp Valley all the way to the end, where Zermatt is located. Park your car in Täsch and come to Zermatt by train or taxi. From the car-free town, in which carriages and electromobiles are the main modes of transport, take the Gornergrat railway towards the highest Igloo Village. The magnificent alpine panorama offers the perfect ambience for the perfect igloo experience!”

I believe its way to expensive to sleep in the cold since its close to $200 canadian a night in a regular room (but I might visit the bar and indulge in the igloo cheese fondue during the day). 

3. Dirt Scooter 

“The ultimate challenge for the adventurous: Travel up to the Schwarzsee paradise as often as you like in the cable car, and race back down into the valley with the dirt scooter (downhill trottinett/scooter).”

4. Cinema 

“Zermatt has only one cinema, but what a cinema! The

"Vernissage" is a masterpiece of the Zermatt artist Heinz Julen. Inside the multi-function area in the typical Heinz Julen design with its movable chandeliers.”

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Six Fun Facts about Switzerland

I found these FUN FACTS on various websites, ENJOY!

1) “Switzerland has the 4th highest nominal GDP (gross domestic product) per capita in the world (after Luxembourg, Norway and Iceland).”

2) “Switzerland has the second highest employment rate of any OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) after Iceland.”

3)  Four spoken languages in Switzerland: German, French, Italian, and Romansch

4)"The Glacier Express is perhaps Switzerland’s best known tourist train. It links St. Moritz to what other popular tourist destination? 

Answer: Zermatt: three private rail companies combine their resources to provide the Glacier Express. The entire trip from St. Moritz to Zermatt (or vice versa) takes about eight hours."

5)  "The air in Zermatt is clear, dry and clean, because, since 1947, only electric cars without a combustion engine are allowed to operate in the village."

6) " Skiing and snowboarding the whole year round, with 365 days of snow – you can only find this in Zermatt"  

Websites: Funtrivia , Eupedia , Zermatt 

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