Steep, sloping vineyards slip across borders into France and Italy, the scenery dominated by the iconic Matterhorn.

Photo story: traditional Alpine culture in the Swiss Valais

Switzerland’s southwest canton of Valais is a place of extremes — of lush valleys and sawtooth mountain tops, ancient, frosty glaciers and log-fire restaurants.

Steep, sloping vineyards slip across borders into France and Italy, the scenery dominated by the iconic Matterhorn.
Photograph by Mark Parren Taylor
Published March 5, 2023
6 min read
This article was adapted from National Geographic Traveller (UK).
Published in Alpine 2023 guide, distributed with the April 2023 issue of National Geographic Traveller (UK)

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