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| Tip Feb 2012 |
| If you are planning driving in the highlands of Scotland during winter ask if your hired car has rear wheel drive and winter tyres fitted. |
Travel Home > Directory > Travel Dictionary > Z > Zermatt
Zermatt. A Famous Alpine ski and climbing resort located near the Matterhorn in Switzerland. The town was was made popular in the mid 19th century by British mountaineers, most notably Edward Whymper, whose conquest of the Matterhorn gave the village worldwide fame.
Edward Whymper (April 27, 1840–September 16, 1911), was a British illustrator, climber and explorer best known for the first ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. On the descent, four members of the party were killed.
The Matterhorn (German) or Cervino (Italian), (French: Mont Cervin or Le Cervin) is perhaps the most familiar mountain in the European Alps. On the border between Switzerland and Italy, it towers over the Swiss village of Zermatt and the Italian village Breuil-Cervinia in the Val Tournanche. The mountain derives its name from the German words Matte, meaning meadow, and Horn, which means peak.
Zermatt (French: Praborgne) is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. It is located at the northern base of the Matterhorn in the German-speaking and predominantly Roman Catholic section of the canton. It is 62 km southeast of Gstaad, and only about 10 km from the border with Italy.
