Scattered among hotels and apartments are centuries-old buildings with the dark wood of wine barrels. A heavier lunch awaits on the other side of the Matterhorn, in Cervinia, Italy. It is a journey that skiers in Zermatt add to their agenda, not for the pasta, but for the run. It is a sunlit cruise that balloons every ego. Wide, manicured, treeless trails, mostly blues and reds, exist on which you can swing, sing and yodel.
Vacationers explore the village during apres-ski hours without fear of being run over by a car.
Folks who come from the Geneva gateway have a four-hour train ride, much of it along Lake Geneva and the Rhone River. Zurich airport takes an hour longer, but the trip is a spectacular ride through the mountains, encountering many tunnels and bridges. But the town has 6,500 hotel beds and as many more in apartments. They will keep tabs on what s available. Meanwhile, consult a thesaurus for new adjectives to describe your adventure.