Saas Fee Hotels
RECOMMENDED HOTELS
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The close glaciers of the Dom and Allalinhorn provide winter sporting opportunities throughout the year. Other peaks including Weissmies, Nadelhorn and Lenzspitze provide popular climbs in the summer months and wonderful hiking routes including the Monte Rosa trail. Winter sports for which this town is so popular include skiing, snowboarding, carving, snowshoe trekking, ice climbing and canyon climbing. With 22 lifts including three cable cars, a funicular railway, five gondolas and two chair lifts, there is no shortage of access to the slopes. Visitors will find slopes to suit all levels of skiing ability with beginner, intermediate and advanced slopes. A man-made ice-rink as well as a natural one are available for guests in Saas-Fee and skates can be hired from Saas-Fee Hotels. Other activities offered are paragliding, hang gliding and tobogganing. The resort also features the highest underground funicular railway in the world which transport visitors to the ski slopes and the highest revolving restaurant in the world at 11,500 feet. Saas-Fee can be reached by car or bus. Cars have to be left in designated parking areas outside the town, a decision taken by the village at the time of the construction of the road from Saas Grund in 1951. Buses run much of the day from Brig and Visp which also have to stop at the bus terminal during the winter months. Only small electric vehicles operate on the streets which have a nasty habit of quietly driving up behind visitors and hooting causing much consternation! Saas-Fee Hotels offer many off-slope activities as well. Cultural highlights include classical music concerts, while sports and leisure complexes provide in-door activities and nightclubs, bars and restaurants ensure a lively and dynamic nightlife. It is no wonder that Saas-Fee is known as 'The Pearl of the Alps'. Guests can also enjoy participating in volleyball, table tennis and basketball. Guests to Saasfee hotels will have no trouble getting around and walking is the easiest and cheapest. The village is small so everything is within walking distance. The lovely traditional wooden houses that are required to be built out of 40% wood are charming and blend into the surroundings. Saasfee Hotels can accommodate up to 6,900 guests with establishments ranging from one-star to a luxurious five-star hotel. Holiday apartments, bed and breakfast options and ski lodges are also available. Some Saas-Fee hotels also specialize in catering for groups. The traditional Ferienart Walliserhof Hotel, typical of others in the Saas-Fee region is a chalet style resort originally built in 1883 and rebuilt in 1976 after it was burnt down by fire. Beautiful spacious guest rooms, suites and apartments are all decorated in traditional style and include a wide range of amenities. Cozy wooden furniture, wooden floors, writing desk and corner seating units, large windows allowing in natural light and providing spectacular views, fireplaces and open roof beams are just some of the fine decorations and finishings to be found in Saas-Fee guest rooms. Suites and apartments include separate living areas and bedrooms with an open gallery and spiral staircase and family units with two separate bedrooms are also available. Although amenities and facilities differ between room types and hotels, some of those offered to guests at Saas-Fee Hotels include mini-bar, coffee-maker, iron and ironing board, TV with satellite channels, stereo system and many more. Lovely spacious bathrooms with bath and shower, luxurious toiletries and bath robes and slippers are wonderfully relaxing spaces. Suites at the Ferienart Hotel include open bath areas with a Turkish steam room and whirlpool. Delightful dining venues are offered by many Saas-Fee Hotels. A variety of cuisine types await guests ensuring something to tempt even the most demanding gourmand. Mediterranean cuisine is popular while Thai and Indian dishes served in candlelit rooms offer romantic settings. Fabulous Swiss specialties are also much in demand. In the summer months, pool side or terrace dining is popular. Fabulous bars and lounges with roaring fires and comfortable seating provide wonderful venues to meet up with friends and discuss the days skiing over a few drinks. Cigars, wines and cocktails as well as snacks are available till morning with live music and dancing opportunities. There is no better place to relax and unwind after a busy day on the slopes than in a luxurious Saas-Fee Hotel Spa. Here guests can enjoy adventure pool, Jacuzzi, saunas and steam rooms. Relaxing massages and rejuvenating body treatments are administered by well qualified staff and guests will feel pampered and special after treating themselves to this special form of relaxation. A fitness gym with cardio-vascular equipment and free weights enables guests to maintain their exercise programs. Beauty salons take care of manicures, pedicures and other beauty treatments. Meeting facilities are provided by some Saas-Fee Hotels with multifunctional halls equipped with modern technical support. Internet access is provided as well as business services that include fax and photocopying facilities. Saas-Fee Hotels provide something for everyone in the sunniest canton in Switzerland. With skiing nearly all year round and a host of other activities, Saas-Fee is indeed the perfect place for a summer or winter vacation. |
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