Blatten
in Visp District of Canton du Valais, Switzerland
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Sion Airport (24 mi) -
Aosta Airport (26 mi) -
Megève Airport (54 mi) - Malpensa International Airport (54 mi)
- Torino / Caselle International Airport (56 mi)
- Locarno Airport (56 mi)
- Bern Belp Airport (64 mi)
- Buochs Airport (74 mi)
- Geneva Cointrin International Airport (80 mi)
- Linate Airport (84 mi)
- Zürich Airport (108 mi)
- Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch (Unesco heritage, 37 mi)
- Monte San Giorgio (Unesco heritage, 57 mi)
- Lavaux, Vineyard Terraces (Unesco heritage, 58 mi)
- Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona (Unesco heritage, 63 mi)
- Residences of the Royal House of Savoy (Unesco heritage, 65 mi)
- Old City of Berne (Unesco heritage, 66 mi)
- Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy (Unesco heritage, 69 mi)
- La Chaux-de-Fonds / Le Locle, Watchmaking Town Planning (Unesco heritage, 87 mi)
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Prehistoric Pile dwellings around the Alps (Unesco heritage, 91 mi) - Vineyard Landscape of Piedmont: Langhe-Roero and Monferrato (Unesco heritage, 97 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 46.007 and 7.736 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 46° 0' 26" and E 7° 44' 9"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Franc - CHF
- Spoken languages:
- German, French, Italian, Romansh
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 07:12 AM (Sunday)
- Timezone: Europe/Zurich
- UTC/GMT offset: 1 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:08 am and 8:42 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -44.033 and -176.367 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Ouwenga - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 4,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Switzerland.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Switzerland. Last Update: 2024-05-04 08:22:41
Explore Blatten
Blatten in Visp District (Canton du Valais) is located in Switzerland about 66 mi (or 107 km) south of Bern, the country's capital.
Local time in Blatten is now 07:12 AM (Sunday). The local timezone is named Europe / Zurich with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 11 airports in the wider vicinity of Blatten, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in Switzerland is Sion Airport in a distance of 24 mi (or 39 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Switzerland is Swiss Alps Jungfrau-Aletsch in a distance of 37 mi (or 59 km), North. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Paquier, Valtournenche, Ayas, Gressoney-La-Trinite and Antagnod. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 6°C / 42 °F
| Morning Temperature | 0°C / 32 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 4°C / 40 °F |
| Night Temperature | 3°C / 38 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 81% |
| Air Pressure | 1014 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 4 km/h (3 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Overcast clouds, covering 100% of sky |
| General Conditions | Rain and snow |
Monday, 6th of May 2024
3°C (37 °F)
1°C (34 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Tuesday, 7th of May 2024
3°C (38 °F)
-2°C (28 °F)
Rain and snow, light breeze, overcast clouds.
Wednesday, 8th of May 2024
6°C (42 °F)
0°C (32 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, scattered clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Hotel Matthiol
Grand Hotel Zermatterhof
Tschugge
Apartment Antika
Europe Hotel & SPA
Romantik Hotel Julen
Unique Hotel Post
Beau-Rivage
Swiss Alpine Hotel Allalin
Albatros
Videos from this area
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Zermatt-Matterhorn: All year around
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Zermatt-Matterhorn: Winter
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Glacier Express Part 1. A breath-taking journey through magnificent Swiss scenery
One of the great train journeys of the world. Travel aboard the Glacier Express along magnificently engineered railway lines through breath taking scenery. Part 1 takes us from Zermatt to Andermatt.
Unique Hotel Post Zermatt
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Zermatt-Matterhorn: Pistenbully experience
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Zermatt-Matterhorn: Village tour
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Biking from the Matterhorn to Zermatt ATB Mountain bike
Biking from the Matterhorn to Zermatt ATB Mountain bike.
Zermatt-Matterhorn: Summer
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Zermatt-Matterhorn: Tobogganing
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Gornergratbahn
The Gornergratbahn, or Gornergrat Bahn (GGB), is a nine-kilometre metre-gauge mountain rack railway, with Abt rack system. It leads from Zermatt, Switzerland, up to the Gornergrat . The Gornergrat is a starting point for many hikes, as it lies surrounded by 29 peaks rising above 4,000 m in the Alps and several glaciers, including the Gorner Glacier (which is billed as the second longest glacier in the Alps). At the end of the line on Gornergrat, the Matterhorn is visible on a clear day.
Winkelmatten
Winkelmatten is a suburb of Zermatt, Switzerland. It was once a separate small hamlet, but as Zermatt has grown it has become incorporated within the greater conurbation.
Sunnegga Paradise ski area
The Sunnegga Paradise is a ski area that forms part of the Zermatt ski resort, in Valais, Switzerland. The area relating to skiing is found on the Rothorn mountain, above the town of Zermatt. The trails extend to the valley floor between the Rothorn and Gornergrat mountains, and includes the ski runs directly down to the Oberhausern area of the town of Zermatt, terminating at the passenger lift that takes skier directly down inside the funicular train station in the area.
Zmutt
Zmutt (also spelled Z'mutt, Z'Mutt, Z-Mutt) is a small village in the municipality of Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland, situated at 1936 m in the Zmutt Valley (Zmuttal) west of Zermatt. The village chapel is dedicated to Saint Catherine of Alexandria, patroness of the Valais. The valley passes the northern slope of the Matterhorn and terminates in the Zmutt Glacier on the border to Italy's Aosta Valley.
Matterhorn Museum
The Matterhorn Museum in Zermatt is a cultural-natural museum whose main theme is the Matterhorn. The museum is in the form of a reconstituted mountain village consisting of 14 houses (church, hotel, huts and granaries), and relates the history and development of tourism in the Zermatt area, including the story of the first ascent of the Matterhorn by Edward Whymper and party.
Schwarzsee (Zermatt)
Schwarzsee (literally "Black Lake") is a lake at Zermatt in the canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is located below Matterhorn at an elevation of 2,552 m. Its surface area is 0.5 ha. A chapel dedicated to Mary of the Snows borders the lake (Kapelle "Maria zum Schnee"). The lake lends its name to the mountain ridge (2,583 m) above . It can be reached by cable car from Zermatt.
Zermatt railway station
Zermatt railway station is a metre gauge railway station serving the car-free mountaineering and ski resort of Zermatt, in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. It is the southern terminus of the BVZ Zermatt-Bahn (BVZ), which connects Zermatt with standard gauge lines at Visp and Brig. Since 1 January 2003 (2003-01-01), the BVZ has been owned and operated by the Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn (MGB), following a merger between the BVZ and the Furka Oberalp Bahn (FO).
Riffelalptram
The Riffelalptram (RiT) is a Swiss tramway line located in the Pennine Alps, Valais. It links Riffelalp station of the Gornergratbahn (GGB), to the Riffelalp Resort. This short mountain rail (675.31 m) is the hightest tram line in Europe and the track gauge is 800 mm.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Blatten.
Riffelalp Resort 2222m, Riffelalp Resort 2222m (source)
Zermatt › South-West: Matterhorn, Zermatt (source)
Blatten › South: Zermatt, Restaurant Alphitta, Blatten (source)
Zermatt: Blick auf das Matterhorn vom Balkon des Hotel Ambiance, Zermatt (source)
Zermatt: Kirchenplatz, Zermatt (source)
Zermatt: Kirche, Zermatt (source)
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