Welcome to Gstadd

We went part of the way from Lucerne to Gstadd by bus to then pick up our first train ride over to Zermatt.  We had a couple of hours to kill so we spent it wandering around the town.  It was our first look at a real little  Swiss village and it was really pretty cool.  

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  • Population 9,200
  • 3,445 Ft above sea level
  • 1st mentions 13th Century
  • Ski town
  • 1st ski school opened 1923
  • 137 miles of slopes in the area
  • Tourism main industry
  • Town has Polo team
  • Has over 1000 hotel beds in region

Walking Tour