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Crans-Montana

A tourist at home: Crans-Montana views

28/02/2019 by Ellen Wallace Leave a Comment

It isn’t so bad playing tourist while staying home. Enjoy my photos of the Patrouille Suisse airshow and light in the mountains, Crans-Montana.

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: Crans-Montana, Patrouille Suisse, World Cup ski races, Zinal Glacier

Old is beautiful, and Swiss wines are no exception

05/03/2013 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The Swiss, for those who don’t know it yet, are very good at whipping up extraordinary gastronomic feasts. Switzerland has 100 Michelin starred restaurants in 2013, one of the highest per capita ratings in the world, and it has local wines that can hold their own at such meals. It’s not surprising, […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: aging, Alexandre Truffer, Cave Maurice Zufferey, Chasselas, Chateau Mercier, Clos Domaines & Chateaux, cost, Crans-Montana, Cully, Denis and Catherine Mercier, Freres Dubois, Le Crans, MDVS, Memoire des Vins Suisses, Nuit des vieux millésimes, older vintages, Petite Arvine, reds, Rouvinez winery, Swiss wine

Cold showers for weekend fun as temps dip, snow forecast

31/08/2012 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – If you’re heading outdoors this weekend, take along warm clothes! Temperatures in the mountains are expected to dip to negatives at 2,000 metres and snow could fall as low as 1,000 metres, highly unusual in late August, early September. MeteoSwiss says we can expect rain off and on all weekend, with clearer […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: cold, Crans-Montana, European Master's golf, snow, St Prex Classics, Vinea, weather forecast

Chinese get Switzerland travel 101 on TV, Internet (final/correction)

07/09/2011 by Ellen Wallace

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Switzerland in Chinese: even without Mandarin you can follow these unusual TV travel documentaries on the Switzerland you thought you knew! Occasional travel feature contributor to GenevaLunch, Liam Bates, who spends much of his time as the host of a popular Chinese TV travel show that usually tours hidden corners of China, […]

Filed Under: Travels Tagged With: 1 August, August First, cheesemaking, Chinese travelers, Chinese TV, cows, Crans-Montana, garden, Gemmi festival, Leukebad, Loeche-les-bains, mountains, national holiday, Swiss Alps, Switzerland

Alps beckon with wine fair, golf, steam trains and green cars (update)

02/09/2010 by Ellen Wallace

Sierre and Crans-Montana, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The Swiss Alps always look good in early autumn but the weekend of 3 September canton Valais has a powerful set of attractions on offer. Vinea, the Swiss wine fair that is the country’s biggest outdoor wine festival, opens its doors Friday evening in Sierre and is expected to […]

Filed Under: Food & dining Tagged With: Alpmobil, Crans-Montana, festival, Furka pass, Furka steam train, green cars, Grimsel pass, Meiringen, Mondial du Pinot Noir, Oberwald, Omega European Masters, Realp, Sherlock Holmes, Sierre, Swiss wine fair, Vinea

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