Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . / :. 3^^;^^^A*^^ T^l^.- k Un cirtUi J 1 -tx^ftiorn STALDEN. V. Route 83. 343 Kiklaus, carriage-road thence to Zermatt (one-horse carr. 15. two-horse25 fr.). — The route from Visp to Zermatt, with its picturesque rock-scenery and waterfalls, is easy and attractive. Visp (2160), see p. 318. The railway makes a wide-bend, to theS., towards the rapid and turhid Visp^ and gradually ascends on theright bank of the stream, which fills the whole bottom of the train passes under the Neubriicke (2280), c
Switzerland and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and TyrolHandbook for travellers . / :. 3^^;^^^A*^^ T^l^.- k Un cirtUi J 1 -tx^ftiorn STALDEN. V. Route 83. 343 Kiklaus, carriage-road thence to Zermatt (one-horse carr. 15. two-horse25 fr.). — The route from Visp to Zermatt, with its picturesque rock-scenery and waterfalls, is easy and attractive. Visp (2160), see p. 318. The railway makes a wide-bend, to theS., towards the rapid and turhid Visp^ and gradually ascends on theright bank of the stream, which fills the whole bottom of the train passes under the Neubriicke (2280), crosses the river byan iron bridge, 40 yds. long, and ascends (rack-and-pinion section,1050 yds. long) to the (5 M.) station of Stalden (2635), 2 min. tothe S. of the village of that name (*H6t. Stalden, R., L., & A. 3-4 fr.),situated in a very fertile region, on a mountain-spur, at the foot ofwhich the Saaser Visp and the Matter Visp unite. The valley the S., between the Nicolai Valley and the Saasthal, rises thesnow-pyramid of the Balfrinhorn (12,474). The culture of the
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