Valais, Switzerland · Europe
Bagnes works well as a base: 15 minutes from Saxon, 22km from Lac d'Emosson.
Bagnes is in Valais, Switzerland, with about 6,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Saxon, about 8 km away.
Bagnes (French pronunciation: [baɲ] ) is a former municipality in the district of Entremont in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipalities of Bagnes and Vollèges merged to form the new municipality of Val de Bagnes.
With an area of 282 km2 (108.88 sq mi), Bagnes used to be theRead more
largest municipality of Switzerland until the formation of Glarus Süd in 2011.
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Within an hour or so of Bagnes: Grande Dixence Dam (14 km), Col de la Forclaz (Valais) (17 km), Lac d'Emosson (22 km), Great St Bernard Pass (24 km).
The nearest famous roads are Col de la Forclaz (Valais), Great St Bernard Pass and Sanetsch Pass.
Bagnes is in Valais, Switzerland, about 8 km from Saxon.
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Motorway vignette (toll sticker) required: buy at the border or online. Roadside assistance (TCS): 140.
Full driving guide for Switzerland8 notable places within an hour's drive.
landmark
At 285 m the world's tallest gravity dam seals the Val d'Hérémence with more concrete than the Great Pyramid; a cable car rides to the crest, with guided gallery tours and a zip line across the wall.
14 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
The pass above Martigny on the road to Chamonix, kept open all year and a natural gateway to the Mont Blanc valleys.
17 km · about 20 min drive
natural wonder
A high dam lake reached by a steep dead-end road, facing directly across to the Mont Blanc massif. Dinosaur trackways lie on the slabs above it.
22 km · about 25 min drive
mountain pass
At 2,469 m, this ancient pass between Switzerland and Italy shelters the hospice that bred St Bernard rescue dogs; travellers have crossed here since Roman times, Napoleon among them.
24 km · about 30 min drive
famous road
The historic 2,469m pass between Switzerland and Italy with its hospice and dogs; the old road runs beside the modern tunnel.
24 km · about 30 min drive
mountain pass
A spectacular dead-end climb from the Rhône vineyards above Sion past the Tsanfleuron glacier to 2,242 m; because no through road exists it stays near-empty, and only a cable car continues to Gsteig.
28 km · about 30 min drive
natural wonder
France's largest glacier, reached by a red rack railway from Chamonix to walk into an ice cave.
29 km · about 35 min drive
mountain pass
A 1,546 m pass in the Vaud Alps between Les Diablerets and Gstaad, the gateway to the Glacier 3000 cable car and a smooth, scenic link on any western Swiss Alps road trip.
30 km · about 35 min drive
April to October
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