Valais, Switzerland · Europe
Sitten works well as a base: 5 minutes from Vex, 38km from Lac d'Emosson.
Sitten is in Valais, Switzerland, with about 35,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Vex, about 4 km away.
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Within an hour or so of Sitten: Sanetsch Pass (13 km), Grande Dixence Dam (17 km), Col du Pillon (18 km), Grimentz (18 km).
The nearest famous roads are Sanetsch Pass, Col du Pillon and Col de la Forclaz (Valais).
Sitten is in Valais, Switzerland, about 4 km from Vex.
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Essential numbers in Switzerland
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.
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.
13 km · about 25 min 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.
17 km · about 20 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.
18 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
Val d'Anniviers village at 1,620 m where sun-blackened larch chalets, some from the 15th century, sag under prize-winning geranium displays; the road continues up to the glacier lake of Moiry.
18 km · about 20 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.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Iconic pyramid-shaped peak rising to 4,478 metres on the Swiss-Italian border, one of the most recognizable mountains in the world.
36 km · about 40 min drive
scenic viewpoint
A car-free Alpine village at the foot of the iconic pyramid-shaped Matterhorn, one of the most photographed mountains on Earth.
38 km · about 45 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.
38 km · about 45 min drive
7 named roads, passes and coastal drives within 60km.
April to October
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