There are hundreds of walks and hikes on offer in the Valais to suit all capabilities. The Canton’s own website lists many of these: from “marmot trails” to glacier walks and wine trails, to the “Mark Twain” trail or hikes around lakes.
Bloggers can also guide you – “Marmot Post” has a good overview of hiking in the Valais here.
Living in Sion will be testing out a selection of hikes near Sion and the surrounding area and featuring them on this site, so watch this space. It will also be featuring a selection of posts in English from guest bloggers who are keen hikers and who will bring their own personal experience of hikes to this site.
We begin with two different blogs:
“Pildacre Hill” has details of some day hikes along Ridge Walks and up to Glaciers, as well as Hiking Round the Val d’Hérens
From “A Little Bit out of Focus” we have chosen two posts: a walk from Evolène to Arolla and a walk to the Pièce Glacier above Arolla.
We are thinking of spending a week on holiday in Switzerland. Is Sion a good base for a visit? We would like to relax in a rental house, take hikes (easy ones) and visit some villages and maybe Montreux.
Hello Lisa,
Thankyou for your message. I would say that yes, Sion would be a good base to start with, you can then visit and walk on both sides of the Valais, there are hundreds of options.I would suggest you contact Sion tourist board to ask them about a rental house and they can provide you with lots of information on things to do and places to go in the area. Here is the link http://siontourisme.ch/index.php/en
Kind regards -the editor Living in Sion.