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Easter Market in Sion – Friday 19th April – Stalls, food and fun!

April 15, 2019 by Catherine Nelson-Pollard Leave a Comment

Easter Market in Sion – Friday 19th April – Stalls, food and fun!

There will be a big Easter market in the old town of Sion on Easter Friday, the 29th April 2019 from 08:00 – 17:00.  Over 200 exhibitors will be present. So, far the weather forecast is looking fine and sunny for Friday so it should be a good day out for all the family. Also, […]

Filed Under: Events, Family, Sion, Tourism, Traditions/Local Customs Tagged With: canton du valais, easter market sion, family events sion, grand marché de paques sion. switzerland, sion tourisme

Meet Up event for Sion Carnival – Sat 2nd March 2019

February 28, 2019 by Catherine Nelson-Pollard Leave a Comment

Meet Up event for Sion Carnival – Sat 2nd March 2019

It’s Carnival time in Sion! The official programme starts today, the 28th of February. The main parade that winds through the town will take place on Saturday the 2nd March at 14:30. See article here from 2018. Want to meet up with other English speakers at Carnival? There will be a Meet Up event in Sion organised by the Valais English Club […]

Filed Under: Sion, Tourism, Traditions/Local Customs

Sion’s February Agenda of Events – From Football to Femmes Fatales

February 18, 2019 by Catherine Nelson-Pollard Leave a Comment

Sion’s February Agenda of Events – From Football to Femmes Fatales

One of Sion’s biggest annual events (Carnival) is just around the corner however, there are other events happening in February in and around the town. Sion Tourist Office publishes a printed “Agenda of Events” each month and this can be picked up at the Tourist Office itself or viewed as pdf online. Click here for February […]

Filed Under: Events, Sion, Tourism Tagged With: FC Sion, fondation fellini, Harmonie Muncipale de Sion, photo exhibitions switzerland, Sion. Sion, switzerland

A Patient’s View of the CRR in Sion – from Treatment, to Tailored Gym Programmes

January 20, 2019 by Catherine Nelson-Pollard Leave a Comment

A Patient’s View of the CRR in Sion – from Treatment, to Tailored Gym Programmes

Recovery and Treatment, Movie-nights for patients, Wine with lunch and Lasting friendships.   In March 2018, twenty-four-year-old Emma Rietbergen was hit by a motorbike while out on a morning jog in the Philippines. After spending three weeks in a hospital in the Philippines, she was then brought back to Switzerland for medical care. She spent four […]

Filed Under: Medical/Health Valais, Sion Tagged With: CFF assistance, CHUV, CRR, Emma Rietbergen, hospital Valais, Lausanne, patient care Valais, sion, Valais

The Ski School that Comes to You

January 18, 2019 by Catherine Nelson-Pollard Leave a Comment

The Ski School that Comes to You

Snowpros Ski School. If you are a skier, one of the joys of living in this part of Switzerland is the ability to get to any number of resorts within a 90-minute drive from Sion, Geneva or Lausanne. The Valais and Canton Vaud alone boast some 66 resorts with almost 3000 km of slopes. And […]

Filed Under: Family, Hiking/Skiing, Sports Tagged With: skiing instruction, skiing instruction in english, snowpros, switzerland, Valais

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