Brig
Valais Region
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This charming town occupies a unique position at the junction of the Simplon road where the Rhone valley crosses from Lake Geneva up to the Furka Pass. The lovely old town with its stately houses, cosy inns and good local shopping, also boasts the Stockalper Castle, one of the most important baroque palaces in Switzerland.
The history of Brig is closely linked with the Aimplon Pass, one of the most beautiful alpine passes which starts immediately beyond the city gates. Napoleon built a road through the Simplon Pass in the 19th Century to move his armies, thus creating the first man-made road in the Alps.
Brig is a perfect starting point for excursions, it lies along the route of the famous Glacier Express, which links Zermatt and St.Moritz. Going south, Brig is the most northerly border station for the Simplon railway tunnel to Italy. To the east, you pass through Goms, and the Furka Pass leads to central Switzerland; the Grimsel Pass into the Bernese Oberland; and the Nufenen Pass into the Ticino.
Blatten above Naters near Brig, with its timber houses burnt in a deep brown by the sun, is an authentic little Valais village. From herem a cable railway ascends the Belalp to a sun-drenched, traffic-free high plateau. Its attractions include the Massa Trail and Gorge, the Aletsch climing path across the reservoir and 'suonen walks' along historic Valais irrigation channels.
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