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Residence Plein Ciel

Anzère is still a young resort: before 1960 it was simply a collection of five small chalets. Thanks to its favoured location, it quickly grew to become a modern but compact holiday village. The surrounding countryside is dotted with alpine huts, usually built in stone or timber toasted a rich brown by the sun.

Because the Ayent-Anzère occupies such a sunny location and has one of the driest climates in Switzerland, farmers in the region have constructed a network of suonen, the irrigation channels ('Bisses’ in French) so typical of the Valais. Three main suonen, 70 km in length, traverse the community. The first suonen date from the middle of the 15th century, and there is an interesting little suonen museum in Anzère.

 

Summer

 

The gentle slopes and babbling waters have made the suonen popular as walking trails, including the three-hour tour from Anzère to the reservoir at Tseuzier (and beyond via the Rawil Pass to Lenk in the Bernese Oberland).

There are mountain trails up to the Wildhorn Glacier at 3247 m, and a total of 166 km of marked footpaths in the region.  During the summer Anzère is ideal for mountain biking (5 routes, 80 km). It also offers climbing, riding, fishing, a hang-gliding school, mountain huts, tennis courts, a heated open-air and indoor pool, mini-golf, beach volleyball and a giant children’s playground. Nearby are wine cellars, golf courses, thermal baths and an observatory.

 

Winter

 

There are fantastic opportunities for skiers, langlaufers, snowboarders and winter hikers in the ski area between 1500 and 2500m. Anzère’s ski slopes consist of 40km of downhill runs, served by 11 lifts able to transport 9,500 skiers per hour, and catering mainly to intermediate level skiers, with limited options for beginners and experts. The resort’s longest run extends over five kilometres; additionally, there are some good off-piste and cross-country trails. Snowboarders have access to a terrain park and a half-pipe. From the village there is a cable car and a drag lift. For keen tobogganers there is a great toboggan run. And there are also many possibilities for winter hikers and snow shoe walkers.

 

 

Easy Accessibility

 

Anzère can be accessed easily from Geneva airport (Easyjet), in under 2 hours by road (route N9, exit Sion), or by regular and reliable public transport - rail and postbus -with direct connections from the airport. At some times of year there are also flights to Sion airport from the UK.