Valais stretches from the sunny Rhone Valley with the picturesque capital Sion to the Matterhorn, from the UNESCO World Heritage Aletsch Glacier to the palm trees on Lake Geneva. This travel guide presents the most important holiday region in French-speaking Switzerland in detail. The high alpine landscapes of Valais are among the most beautiful destinations in the Alps and offer the best opportunities for trekking, mountaineering and all kinds of winter sports. Well-known holiday resorts such as Zermatt, Crans-Montana or Saas-Fee are presented in this travel guide as well as remote valleys and villages. Detours from the high mountains lead to Lausanne and Geneva on the northern shore of Lake Geneva. Lots of background information and up-to-date practical travel tips make it easy to find the right destination or the best travel route in Valais.