The Allalinhorn above Saas-Fee is what gave the area its name. With the right equipment and in the company of a mountain guide, the four-thousand-metre peak is a relatively easy climb for a sporty mountaineer.

The Alpin-Express whisks you up to the 3,000-metre Metro-Alpin station in next to no time. Your journey then continues by underground funicular, which climbs ten metres per second to Mittelallalin (3,500 metres), the highest year-round snow sports area around Saas-Fee.

In addition to fantastic views of several majestic four-thousand-metre peaks (including the Alphubel, Täschhorn, Dom and Lenzspitze), you will also find the world’s highest revolving restaurant, which rotates on its own axis once every hour. The Ice Pavilion, newly revamped in spring 2016, is not far away. Covering 5,500 square metres, the world’s largest ice grotto allows visitors to immerse themselves in the “underworld” of the Fee Glacier and discover its icy secrets.

Information

Altitude: 3,457 metres
How to get there: Train to Visp, PostBus to Saas-Fee (bus terminal), then walk to the cable cars: Alpin-Express to the Felskinn, Metro-Alpin to the Allalin
Views: Close-up views of the Allalinhorn’s glaciers and snow fields, the Mischabel with the Bernese Alps behind, across to the Hohsaas with the Fletschhorn and Weissmies, as far as the Po Valley in the south-east
Attractions: Glaciers, Ice Pavilion, revolving restaurant; in the Saas-Fee Gorge Alpine, adventure forest/rope park, via ferrata, toboggan run, marmot trail
Food and drink: Threes!xty revolving restaurant, Soulkitchen (simple yet delicious dishes)
Accommodation: None on the Mittelallalin; Britannia Hut SAC with 134 sleeping spaces
Groups: Rotating restaurant (seating for 200), Coffee Bar (60), Arvenstube (30)
Winter: The highest point in the Saas-Fee winter sports area
Special comments: Summer ski area between 3,000 metres and 3,600 metres