Vol. 6 No. 16, ISSN 1535-5993	July 6, 2006

Saas-Fee: Hotel Industry Celebrates 125th Anniversary with Saas Valley Card

Hotels in Saas-Fee and the Saas Valley will be looking back on 125 years of tourism; a good reason to celebrate this anniversary with their guests. In September, various nostalgic events will be taking place. Guests will even receive free rail and Post Bus passes.

Those involved in the tourist industry in the Saas Valley are getting together and looking back over the past 125 years. This was the time when, in 1881, with the opening of the first hotel, tourism arrived in the glacier village. Susanne Voide-Dillitzer, Head of Marketing in the Saas-Fee Tourist Office: “We want to give something back to the guests. Therefore, September has been declared the anniversary month.”

September, or Herbschtmanund, as it is called in the Saas dialect, will be dedicated to looking back on the good old times. For instance, how about going up to Saas-Fee on mule back, as in the old days, before the road through the Saas Valley was built. “The goal,” according to Susanne Voide-Dillitzer, “is that the service providers all join in so that guests will have a good time.”

Fun does not have to cost a lot of money. Saas-Fee and the Saas Valley want to make an attractive offer with the Saas Valley Card. This was initiated at the instigation of the Saas-Fee Tourist Office, the organization of holiday apartment operators and the cable car systems. Any person lodging with any of the participants (hotels or holiday apartments) will receive the Saas Valley Card. Armed with this pass, valid for rail and Post Bus travel, guests during September will not pay one penny. The only exception is the ride up to the Allalin revolving restaurant in the Metro. This will not be free of charge, but the Saas Valley Card will give the holder the right to a discounted price for the ride up to 3,500 meters (11,375 feet). Included in this price is the entrance to the Ice Pavilion and to the Mike Horn adventure exhibition.

September, the Herbschtmanund in the Saas Valley, is, as the proverb says, worth its weight in gold, not only because of the golden larch trees, the blue sky and the white peaks. A stay in the Saas Valley stirs the senses. And makes you want to get active. Apart from the nostalgic events, guests will also be able to enjoy all the comforts of the modern tourist industry: infrastructure of the highest level, unlimited freedom, multi-pack activities for every age and lively hospitality.

Article provided by the Saas-Fee/Saastal Tourist Office.

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