Hundreds of thousands of gallons gush out of Leukerbad’s thermal springs each day, at a soothing 51°C: the Romans reaped their bathing benefits, and we’re still enjoying them today. This is the biggest thermal spa resort in the Alps, with thirty public and private pools in total – ones with light shows, ones with breakfast service, ones with cinema screens, you name it.
So as you can expect, this place has history. Records of settlement exist from the 13th century, with Roman artefacts discovered from wa...
Torrent’s where you’ll find the alpine skiing here - the bulk of the pistes are red graded, with a few black runs and freeride routes for an extra challenge.
The Swiss ski school has a learning area up at Rinderhütte and there’s a good beginner zone near the Sportsarena on the other side of the town… But once you’ve conquered the basics there isn’t much by way of easy pistes – the blue Kumme and Schwalbennest make up the 4km of gentler terrain here.
There are 27km of red runs, including the wid...
Après spas rule over après bars in this neck of the woods and the public baths include Walliser Alpentherme, the Volksheilbad Spa and Leukerbad Therme – which has a whopping TEN pools.
That’s not say you can’t find a watering hole when you want one, whether you’re having cocktails and tapas at Chinchilla Bar, trying local wines in Al Vino or dancing at Courage Club.
You’ve no shortage of restaurants to choose between – feast on gorgeously presented posh nosh in Balmhorn, Lounge 1411 and Waldhau...