Residents: 14000
Location: Riverside
A lively shopping street, shady terraces and a remarkable old town with splendid houses: Sierre is a town you should have visited. Sunshine here is above average, to the benefit of not just the vines on the surrounding hills. In addition to the vivacious wine of the region you will also find the corresponding food in Sierre´s exquisite restaurants.
The river Rhone, the dry climate and the glaciers of the Ice Age formed the landscape surrounding Sierre. The Géronde Lake and the Pfyn forest, the biggest Scots pinewood in Switzerland, are popular destinations in the region. Sierre is the gate to several great tourist regions in the Valais. If you are culturally minded, you can walk in the footsteps of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke who lived here for a long time and is buried in Raron cementary; a museum in Sierre is dedicated to him. A must-see are also the houses of the noble families of earlier times, for instance the baroque Maison de Chastonay and the former Chateau de la Cour, now serving as town hall, both dating back to the 17th century.
A lively shopping street, shady terraces and a remarkable old town with splendid houses: Sierre is a town you should have visited. Sunshine here is above average, to the benefit of not just the vines on the surrounding hills. In addition to the vivacious wine of the region you will also find the corresponding food in Sierre´s exquisite restaurants.
The river Rhone, the dry climate and the glaciers of the Ice Age formed the landscape surrounding Sierre. The Géronde Lake and the Pfyn forest, the biggest Scots pinewood in Switzerland, are popular destinations in the region. Sierre is the gate to several great tourist regions in the Valais. If you are culturally minded, you can walk in the footsteps of the poet Rainer Maria Rilke who lived here for a long time and is buried in Raron cementary; a museum in Sierre is dedicated to him. A must-see are also the houses of the noble families of earlier times, for instance the baroque Maison de Chastonay and the former Chateau de la Cour, now serving as town hall, both dating back to the 17th century.
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