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Salgesch: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Accommodation in Salgesch

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You can rent a holiday apartment in Salgesch.

The surrounding area of Salgesch includes Zènèvrec, Mont Bonvin, Sex Mort and Pointe de la Plaine Mort.

File:Salgesch-Pfynwald.jpg File:Salgesch-Pfynwald.jpg Photo: GabrielleMerk via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Nature

Gorwetschgrat is located in the immediate vicinity of Salgesch.

Salgesch lies in central Valais, three kilometres northeast of Sierre on the right-hand side of the Rhône Valley.

The municipality comprises hilly terrain near the Rhône. Its northern mountain slope extends to the lower edge of Varneralp at 2,100 metres above sea level.

Part of the Pfyn Forest belongs to the territory of Salgesch; it is described as the largest contiguous pine forest in the Alps.

The Canton of Valais designated the Pfyn Forest as a protected natural and landscape area on 17 December 1997.

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The Rhône flows through the area in a broad natural riverbed with changing gravel banks and extensive alluvial forests.

The hills around the village and in the Rhône Valley were formed by the prehistoric landslide of Salgesch.

For further travel planning, you can also view Turtmann, Inden, Albinen, Gampel, Unterems, Leukerbad, Niedergampel and Varen.

To the overview of the higher-level destination: Leuk.

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