Siders: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

The Fondation Rilke Museum documents Rainer Maria Rilke’s life and his stay in Muzot through documents, photographs, illustrations and stories.

You can rent a holiday apartment in Siders.

Getting Around

A documented circular hike is listed as a route connecting Sierre railway station via Château de Vidômes, the Goubing-Falcon footbridge, Chippis and Petit Lac, returning to the railway station. After crossing the Rhône, the described route passes near Lac de Géronde and Petit Lac; it is given as 7.8 km and approximately 2¼ hours. The route provides a compact overview of the railway station, historic buildings, Rhône crossings, nearby lakes and the adjacent settlement of Chippis. Parking is indicated directly at the railway station.

Geographical Location

Zènèvrec is a named mapped feature located on the map approximately 7.7 km southeast of the centre of Sierre. Gorwetschgrat is a named mapped feature located approximately 6.0 km east, Mont Bonvin approximately 9.6 km north, Sex Mort approximately 10.3 km north and Pointe de la Plaine Mort approximately 10.5 km north of the centre of Sierre.

Landscape

Sierre lies in the Rhône Valley. The local landscape context includes vineyards, forests, the surrounding mountains, historic irrigation channels and the Rhône.

Pfyn-Finges Nature Park belongs to the wider area around Sierre and is described as featuring arid steppes and floodplain forests.

For comparing other destination pages, in addition to Siders you can also include Anniviers, Ayer, Chalais Vs, Chandolin, Chippis, Crans-Montana, Crans-Sur-Sierre, Grône, Icogne, Lens, Miège, Saint-Jean Vs, Saint-Luc Vs, Sierre, Venthône, Vercorin and Veyras.

History

Sierre has documented traces of civilizations ranging from prehistoric communities through the Roman and medieval periods to later Valais history.

For the higher-level travel overview: Valais.