Some years ago I discovered in a bakery shop in Montana a fantastic bread, it’s the special bread from the Valais, but this version is made with apricots, figs, and raisins. Every time I go to Montana, I come back home with this bread, made by the bakery pastry shop Taillens, which is a family enterprise, founded over 70 years ago. The bread has a rich texture, you…
The Follatères is a naturally protected site near Martigny / Valais, about a 10 minute bus- or car-drive from the station in Martigny. It’s so amazing to visit the Follatères in the middle of the Winter. Here are my 5 reasons I went there last Friday: You will find a Mediterranean climate Very few people visit this place, so there’s no problem with…
It’s easy to go to Aminona/Valais in Wintertime. From Crans-Montana or just from the Cable car in Montana, you take the Shuttle to Aminona (about 3 x hour). After a cup of coffee in the small bistro in Aminona, you walk up the hill for about 1 hour 1/2 until you get to the famous Bistro Plumachit. The way up leads you through a very…