We had two full days in Zermatt in early October. The first one luckily was perfect and we caught the Gornergrat up to see the Matterhorn and have lunch.
The second day was damp and completely clouded over.
We chose to hike up to the Gorner Gorge. We are not usually hikers, so found it slightly difficult but we managed. We hiked back via a restaurant named Blatten where we had a sensational lunch and a glass of wine, before heading back to town.
In the afternoon, we wandered the very cute town of Zermatt, especially the Hinterdorf area with its 500 year old houses. We also visited the graveyard where all the Matterhorn climbers who didn't make it are buried, and also the very good Matterhorn Museum.
We loved our two days there.
We caught both the Glacier and Bernina Expresses in the panorama trains and thoroughly enjoyed both. There were windows at the end of the carriages for glare free photos, but to us it was more about the experience than the pictures, although we did take a few and glare wasn't much of an issue.
We stayed in St. Moritz for two nights which meant that we got the free Engadin card allowing us up all the mountain transport which was sensational. We did visit Pontresina, which was small but very pretty.
We also did an overnight in Tirano, staying at the Hotel Bernina. We discovered an amazing restaurant in Tirano, with some of the best food of our almost month long trip - the Parracavini Restaurant.
