Hello Experts ~ We will be spending 3 nights in Zermatt in September. We will be driving from Italy into Switzerland.
I assume the main parking garage is easy to find, correct? We will have Euros and wonder if there is a money cash machine in Tasch to get swiss francs.
Is there a toll to be paid on the Swiss highway between the Italian border and Tasch?
Many thanks ~
Kathy
San Francisco
It's huge and very easy to find by following the signs. Its a massive parking structure.
Yes - you will need to get a vignette sticker for your windshield when you enter Switzerland. You can buy one at the border patrol station when you enter the country and at post offices and even some gas stations close to the border if the border station is unmanned, which is sometimes the case.
The vignette is a toll for using Swiss Motorways/Autobahn/Autoroutes/Autostrada. If you cross the border on a non-motorway road, and keep off motorways thereafter, you can avoid buying a vignette.
The side valley from Visp up to Zermatt has one road, which is not a motorway. You just keep going to the end of the road at Tasch, and use the huge ugly car park next to the station, then get a train the short journey up to Zermatt. You will have to pay for parking, and the train. Parking prices are here 15.50 Franks per day.
All railway stations in Switzerland take Euros, including in ticket machines, and I bet the car park does as well. As soon as you spot a cash machine it will be advisable to get some Franks as not everywhere takes Euros, and if they do they give you an inferior rate for the inconvenience to them.
Be sure to pay for parking at the end of your trip before you get in the car - the only way to exit the parking structure is w/a ticket showing that you paid - you can't pay at the exit!
