Firefly Hotel

Top choice in Zermatt


From the chopped wood neatly stacked outside to the cowhide chairs, this exquisite Alpine hotel – named after a bar on a paradise island where the owners holidayed – enchants. Earthy design reflects the elements, each kitchen-equipped room venerating fire, water, earth or air. Thankfully, stylish ground-floor Bar 55 is open to non-guests, too (5pm to 1am).


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Nearby Zermatt attractions

1. Matterhorn Glacier Paradise

0.19 MILES

Views from Zermatt’s cable cars are all remarkable, but the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise is the icing on the cake. Ride the world's highest-altitude 3S…

2. Mountaineers' Cemetery

0.2 MILES

A walk in Zermatt’s pair of cemeteries – the Mountaineers' Cemetery in the garden of Zermatt's St Mauritius Church and the main cemetery across the road –…

3. St Mauritius Church

0.2 MILES

Zermatt's main church, at the end of the main street, was built in 1913 and has a beautiful 18th-century altar. Feel free to enter.

4. Matterhorn Museum

0.22 MILES

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5. Sunnegga

0.51 MILES

Take the Sunnegga Express 'tunnel funicular' up to Sunnegga (2288m) for amazing views of the Matterhorn. This is a top spot for families – take the Leisee…

6. Gornerschlucht

0.62 MILES

It is a 1.5km walk from Zermatt along the river to this dramatic gorge, carved out of green serpentinite rock and accessed by a series of wooden…

7. Ricola Herb Garden

0.79 MILES

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8. Allalin

8.93 MILES

Year-round, the underground Mittelallin funicular climbs to an icy 3500m where the world’s highest revolving restaurant on the Allalin glacier basks in…