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At an altitude of more than 3,100 metres, this is the highest hotel in the Alps, and from the large sun terrace (which seats 300) you can enjoy a truly magnificent view of the Matterhorn and surrounding Monte Rosa, Liskamm and Breithorn peaks. Stepping out after the 45-minute ride up the mountain railway, you face a 19th-century building (complete with huge telescope) that looks like something out of a James Bond movie a feeling intensified when you wander up the hill to find the terrace packed with ladies-who-lunch in sunglasses. There is an excellent fondue, and the platter of air-dried Valais meats is always a good choice; but winter or summer, the point about the Kulm Gornergrat is the view rather than the food.
CONTACT
Hotel Restaurant Kulm Gornergrat, Zermatt (00 41 27 966 6400; fax: 966 6404). Open 8am-4.30pm (evening meals available to hotel residents only). Closed mid-April to end of June and October to mid-December. Lunch about SFr80 (£35) for two people without wine; half board (including dinner) about £40 per person per night until 25 June; then about £52
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