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I am passionate about the Alps. They are my heart's home and the place where I would like to spend the last day of my life. I have been a tourist in the village of Champoluc in the Italian Monterosa for all my life and worked as a tourist operator in this area since more than 15 years.

I believe in respect for the special environment of this place that you can find only here. We all gain by enjoying its beauty, while trying to make a minimum impact at the same time. Leave it for our children in the future!

I believe in respect for people who live here with their traditions and culture, language, and work, their genuine products and delicious wines. They open their homes for us, tourists and meet us as their guests, if we are able to open our hearts for them. I have a friend who is a hotel owner and he says that when stressed people from the city come to his place, he tells them to sit down and take a drink before they even begin to worry if they have a room. Perhaps, we can bring a little of their kindness and calmness with us on our way back to the city.

My philosophy is to give back a little of what the mountains and the people from this place have given to me and to my family through my work, to communicate my philosophy and my passion to those who follow me on the blog, and in my trips as a tour operator.

If you would like to visit Champoluc, Gressoney, Alagna or other villages in the Aosta Valley, trek or ski in the Monterosa, discover Sardinia or other places we offer, contact us.

The Matterhorn Story - open air show at 2600 m

Posted: Jul 21, 2015
Categories: Zermatt, News
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The Matterhorn Story, an open air show

There is still some time to see the Open Air Theatre at 2600 m in Zermatt. “The Matterhorn Story” was prepared to mark the 150thanniversary of the  Matterhorn ascent.

 

The performance runs until the 29th August on the stage at Gornergrat. Over 40 actors play for almost 700 people gathered in the audience.

“I dedicate my work to the Zermatt mountain guides. The helped wealthy guests during the first ascent and brought world fame to Edward Whymper, while they themselves have been forgotten,”

says Livia Anne Richard, director and author of “The Matterhorn Story”

The story focused on a trial when only three out of seven people return after successful ascent of the Matterhorn. Until 1865 the top was considered invincible and a lot of legends aroused around it. But on the 12th July 1865 Edward Whymper with a support from father and son Taugwalder managed to climb the mountain. Authors of the play say that it is a story of conquest, but also betrayal and death.

To reach international audience the play uses universal language of music. A composer, Bruno Bier accompanies the show, playing the natural-tone, traditional instrument called a hang.

The show is run every week, Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m. and on Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets cost 99-129 CHF. It is worth booking tickets earlier.

Languages spoken in the play: Valais German, German, English, but there is also written description available in French, Portuguese, Japanese and Korean.

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