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Heidadorf Visperterminen – Unterstalden Historic Village loop from Visperterminen

Heidadorf Visperterminen – Unterstalden Historic Village loop from Visperterminen

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Heidadorf Visperterminen – Unterstalden Historic Village loop from Visperterminen

01:25

19.4km

720m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 16, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 5.91 km for 79 m

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129 m

Heidadorf Visperterminen

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A beautiful high-altitude location with a great view. This is where Europe's highest vineyards are located.

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5.95 km

Unterstalden Historic Village

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Typical old village, necessarily run through

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6.74 km

Wine hike through Europe’s highest vineyard

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Wine hike through Europe's highest vineyard, combined with a wine tasting at the local St. Jodern winery.

Below the village of Visperterminen lies Europe's highest, contiguous vineyard, at an altitude between 650 and 1,150 meters. In short terraces with high dry stone walls, the vineyard, called „Rieben“, overcomes 500 meters of altitude difference in a confined space.

Hundreds of these retaining walls turn the steep slopes into small vine gardens, often no larger than two bedsheets. The southern exposure of the slope, in one of Switzerland's driest regions, and the large stone surfaces of these dry stone walls make the „Rieben“ a heat chamber until late autumn, which gives the grapes – along with a few gusts of Föhn wind – the necessary ripeness.

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9.95 km

Visp Old Town

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The old Visp developed in the hilly zone because until about 150 years ago there were constant floods in the valley floor. The Rhone and the Vispa were corrected, expanded, and channelized. This made the entire area free for development. Another reason why people built on the hill was the military pressure on the Upper Valais. On a hill with ring walls, one could defend oneself better. Several conflagrations in the 13th and 14th centuries and the great conflagration of 1518 destroyed almost all of Visp. Thus, only individual houses built before 1518 can still be found.

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