Vercorin is a small village on a sunny plateau above Sierre in the Valais, suiting families and walkers who want a sauna and mountain quiet. The road, post bus or cable car up is part of the journey.
Vercorin stands at about 1,330 metres on a plateau high above Sierre in the Rhône valley, with old houses and barns built snugly around a Romanesque church tower. The climate is mild enough for cherry trees to bloom. The homes are packed into the village, typically for around six people, though a few take much bigger groups. Nearly all have a sauna, none has a pool, and a quarter have a garden. In winter the village has a natural skating rink, a snow playground for children and a family toboggan run. In summer tandem paragliding flights run from Crêt-du-Midi down to Chalais, the Forêt Aventures rope park sits at Sigeroulaz, the gondola's middle station, and the Val de Réchy nature reserve lies close by.
An undeveloped valley with virtually no roads or buildings, known for edelweiss; stags rut there between September and October.
A village in the Val d'Anniviers, joined to Vercorin by a 13 km hiking stage of about four and a half hours.
The middle station of the Vercorin to Crêt du Midi gondola, with the Forêt Aventures rope park.
The Rhône valley town below the plateau, linked to Vercorin by post bus and served by hourly trains from Geneva Airport.
Geneva Airport is just over two hours away by car, or around two hours by hourly train to Sierre, then a post bus up to the village; the cable car from Chalais is the other way up. A car helps with the mountain road, but public transport covers the basics.
Summer and winter both work. In summer, hiking, the rope park and tandem paragliding are on the doorstep, and the Tour du Val d'Anniviers stage from Grimentz ends here, weather permitting. In winter the focus is family snow play, skating and tobogganing. Between September and October the stags rut in the Val de Réchy.
Yes. Winter brings a natural skating rink, a children's snow playground and a family toboggan run, and summer adds a rope park at Sigeroulaz. Homes typically sleep around six, and nearly all have a sauna.
Between September and October, in the Val de Réchy beside the village. It is an undeveloped valley with virtually no roads or buildings, also known for its abundance of edelweiss.
By cable car from Chalais, by post bus from Sierre, or by the road up from the Rhône valley. The village sits on a plateau high above Sierre, so even the last stretch is a mountain journey.
Quiet and walking-focused. The plateau has a mild climate, tandem paragliding from Crêt-du-Midi, a rope park and the Val de Réchy reserve, plus a 13 km hiking stage across to Grimentz.
Nearly all do. None has a private pool, so the sauna is the main indulgence. Homes typically sleep around six, though a few take far larger groups, and a quarter have a garden.
Written by the TrustedVillas team. Last reviewed October 2026.
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