Ernen
A well-preserved wooden village in the Goms Valley that won the Wakker Prize and is known for its summer classical music festival.
Ernen lies on a hillside near Fiesch. Around its central square stand larch-wood houses from the 16th to 18th centuries, weathered to a deep brown, and stone houses with murals. In 1979 the village received the Wakker Prize, Switzerland’s award for heritage conservation. Every summer it hosts the Ernen Musikdorf classical music festival, which draws European music lovers. Outside the village is the site of an old gallows. You can walk from Fiesch or take a postal bus.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Fiescheralp
- Binntal Nature Park
- Eggishorn
- Märjelensee
- Bettmerhorn
- Bettmeralp
- Great Aletsch Glacier
- Bettmersee