The new tourist and cultural guide to Valais: a work of reference for your visits and stays! A work of reference shedding light on the multiple charms of the canton of Valais will be hot off the press at the end of June. With 340 richly-illustrated pages of fascinating and practical information, this guide will allow you to make the most of your visit to Valais. You will discover the many facets of our canton : natural, historic, economic, cultural and touristic. The chapters on «Understanding Valais«, written by specialists in the different disciplines concerned, take the visitor from geological times to the present day, from a general view to a close-up. The second part, entitled «Exploring Valais» presents the riches of each region from Lake Geneva to the Rhône Glacier. Entrusted to the lively pen of journalists backed-up by historians and benefiting from the resources of tourist offices, this section forms the heart of the guide. It is largely devoted to patrimonial discoveries, idyllic corners, itineraries offering a blend of nature and culture. «To find out more», the third part of the guide, has been designed to inform the visitor without overloading the guide with indications that risk rapidly becoming obsolete. A tourist and cultural guide to Valais. A land of contrasts, traditional and still progressive, sometimes closed-minded but always hospitable, at the top with eternal ice and down in the valley with a southern climate and temperament. Just a special place and well worth seeing.