It can be reached from Zermatt via the Gornergrat railway, the terminus station being located 100 metres away.
The hotel includes an observatory, two restaurants and a small shopping mall.
As the tourist traffic increased, the current larger hotel was built between 1897 and 1907.
Given the clean air and good light conditions of the area, a dome was built on each of the two towers of the hotel in 1996.
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