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IN NUMB E R S Alpine highs


WITH THE ALPS’ HIGHEST CABLE CAR NOW OPEN FOR ITS FIRST FULL SUMMER SEASON, WE TAKE A LOOK AT MORE RECORD-BREAKING ALTITUDES IN THE MOUNTAIN RANGE


6,725ft 60 minutes THE TIME SWITZERLAND’S


ALLALIN, THE WORLD’S HIGHEST REVOLVING RESTAURANT, TAKES TO TURN 360 DEGREES


2023


The year in which the Matterhorn Alpine Crossing opened. Linking Italy and


300ft The length of the Swiss Alps’ Titlis Cliff


Walk, Europe’s highest suspension bridge at 9,977ft above sea level. It overlooks a 1,640ft drop down Mount Titlis


£200


THE PRICE OF A RETURN TICKET FROM THE SWISS TOWN OF INTERLAKEN TO


JUNGFRAUJOCH, EUROPE’S HIGHEST RAILWAY STATION


Switzerland, it reaches an altitude of 12,740ft, making it Europe’s loftiest cable car


126 The number of 3,000-metre peaks you can


see from Glacier Hotel Grawand, in the Italian province of South Tyrol. It’s Europe’s highest hotel, at an altitude of 10,538ft


3 The number of years it took to build


Margherita Hut, a refuge and research station on Italy’s Mount Rosa, after


construction began in 1899. At 14,941ft, it’s Europe’s highest building


Sources: bbc.co.uk grawand.com lavarella.it jungfrau.ch matterhornalpinecrossing.com riffelalp.com rifugimonterosa.it saas-fee.ch titlis.ch


96 NATIONALGEOGRAPHIC.COM/TRAVEL 35C THE WATER TEMPERATURE IN


EUROPE’S LOFTIEST OUTDOOR SWIMMING POOL, PART OF ZERMATT’S FIVE-STAR RIFFELALP RESORT 2222M


THE ALTITUDE OF RIFUGIO LAVARELLA IN ITALY, SAID TO BE THE CONTINENT’S HIGHEST BREWERY


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