Stand des Perrettes

Stand des Perrettes is a recreation area in Valais, Switzerland. Stand des Perrettes is situated nearby to the ruins Mayen de la Tête, as well as near the mountain saddle Col des Planches.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Col des Planches and Martigny railway station.

Col des Planches

Mountain saddle

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Col des Planches is a high mountain pass in the Alps in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The road to the Col runs from Martigny at 471 metres with an average gradient of about 9%, over Col des Planches then down to Sembrancher at 717 metres with an average gradient of 7%.

Martigny railway station

Railway station

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Martigny railway station is a railway station in the municipality of Martigny, in the Swiss canton of Valais. It is an intermediate stop on the standard gauge Simplon line of Swiss Federal Railways and the junction of the 1,000 mm Martigny–Châtelard and standard gauge Martigny–Orsières lines of Transports de Martigny et Régions and RegionAlps, respectively. Martigny railway station is situated 2½ km west of Stand des Perrettes.

Fondation Pierre Gianadda

Arts center

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Fondation Pierre Gianadda, inaugurated in 1978, administers museums and exhibitions located in Martigny, Switzerland. The permanent exhibitions include the Automobile Museum, Gallo-Roman Museum, Louis and Evelyn Franck Collection, Sculpture Park, and Chagall Court. Fondation Pierre Gianadda is situated 3½ km southwest of Stand des Perrettes.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Charrat and Martigny.

Charrat

Village

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Charrat is a former municipality in the district of Martigny in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021 the former municipality of Charrat merged into the municipality of Martigny.