‘The White Lotus’ in the Alps, by Ramon Aymerich

Andermatt is a two-hour train valley from Zurich. But it has neither the worldly connotation of Davos nor the charm of Chamonix, Gstaad and other alpine ski resorts. Many Swiss say it is one of the less luminous valleys of the Alps, surely because it is fitted between mountains that rub the 3,000 meters. Also because since 1881 its name is associated with a garrison of the Swiss Federal Army. And for some other unfortunate detail: in the winters…