SAFFRON EDUCATIONAL PATH MUND
1 / 9
Easy
1h18min
3516m
Loop
+256m
-256m
Description
The starting point of the saffron educational path is in the village center. From there you reach a peaceful circular route that passes through ...
Did you know why Mund saffron is more valuable than gold? And how, according to legend, it was intriguingly smuggled into Mund? The answers to these and many other fascinating questions can be found on the saffron educational path in Mund.
The starting point of the saffron educational path is the village center. From there you reach a peaceful circular route that passes through saffron fields and meadows with an impressive view of the Rhone Valley. Along the hike there are currently six stations with information boards that provide insights in German and French on the Mund saffron culture. Visitors learn, for example, why the culinary miracle saffron may only be picked and processed by hand, or who counts among its worst enemies. Information is given on history, origin, culinary use, cultivation, processing, botany and local tradition. The saffron educational path is an entertaining hiking opportunity in nature. Part of the route is wheelchair accessible!
Transport
**Arrival by car**
**From Western Switzerland:** A9 Lausanne - Vevey, or Northwestern Switzerland: A12 Bern - Vevey: A9 - Sierre: main road Sierre - Brig
**From Northwestern Switzerland:** A6 Bern - Thun - Spiez: main road Spiez - Kandersteg (car shuttle Lötschberg tunnel) - Goppenstein - Gampel - Brig
**From Eastern and Central Switzerland:** Andermatt - Realp (year-round car shuttle Furka; in summer over Furka Pass) - Oberwald - Brig
**From Ticino (in summer):** Airolo - Nufenen Pass - Ulrichen – Brig
Or via Centovalli – Domodossola – Simplon Pass – Brig
**From Italy (Aosta, Mont Blanc Tunnel):** Aosta - Grand Saint Bernard tunnel (in summer over the pass) - Martigny: highway A9 - Sierre: main road Sierre – Brig
Or via Domodossola – Simplon Pass – Brig
**Birgisch / Mund**
From Brig you reach Birgisch and Mund via Naters.