Reaching Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee can be easily reached in several ways. Saas-Fee is a small village located in southern Switzerland. The village is located at 1800 meters altitude, which is easily accessible from the Netherlands.
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Getting to Saas-Fee by car
Saas-Fee has been a car-free village since 1951. The municipal government is committed to sustainability and green energy. This involves parking the car in a large parking lot just outside the village. From the parking lot, you can easily get to the village center by public transportation, such as the Saas-Fee bus. See below the mileage and travel time for each city in the Netherlands.
City | Calculated travel time | Number of kilometers to Saas-Fee |
Amsterdam | 10 hours and 20 minutes | 922 km |
Rotterdam | 9 hours and 53 minutes | 898 km |
The Hague | 10 hours and 7 minutes | 924 km |
Utrecht | 10 hours and 7 minutes | 923 km |
Eindhoven | 9 hours and 13 minutes | 800 km |
Groningen | 10 hours and 34 minutes | 1006 km |
Vignette
In Switzerland, you have to pay a toll to use the highway. A vignette is valid for fourteen months from December 1 to December 31 of the following year. For example, Vignette 2022 is valid from December 1, 2021 through January 31, 2023. If you book smartly you can go on winter sports two years in a row with 1 vignette. Without a toll vignette you can not use highways, it will take you on average 2.5 hours longer from the Netherlands.
Getting to Saas-Fee by train
Saas-Fee does not have a train station. The nearest village that can be reached by train is Stalden-Saas. The train continues from Stalden to Zwermatt. There is no train connection in the Saas Valley.
Another option is to travel to Visp by train. From Visp you can take a cab or ski bus to Saas-Fee. The train journey from Amsterdam to Visp takes an average of 10 hours. The prices of this train trip vary, the longer ahead you book the more likely it is that you will be able to get a cheaper train ticket. From Visp you can take bus B551 to the Saas valley. View the bus routes from Visp for departure times.
Getting to Saas-fee by plane
Saas-Fee can also be reached easily and comfortably by plane. The nearest airport is in Geneva. The flight from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport to Geneva takes about 1 hour and 30 minutes. From Geneva it is then a 2 hour and 45 minute drive to Saas-Fee.
Other airports close to Saas-Fee are Bern (Switzerland), Zurich (Switzerland), Milan (Italy), Torino/Turin (Italy) and Basel (France).
Check out the different distances from the different airports below.
Airport | Calculated travel time from Amsterdam Schiphol | Calculated travel time driving to Saas-Fee from airport |
Geneva | 1 hour and 30 minutes | 2 hours and 45 minutes |
Bern | 1 hour and 8 minutes | 2 hours and 29 minutes |
Zurich | 1 hour and 25 minutes | 3 hours and 43 minutes |
Milan | 1 hour and 40 minutes | 2 hours and 48 minutes |
Torino/Turin | 1 hour and 35 minutes | 3 hours and 29 minutes |
Basel | 1 hour and 15 min | 3 hours and 34 minutes |
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