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Article: Simply beautiful: Sion. (Swiss City).(travel to Sion Switzerland)
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- Swiss News
- Article date:
- June 1, 2003
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City Profile:
Location: Canton of Valais
Altitude: 510m
Inhabitants: 27,000
Sion is often referred to as "the town with castle character." And indeed, there is no shortage of castles in and near Sion. But Sion obviously has much more to offer than a handful of castles. The famous cowfights, the heartwarmingly pleasant climate, the two typical hills with their historically informative castles, innumerable leisure and sporting opportunities, a picturesque Old Town which invites you to linger, the blossoming wine industry--all of that and still much more makes the capital of the canton, alongside the River Rhone, a meca for pleasure ...