Bisse du Torrent Neuf — Attraction in Savièse

Wow, this is some walk! On arrival there is a choice of 3 carparks. Parking 1 is huge with an information office, but only necessary to use that at peak times in the summer. Parking 2 is another 2km further on and you access the walk via a steep 100m path. Unofficial Parking 3 has space for 4-5 cars and is where Google maps takes you, the walk crosses the road about 20m above the parking, but then you will miss most of the pleasant canal section.

The walk itself is 5km ( from Parking 2) and takes just over 2 hours out and back. On the walk there are 2 cafes, 2 chapels, a tunnel, waterfalls and 3 long suspension bridges. This walk is not for the faint hearted or those of a nervous disposition. At many places there is very little between you and a drop of several hundred metres. And those bridges, whilst the locals skipped across unconcerned by the swaying I gripped both handrails very tightly. A really great walk, if a little...

This is one of the more spectacular hiking tours you can make along one of the waterways, originally constructed to irrigate the fields in the Rhône valley some 600 years ago. It has been carefully restored to invite visitors to share this cultural heritage. For obvious reasons, the bisse is closed in rainy weather, mostly because of the risk for stones being detached from the steep slopes above the gangways. In good weather the hike is well secured and there is little uphill effort. Dogs should be kept attached and children under control. One section of the bisse is demonstrating the construction methods for hanging water- and gangways on a steep mountain side which is highly...

I went for a 2,5 km walk along the torrent/stream out and the same back. At first you walk in the forrest but after a while you pass by a small chapel and a cafe and then you walk on the mountain side. The view is beautiful but if you are afraid of hights you should probably avoid it. If you continue you will be awarded with two suspension bridges.

BTW, if you arrive by car pass the first parking space and continue to the second one. From there you walk 50 meters up hill to the stream and you...