Museum with St.Bernard puppies, a must! Brings back good childhood memories from watching Beethoven!

Yes, for dog lovers, but also a very interesting History Museum of Alpine life, at the time when rescue dogs were, with human efforts, the only means of rescue. Very informative, lots of inspiring artifacts. Takes you to a time and space that is both romantic and heroic. This carried my away for two hours. Besides, there were 10 female... More

Typical swiss dogs, the museum will show you live dogs and artifacts about their history. The last floor always hosts interestig temporary exhibits. In summer, some of the dogs will be at the Grand saint bernard hospice.

A great attraction for kids, who can get bored with looking at the fantastic scenery. And informative too.

This museum houses several St. Bernard dogs for us to see through glass cages. Upper floors are filled with information and history of St. Bernard. Very interesting and informative! St. Bernard dogs were used to search and rescue of travellers crossing St. Bernard Pass (high mountain pass between France and Switzerland), by catholic priests. If you don't want to drive... More