The Jetset Destination St. Moritz

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Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow 2008 © Frédéric de Goldschmidt - www.frederic.net

Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow 2008 © Frédéric de Goldschmidt – www.frederic.net

St. Moritz is a resort town in the Engadine valley in Switzerland. It is a municipality in the district of Maloja in the Swiss canton of Graubünden. The highest summit in the Eastern Alps, the Piz Bernina, lies a few kilometres south of the town. The year-round population is 5600, with some 3000 seasonal employees supporting hotels and rental units with a total of 13,000 beds.

St. Moritz, due to its favorable location, enjoys over 300 days of sunshine a year. Every winter this alpine village hosts the White Turf horse race on the frozen Lake St. Moritz attended by the international Upper class, as well as the Polo World Cup on Snow. Popular pastimes include skiing, snowboarding, and hiking, and nearby there is also the world famous Cresta Run toboggan course.

St Moritz by night © MadGeographer © ProjectManager Plaza da Scoula and St Moritz library © MadGeographe Norman Fosters' Chesa Futura © Adrian Sulc Badrutt's Palace Hotel © Roland Zumbühl St_Moritz with frozen Lake St Moritz © Alps St_Moritz seen from Corvatsch © Frédéric de Goldschmidt - www.frederic.net St. Moritz Dorf from lake Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow 2008 © Frédéric de Goldschmidt - www.frederic.net
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Cartier Polo World Cup on Snow 2008 © Frédéric de Goldschmidt - www.frederic.net
Main sights are

  • The Segantini Museum: dedicated to Giovanni Segantini, a painter that lived the last five years of his life in Engadine. The Segantini Museum is listed as a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
  • The bobsled run: a very rare natural bob sleigh typically running by mid December each year
  • Viewing the glacier landscape: there are a number of notable vistas. Much can be seen by descending from Diavolezza to the Morteratsch Glacier.
  • The 3300 metres high Piz Corvatsch with its ice cave and its eight-kilometer long ski slope down to St.Moritz-Bad.

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