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Lake
St. Moritzersee
A lake about 1.6 km long, at 1,768 m, between St. Moritz Dorf and St. Moritz Bad, with a path around it. Frozen in winter, it hosts the White Turf horse races and snow polo.
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St. Moritz
In the destination St. Moritz and the Engadina.
In the photo: Plazza da Scoula, St. Moritz
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The city
What to expect from St. Moritz.
Town of the Upper Engadine, at 1,822 m, above the St. Moritzersee, divided between Dorf, on the slope, and Bad, by the lake. It has the leaning tower, the Segantini Museum, the Museum Engiadinais, the Mili Weber Museum and the bobsled run to Celerina. It is the departure point for the Bernina Express and the Glacier Express and a base for Piz Nair, Muottas Muragl, Corvatsch, Diavolezza, Morteratsch, Pontresina, Sils, Maloja and the Bahnmuseum Albula.
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The local experience
What to see in St. Moritz
Monument
Schiefer Turm
A 33 m tower, with a tilt of about 5.5 degrees, remaining from the old church of St. Maurice, atop St. Moritz Dorf.
Museum
Segantini Museum
Museum opened in 1908 in memory of the painter Giovanni Segantini, in a stone building with a dome, where the triptych of the Alps, Werden – Sein – Vergehen, is displayed.
Museum
Museum Engiadinais
Museum of house and life in the Engadina, in a 1906 building inspired by the valley's typical house, with interiors spanning five centuries and an exhibition about Romansh.
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Museum
Mili Weber Museum
House of the painter Mili Weber (1891–1978), on the edge of the forest above St. Moritz lake, with walls, ceilings and furniture painted by her. Visits only with a guide and by appointment.
Sport
Olympia Bob Run St. Moritz–Celerina
Natural-ice bobsleigh track of 1,722 m between St. Moritz and Celerina, rebuilt each winter. It hosted the Olympic events in 1928 and 1948 and offers rides with a pilot.
Mountain
Piz Nair
Mountain above St. Moritz, with the top station of the cable car at 3.057 m and views over the Engadina valley. You take a funicular up to Corviglia and from there a cable car.
Observation deck
Muottas Muragl
Lookout at 2.456 m above the Upper Engadine valley, between Samedan and Pontresina, with a funicular opened in 1907, and a hotel and restaurant at the top.
Mountain
Corvatsch
Mountain above Silvaplana, with a cable car departing from Surlej and reaching 3.303 m, offering views of the Bernina massif and the lakes of the Upper Engadine.
Mountain
Diavolezza
Mountain pass in the Bernina massif, with a cable car up to 2,978 m and views of Piz Bernina, Piz Palü and the Pers and Morteratsch glaciers. Open year-round.
Glacier
Morteratschgletscher
Glacier of the Bernina massif that descends toward Pontresina, with an easy 2.9 km trail from Morteratsch station and information points explaining the retreat of the ice.
Village
Pontresina
Village at 1,805 m, about 7 km from St. Moritz, at the entrance to Val Bernina, with a Bernina Express station and access to Diavolezza, Morteratsch and Val Roseg.
Village
Sils/Segl
Village at 1,809 m between the Silsersee and Lake Silvaplana, with the Chastè peninsula, the Nietzsche-Haus and the entrance to Val Fex, a car-free valley.
Museum
Nietzsche-Haus
House in Sils Maria where Friedrich Nietzsche spent summers from 1881 to 1888; a museum with the philosopher's room, manuscripts, letters and published works.
Village
Maloja
Village at the Maloja Pass, at 1,815 m, on the southwest tip of the Silsersee, Italian-speaking. The painter Giovanni Segantini lived there, and a trail leads to the Gletschermühlen.
Panoramic train
Bernina Express
Panoramic train from Chur or St. Moritz to Tirano in Italy, on the Bernina line, a UNESCO World Heritage site, with 55 tunnels, 196 bridges and its highest point at the Ospizio Bernina at 2,253 m.
Panoramic train
Glacier Express
Panoramic train between St. Moritz and Zermatt, in about 8 hours, over 291 bridges and 91 tunnels, passing the Landwasser viaduct, the Rhine Gorge and the Oberalp Pass at 2,033 m.
Museum
Bahnmuseum Albula
Train museum in Bergün, in front of the station, on the Albula line and the Rhätische Bahn, with a model, a virtual cab ride and a Krokodil locomotive.