St. Moritz.

What to do in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

The town splits between hillside Dorf and lakeside Bad, connected by covered escalators and steep stairs. Days revolve around the morning weather report, early cable cars up to Piz Nair, and afternoon strolls through larch woods as the crisp Maloja breeze builds. It suits travellers who enjoy dramatic high-valley topography, well-marked hiking tracks, and old-school grand hotel dining rooms without needing to take the luxury retail strip too seriously.

24 hours in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

Take the 08:30 funicular from Dorf up to Corviglia for crisp ridge walking before the clouds gather. Descend to Bad for a lunch of air-dried beef and barley soup at a corner stübli, then walk the forty-minute path around Lake St. Moritz. Finish with coffee and walnut tart on Via Maistra as the streetlights flicker on. Select 1 Day above to see it.

2 days in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

Head ten minutes north to Samedan to inspect sgraffito-scraped stone houses and soak in the vertical mineral baths. Walk into the quiet Val Roseg from Pontresina for a late lunch of potato Rösti topped with fried eggs and mountain bacon at the forest hut, returning on the gravel trail by dusk. Choose 2 Days to expand the plan.

3 days in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

Ride the Bernina Railway over the open pass to the Italian-speaking Poschiavo valley, watching glaciers give way to stone villages. Spend the afternoon lingering over buckwheat Pizzoccheri and red Valtellina nebbiolo before catching the evening mountain train back up through the pass.

St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland itineraries by interest

• Cured Meats in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  Air-dried Bündnerfleisch carved paper-thin, dark venison sausage, and smoked pork collar cured in the dry high-valley wind without heat or wood smoke.

• Alpine Walking in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  Granite trails winding out of Corviglia, high tarns below Piz Nair at 3,057 metres, and stone marker paths down to Val Suvretta.

• Mineral Springs in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  Iron-rich carbonated waters drawn at St. Moritz Bad since the Bronze Age, still piped into quiet soaking baths and modern therapy clinics.

• Regional Dining in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  Bowls of cabbage-wrapped Capuns stewed in milk broth, crisp potato Rösti, and buckwheat Pizzoccheri layered with alpine Bitto cheese and chard.

• Pastry & Baking in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  Dense Engadiner Nusstorte filled with caramelized walnuts and mountain honey, baked in family patisseries along Via Maistra.

• Mountain Railways in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  The red carriages of the Bernina Express climbing over the 2,253-metre Ospizio Bernina pass down toward Valposchiavo on metre-gauge tracks.

• Local Architecture in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  Sixteenth-century Engadin farmhouses in Zuoz and Samedan finished with sgraffito plasterwork, thick stone embrasures, and arched pine doors.

• Lake Trails in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  The flat four-kilometre gravel loop circling Lake St. Moritz, passing windsurfers catching the Maloja wind and yellow larch woods in autumn.

• Modern Art in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  Contemporary galleries along Via Serlas, stone installations in the St. Moritz design quarter, and the circular stone Segantini Museum.

• Winter Sports in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  The world's oldest natural-ice Cresta Run, historic bobsleigh tracks carved from packed snow, and groomed downhill runs on Corvatsch.

• Forest Walks in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  Trails through the Stazerwald stone pine forest to Lake Staz, where dark peaty water reflects snowfields in absolute silence.

• Day Trips in St. Moritz Graubünden Switzerland

  Short post-bus runs to Sils Maria to see Nietzsche's stone-pine study, or cable cars up to Diavolezza for close views of the Morteratsch Glacier.