Engadin
The Engadin is situated in southeast Switzerland, extending from the Maloja Pass to Martina on the border with Austria. A popular travel destination for the Swiss, it is divided into the Upper and Lower Engadin and features a different scenery from the other valleys of the Swiss Alps. The Engadin boasts lovely landscapes with dark-blue mountain lakes and a continental mountain climate that make it a hiker’s paradise. The weather is varied and characterized by clear skies, and dry, light breezes. The mountain air causes radiant sunshine, which in winter, is intensified owing to the reflection of the snow. The resort of St. Moritz has rightly adopted the sign of the sun as its logo. When vacationing in the Engadin, you will take with you memorable natural experiences - in summer as well as in winter.

The Upper Engadin
This natural paradise with azure lakes and lush green meadows, framed by forests, snow-capped peaks and the Engadin sky is one of the most scenic valleys in all of Switzerland. It offers wealth of leisure activities and nowhere in the Alps are can you reach peaks of this altitude so easily. Comfortable cog railways and cable cars take you to the 3,000 meter summits of Piz Nair, Corvatsch and Diavolezza, as well as the high viewpoints of Muottas Muragl and Furtschellas. The touristic Upper Engadin includes the 11 villages that are lined up over 55 km (34 miles) and include: Sils, Silvaplana, St. Moritz, Celerina, Pontresina, Samedan, Bever, La Punt Chamues-ch, Madulain, Zuoz and S-chanf. St. Moritz is by far the biggest and most famous resort of them, located in the center of Upper Engadin. It is accessible via the Maloja Pass and the deep Bregaglia Valley and over the Bernina Pass into the equally idyllic Poschiavo Valley. These two valleys are distinctively Italian in language and culture, and offer a taste of the neighboring country in the South of Switzerland.

The Lower Engadin
Remote from Graubünden and the rest of Switzerland, this attractive valley feeds a unique Romanshculture that has florished in isolation for centuries. Thick walled houses with small, deep-set windows, painted in creamy-beige color and decorated with scarlet geraniums abound. You will see sgraffito; ornate, curlicued designs and picturese etched into the white stuccoed of a house. Beautifully decorated cottages and quaint cobbled squares, set against a tremendous backdrop of dark pine forests and looming mountains, combine to give the Lower Engadin a unique fairy-tale air. Scuol is the main town, surrounded by charming cliffside villages such as Ftan and Guarda. Zernez serves as the gateway to expore the sole Swiss National Park and beyond the park you'll find Muestair, which is one of Switzerland greatest cultural treasures with its Carolimgian church and it perfectly perserved medieval frescoes.

Engadin Activities
Swiss National Park
The Swiss National Park is a natural preserve, which is totally protected from human influences and encroachments. Its natural treasures are varied and abundant. Local tourist offices (Zernez, S-chanf, Zuoz, Münstertal) will organize a number of guided tours. Information, documentation, exhibits and an audio visual presentation are all available at the house of the national park in Zernez.

Bergell/Solio
Take the post bus following the lakes of the Upper Engadine to Maloja. Then continue across the Maloja Pass to Casaccia and Stampa, home of the famous painters and sculptors Giovanni, Augusto and Alberto Giacometti. Visit the extraordinary valley museum 'Ciäsa Granda' (opening hours from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.) after a hearty lunch in one of the villages. Then go on to Soglio, an ancient and fully preserved village perched on a sunny terrace above the Bergell valley. One of the sites worth visiting there is the church "Palazzo Salis". Take in the wonderful panoramic view of the Sciora and Bondasca mountain ranges or take a ride from Maloja to Castasegna bordering on Italy and visit the manufacture which specializes in the making of the most particular perfume flasks.

Bernina Express
Escape to the south! - Over the Bernina Pass to Poschiavo and on to Tirano in the Valtellina (Italy). From the Engadine the train will take you from 1800 m (5450 ft) to 2253 m (6830 ft) above sea level at an incline sometimes as steep as 7% without the use of cog wheels, which is unique in Europe. The impressive ride over deep valleys and across stone viaducts ends in Tirano at a mere 429 m (1300 ft) above sea level.

Sils Maria and Sils Baselgia
Nestled between the lakes of Silvaplana and Sils, these two villages are definitely worth a visit. A boat ride on the lake of Sils in the morning to the peninsula with its lovely hamlet Isola. Lunch in Isola. Back to Sils by boat or on foot (approx. 1 hr). Spend the afternoon exploring the village and drop by at the Nietzsche House (open Tuesday to Sunday from 15.00 h to 18.00 h).

Engadin Villages
Take the Rhaetian Railway or a post bus in the direction of the the Lower Engadin into one of the neighbouring villages. Some of them are vertiable gems for the study of Engadine architecture (Zuoz, Zernez, Guarda, Scuol, Tarasp, etc.)

Spa and Sauna Complex in Scuol
Take a train to the theme pool "Engadin Bad Scuol" in the Lower Engadine. Relax in the many indoor and outdoor pools, whirlpools, solariums, in the "sauna landscape" or in the Roman-Irish steam bath. Tel. +41 (0)81 861 20 00

Val Müstair
Following a drive over the Ofen Pass you'll reach the quaint and well preserved hamlet of Münstair, only 1 km from the Italian border. The landmark of Münstair is the monastery of St. Johann whose construction was ordered by Charles the Great in the 9th century A.D. and which to this day is occupied by the Benedictines.  (Information at the Tourist Office of Münstair.)