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Portrait St. Moritz
Three different cultural regions converge in St. Moritz thanks to the Romansch language, the proximity to Italy and the fact that the majority of the local population are German speaking. The resort owes its original fame to its therapeutic springs, which have been known for over 3,000 years.
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Kempinski's Winter Top 10
The blazon colors of St. Moritz are for the incredible blue of the sky and the bright yellow of the sun. Enjoy more than "just" skiing. Here are the current top 10 tips - away from the ski slopes:
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Surroundings
Following the end of the ice age, an 80 kilometre long valley opened up in the modern canton of Graubünden, at a height of 1,800 metres above sea level. This valley – the Engadin, is one of the highest inhabited valleys in Europe.
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Shopping & Nightlife
Shopping: St. Moritz is a cocktail of profound natural experiences and urban elegance. The latter includes a unique concentration of fashion boutiques. Via Serlas is to St. Moritz as the Bahnhofstrasse is to Zurich. Or Rodeo Drive to Los Angeles. Merely on a smaller, more intimate scale.
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Art and Culture
Friedrich Nietzsche, Hermann Hesse, Thomas Mann, Rainer Maria Rilke, Ferdinand Hodler, Richard Wagner, Giovanni Segantini. What reads like a "Who’s Who" of leading writers, philosophers and artists of times past is also a list of travellers who came to love the Engadin. Where all sought and found recuperation and recovery, diversion and artistic inspiration as well as sporting and Alpine challenges.
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Fine dining
The Gault Millau Guide shows that guests in the Engadin don’t only enjoy fine dining during the St. Moritz Gourmet Festival. The valley’s concentration of Gault Millau points quite literally means "Haute Cuisine" on the Top of the World: several of the Engadin’s leading restaurants are located at over 1,800 m above sea level.
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Summer activities
Engadin St. Moritz is and has always been a paradise for walking, climbing, horse riding and fishing, ever since the invention of the appropriate kit and, thanks to the perfect conditions, for sailing, windsurfing, golfing and mountain biking.
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Excursions Summer
How about a ride on the Glacier Express or the Bernina Express – or in a horse-drawn carriage?
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Mountains in Summer
The areas of Corviglia/Piz Nair, Diavolezza, Corvatsch/Furtschellas and Muottas Muragl/Alp Languard offer endless scope for memorable excursions up on high – for hikers and mountain bikers, Nordic Walkers and mountaineers.