Top Things to do in Canton of Graubunden
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Top 10 Free Things to do in Canton of Graubunden, Swiss Alps
Quaint alpine villages and great skiing entice travelers to the Grisons. The sparsely populated region of eastern Switzerland contains the source of the Rhine and Inn rivers, 140 square miles of glaciers and dense pine forests. Join the ski action at the resorts of St. Moritz, Davos and Arosa or stake a lofty claim with a visit to Juf, which boasts the highest altitude of any inhabited village in the Alps. In summer, take a hike through the Engadine Valley in the unspoiled beauty of Swiss National Park.
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1. Swiss National Park (Parc Naziunal Svizzer)
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5.0 based on 107 reviews
Founded in 1914, the Swiss National Park is a strictly protected wilderness (IUCN 1a) where flora and fauna can develop freely. The entire habitat, with all its natural dynamic processes, is strictly protected. Research projects and long-term observation programmes allow scientists from various research institutes to understand complex processes more clearly. Excursions in the National Park offer a fascinating experience amidst a truly natural landscape.
Reviewed By 666alisham
Beautiful and texture diverse national park with well tended hiking paths. Natural larch pine forest, especially beautiful in autumn when the trees' colours change.
2. Morteratsch Glacier
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5.0 based on 418 reviews
Reviewed By gstussi - Oslo, Norway
Lovely walk to the glacier, and along the path you have signs letting you know how the glacier has changed over the years. Highly recommend! The food in the restaurant by the train is very good aswell!
3. Val Fex
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5.0 based on 117 reviews
Reviewed By lbes - Ohio, United States
We first discovered this valley on a hike from Muottas Muragl on the “gastronomic trail” and fell in love with this picturesque valley with views of glacier covered peaks, cattle, llamas, goats and sheep and the sounds of cowbells and mountain streams. The first time we walked on the marked Trails on either side of the valley. The second time we decided just to walk along the road to be in the floor of the valley which by the way is quite a bit shorter than the trails up on the side of the mountains. The trail to the Val Fex runs right by our hotel in the entire trail was absolutely beautiful.
4. Lago Di Saoseo
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5.0 based on 44 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
An activity not to be missed, when in Poschiavo, is a hike to the Lago di Saoseo in the side valley Val di Campo. Start is in Sfazú with a restaurant and with a stop of the yellow Swiss postbus between Bernina and Poschiavo. From here a small bus can take one up to the Alp Camp, from where it is only a half hour walk to the lake. Since this is a very popular excursion reservations have to be made in advance for the small bus and when there we saw that it was packed with people. My wife and me though had chosen to hike from Sfazú to the lake and then walk down another way, thus making a loop. For this one has to count with about 4 hours, but naturally some time has to be added spent at the beautiful little mountain lake. En route one passes through meadows, through forests and past mountain huts. Up we went on the Val di Camp river's lefthand side, down - mostly on a small road - on the righthand side. On the way down, with great views of the Palü glacier in front, one will encounter at a spot called Lungacqua the Rifugio Saoseo of the Swiss Alpine Club (SAC), which also functions as a restaurant. The Lago ('Lagh' in the local Lombardian dialect) is surrounded by forest with plenty of rocks around and mountains at the back. The lake's water is crystal clear and one can well see the bottom, but most special are its colours in varying shades of blue and green, depending on the light. The lake is at an altitude of 2028m, thus almost exactly 400m higher than Sfazú by the main road, the start and end of our hike.
5. St. Maria Himmelfahrt Cathedral
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4.5 based on 69 reviews
Reviewed By 610Lobita - Geneva, Switzerland
The Roman church is impressive; it contains very interesting ancient paintings and beautiful pieces of work, two splendid altars from the fifteenth century (one at the end of the wooden choir and the other inside the church crypt). But I would like to tell about a sort of curiosity; on the inner wall on the left side of the main entrance door you will read a name, "Jürg Jenatsch", and on the opposite corner (to the right) you can see the blazon of a noble family, Von Plantas. These two elements have inspired a fantasy movie by Daniel Schmid ("Jenatsch"), whose main character crosses the border between present and past while visiting this region. The movie deserves to be seen if you get the chance to find a DVD in some library!
6. Engadine
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4.5 based on 299 reviews
Reviewed By Za036 - Lugano, Switzerland
The region is so utterly beautiful, a place truly you want to go back in every season. We drove there from Switzerland, mesmerizing road!
7. Lake of Staz (Lej da Staz)
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4.5 based on 202 reviews
Reviewed By luxuryvoyage - Switzerland, null
Popular easy walking route from either St. Moritz, Celerina or Pontresina to the lake of Staz in winter, summer and autumn. In summer, you can swim in the lake. The nearby restaurant is a hot spot during the whole year with an outside terrasse and an inside restaurant. In summer, you can rent a sun chair but the price is much too high, 90 swiss francs for the day (none of loungers was occupied when we were there).
8. Landwasser Viaduct
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4.5 based on 114 reviews
Reviewed By 491engelbertr - Italy, null
An amazing few to the core of the RhB World Heritage site. An breathtaking experience in middle of the Swiss Alps. View insight the history and presence of engineering in a mountain landscape, a living space
9. Marmites des Geants
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4.5 based on 103 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
Quite a spectacular natural phenomenon are the 'Giant's cauldrons', the glacial potholes near Cavaglia at an altitude of a bit more than 1700m asl. From the railway station of the Rhätische Bahn it is an about 500m walk to get here, but most time will be spent at the 'Giardino dei Ghiacciai', the Glacier Garden, itself. There are several glacial potholes, formed, when most of the Poschiavo valley had been covered by the Palü glacier. Water, gravel and stones under the ice did mill these holes into the bedrock. On one of several information boards - Italian and German only - is explained, why this happened just here. In the 1990's a group of friends decided to free these holes from debris and water, so that the whole sculpture garden can be admired by visitors. The trail goes past many of these 'marmitte dei giganti' with protective railings and information on each numbered pothole about its depth, its diameter and its capacity. Some holes go to a depth of 14m with a capacity of up to 135 cubic meters. A visit of the Glacier Garden is free and possible between May and October. Just below it a new project gets opened with an additional trail through a canyon. The glacial potholes of Cavaglia must be one of the most special geological formations of this type, especially for the sheer number of holes close to each other. In Switzerland many will know the 'Gletschergarten' of Lucerne, but the same phenomenon can also be encountered at Zermatt and Maloja. Elsewhere such 'giant's kettles' are to be seen in Bavaria, Austria, Scandinavia, North America, northern South America (Venezuela, Colombia) and in South Africa (Blyde River).
10. Aussichtsplattform Il Spir Conn
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4.5 based on 262 reviews
Reviewed By 708wernerw - Zurich, Switzerland
We visited the Il Spir for the first time. What a surprise, I was not aware, Switzerland has his own little Grand Canyon. A really amazing place and a nice walk from the village to the place.
