St. Moritz represents an exquisite tourist resort in the Engadine Valley, located in the beautiful country of Switzerland. This ski resort is very popular, mostly because it is near the highest mountainous summit in the Eastern Alps, the Piz Bernina, which is laying at just a few kilometers south from the actual village. St. Moritz is considered as being one of the oldest and most world-known winter resorts in the entire world, mostly because of the fact that the location inhabitants are enjoying more than 300 days of sunshine per year. Each and every winter, this alpine tourist resort is hosting the "White Turf" horse race on the frozen local lake (the St. Moritz Lake), being attended by the international upper class.
There are two winter sports that are practiced here all the time, being so popular here that these have became “religions” for the foreign tourists that are coming annually here. These two winter sports area simple and fun to practice: skiing and hiking. Also, only here there is the worlds most famous toboggan course, Cresta Run.
Here, in St. Moritz, there can be easily played other similar winter sports, such as bob. There is a most rare natural bob sleigh, being able to be run each and every year, in the middle of the winter period (December). In addition, near St. Moritz there is a beautiful glacier landscape, something like the Diavolezza and Morteratsch glaciers.
If you area a little bit confused and you are sure that this place is so famous and offering the best ski facilities and amenities, like it is said, here is some information that will surely make you to change your decision. St. Moritz has been the host city for the 1928 and 1948 Winter Olympics. Also, this ski resort has hosted the 1934, 1974 and 2003 editions of the Alpine Skiing World Championship. St. Moritz is one of the few mountain cities which have hosted the Winter Olympic Games twice, the other ones being Innsbruck ( Austria) and Lake Placid- New York ( United States). In conclusion, St. Moritz is one of the most important and famous ski resorts, and will still remain in this way, many decades from now on. So, do not forget to visit St. Moritz if you will come in the Swiss Alps, and you will have some time.
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