St. Moritz is one of the most renowned holiday resorts of the world and is situated 1856 metres above sea level.
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St. Moritz has a chic, elegant and exclusive ambiance, on the
Lake of St. Moritz with stunning landscape views of the
Upper Engadine. The
"champagne climate" has become legendary and the famous sun of
St. Moritz shines on an average of 322 days a year.
In early September of 1864, the hotelier
Johannes Badrutt made a bet with four British guests to spend the winter in his hotel, at the time staying in the mountains outside of the brief summer season was deemed suicidal. The four British guests did not only stay for a week, but for the whole winter. And so the famous resort emerged.
St. Moritz is the cradle of alpine winter; it has set the stage for two
Olympic Winter Games and a great number of ski and bob championships.
The name
"St. Moritz" has become so popular, that it ended up registered as a trademark and internationally copyright protected.
