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St. Mortiz Ski Resort
St. Moritz is in Switzerland. Moreover it is one of the bestknown vacation spots in Europe. It is Chic and famous for its ambiance it is situated next to Engadine’s lakescape at 1856 meters above sea level. The bubbly “champagne atmosphere” is as legendary as the St. Moritz sun which shines on an average of 322 days a year!
St. Moritz is considered the oldest and one of the most famous winter resorts in the world. Due to its favorable location residents enjoy over 300 days of sunshine a year. Every winter this alpine village hosts the “White Turf” horse race on the frozen Lake St. Moritz attended by the international Upper class. The official languages are Romansh and German.
Popular pastimes include skiing and hiking and nearby there is also the world famous Cresta Run toboggan course.
The yearround population is 5600 with some 3000 seasonal employees supporting hotels and rental units with a total of 13000 beds.
The town was named after Saint Maurice a Coptic Orthodox and Roman Catholic saint. Since the registration of a new trademark by the tourist office in 1987 St. Moritz is also known as Top of the World.
PLACE TO VISIT
The Segantini Museum: dedicated to Giovanni Segantini a painter that lived the last 5 years of his life in Engadine painting “nature life death”.
The bobsled run: a very rare natural bob sleigh. It is typically up and running by mid December each year
Viewing the glacier landscape: there are a number of notable vistas. Much can be seen by descending from Diavolezza to the Morteratsch Glacier.
The 3300 metres high Piz Corvatsch with its ice cave and its eightkilometer long ski slope down to St.MoritzBad.
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St Maarten Villas A Great Base For Exploring
The French and the Dutch colonialists Partitioned this little piece of paradise to divide de of the island St. Martin and the other portion St. Maarten. However that was several generations ago and the modern island is now can be considered to be the epitome of a true mixing of diverse and intermingling cultures.
The borderline between these two nations that straddles the island is hard for tourists notice these days. It is not even particularly adhered to by the two countries as they prefer to just get on with their lives. in a way that only Caribbean people know how.
Having said that this is two very different places the hundreds of years of rule of the European settlers have produced two very different cultures. However unlike other parts of the world these cultures live side by side in harmony enjoying and celebrating their similarities and differences.
The French side of the paradise island is a small tropical version of the south of France. It features fine dining the latest in Paris fashions and a Caribbean laidback and totally luxurious feel. The classic French style permeates through every aspect of life influencing the resorts street signs and the indulgent sidewalk cafes.
On the Dutch side is more bustling and just slightly more reserved. Tourism and related businesses are the main focus of business and personal lives. Although busier than the French area of the island it is still very tourist orientated with lots to do and see.
Whichever side of the tropical isle you may prefer this is still the Caribbean and beach life plays a major role in tourist and local lives. There are well in excess of thirty stunning beaches dotted around the islands entire coast.
The beaches offer the classic white sands palm trees coral reefs and warm water that is totally crystal clear. On the French side you dont even need a costume for all of the beaches. The beaches vary from heavily populated offering every beach activity imaginable to quite secluded stretches of near uninhabited palm fringed beaches. Where there is not a stunning white sand beach there are rugged limestone cliffs cascading into the sea offering spectacular coastal scenery.
All around the island you can indulge in all types of water activities from basic snorkeling to the full scuba reef diving experience or exploring the British battleship under the waters of Great Bay. Sailing jet skiing pleasure boating wind surfing and para sailing are just a few of the exiting must try indulgences available.
There are many miles of hiking trails traversing the mountains and along the beautiful shoreline. If your feet get tired there are horseback adventures or a more leisurely spoilt walk around a first class golf course.
There are night and day markets the old French Quarter the incredible butterfly farm and many other ways to spend you time on this enchanted island.
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Skiing In Switzerland
St. Moritz Skiwelt Engadin
In St. Moritz 322 days per year are sunny and warm thus being a unique place in Switzerland.
The ski and snowboarding season begins at the end of November and ends in May. St. Moritz was officially opened as a ski and nowboarding resort almost 145 years ago. On St. Moritz surroundings there are many beautiful towns that worth visited: Celerina Maloja Pontresina Sils/Engadin Silvasplana St. Moritz and Zuoz.
According to the Swiss magazine Bilanz St. Moris is at the time being the most popular winter sports resort being followed by Zermatt Gstaad and Davos. Apart from the skiing infrastructure entertainment options hotels restaurants and the quality of services were also taken to consideration.
Today the city of St. Moritz is well known throughout the world. In 1986 the name St. Moritz become a trade mark for worlds most favourite holiday destination. This enchanting place was the craddle of winter sport of the Alps in 1864. In the same year the first travel agency from Switzerland was opened.
In St. Moritz took place the first curling figure skating golf snowboard and bob contests durring 1880 1890. The first ski school was opened here in 1929. Another reason for having the name of St. Moritz well placed in mind is the opening of the first Palace Hotel in world 1896.
The regions St. Moritz and Engadin were declaired by ADAC Sky Guide the best winter resort for five types of skiing in 2003. On the second place only a few points away was placed the region Davos Kloster.
In 2003 Alpine World Ski Championship took place in St. Moritz.
Davos Kloster
In the ski and snowboarding region Davos Klosters can be found beautiful resorts like Jakobshorn Rinerhorn Parsenn Madrisa and Pischa.
Davos Klosters is the region with the best kept traditions. Many activities take place here durring the summer e.g. tennis and riding contests. The city organizes also political symposiums.
The city of Davos is situated at the highest altitude from Europe. Due to the clean air a tuberculosis sanatorium was built here.
The two main cities Davos 1560 m and Klosters 1194 m welcome tousands of tourists each year. The region has 250 m of slides with 51 modern cable transport utilities 5 slides for toboggan run ski schools etc. The tourists come here to enjoy the biggest ski slope from Switzerland with its total length of 14 km.
Zermatt Matterhorn
The ski and snowboarding region lays at 3900 m. The highest peak is Matterhorn 3885 m being followed by Rothorn 3403 m Stockhorn 3405 m and Gornegrat 3090 m.
The winter season starts at the end of November and ends in May buy the iceberg wich is one of the attraction points of the region is covered in snow the whole year. There are 195 km slopes. The region Zermatt is linked to Breuil Cervinia Italy forming the extended region Zermatt International with 400 km slopes overall.
Zermatt at 1620 m is closed for traffic but tourists may live their cars in Tasch or in Visp and from here they can contine the journey by train. To Visp it takes only an hour by train and to Tasch only ten minutes.
The longest slope in Zermatt measures 17 km with a diffrence of altitude of 2200 m.
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