Activities at Hotel Crystal or nearby

• Accommodations:

  • 70 rooms & suites:

    • 12 Single rooms (18 m2)

    • 34 Standard Double rooms (23 m2)

    • 8 Superior Double rooms (26 m2)

    • 8 Junior Suites (32 m2)

    • 6 Junior Suites (36 m2)

    • 1 Suite Piz Nair (60 m2)

    • 1 Suite Bernina (130m2)

  • Wi-fi Internet access (free of charge)

  • Minibar

• Dining options:

  • Grissini Restaurant (Mediterranean and Italian cuisine)

  • Crystal Piano Bar (Tempting cocktails and live music)

  • La Cantinetta (Wine tastings and other delights)

• Meeting facilities:

  • 3 daylight conference rooms: "Chantarella" (91m2), "Corvatsch", (78m2) and "Palü" (21m2)

• Sports/Relaxation facilities and services:

  • "Crystal Wellfit" featuring:

    • 350 m2 of relaxation space

    • State-of-the-art Fitness Centre

    • Separate Finnish saunas for ladies and gentlemen

    • Turkish steam bath in mosaic with a star-lit sky

    • Invigorating showers

    • Solarium

    • Relaxation room

    • Beauty and Massage services

  • Summer activities at the Engadine:

    • Golfing, hiking, mountain biking, inline skating, riding, fishing, rock-climbing, cycling, surfing, kite-surfing, kite-sailing, flying, Nordic walking, rafting, canyoning, sailing, clay pigeon shooting, tennis, parachuting

  • Winter activities at the Engadine:

    • Skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, ice-skating, curling, sailing, riding, ice-hockey, bob-sledding, skeleton, the Cresta Run, winter golfing, kite-skiing – or just some 'dolce farniente'.

• Other facilities or services:

  • Free shuttle service within St. Moritz

  • Limousine on demand

  • Overnight ski service (extra charge)

ABOUT ST. MORITZ

80km (50 miles) S of Davos; 74km (46 miles) SE of Chur; 202km (126 miles) SE of Zurich

St. Moritz is the ne plus ultra of winter glamour -- a haven for German and Italian aristocracy and the jet-setters who come in February and March. Long a favorite of movie stars, it also attracts internationally prominent people in politics, the world of finance, and the arts. St. Moritz may well be the most fashionable resort in the world.

On the southern side of the Alps in the Upper Engadine, at an altitude of 1,800m (5,904 ft.), St. Moritz (San Murezza in Romansh) was originally known for its mineral springs, which were discovered, probably by the Celts, some 3,000 years ago. From Roman times through the Middle Ages, visitors came here in the summer to experience the curative powers of the spring waters. The hamlet first appears in written history in an official document referring to the sale of the Upper Engadine by a count to the bishop of Chur in 1138. It was first referred to as a spring by the Swiss-born alchemist and physician known as Paracelsus.

Use of the spring waters was a summer pursuit. It was not until 1834 that the first winter guest stayed in the area. The earliest skiers appeared on the Upper Engadine scene in 1859 (the natives thought they were nutty), and in 1864 a pension owner, Johannes Badrutt, brought a group of English people to St. Moritz to spend the winter, starting what has grown into a flood of tourism.