20/10/2026
🍂 Ideas to add to your autumn itinerary, including a few family-friendly adventures. Save this for your next trip! 🇨🇭
🍂 1. Chase the Golden Colours
• Val Roseg: Walk through golden larch forests towards a beautiful mountain valley. You can turn back whenever you like, making it a flexible family outing.
• Morteratsch Glacier: Follow the marked trail towards one of Switzerland’s most impressive glaciers.
• Lake Staz: Enjoy a peaceful forest walk to this pretty lake, surrounded by trees that turned golden.
• Ova da Bernina Gorge: Discover rushing water, dramatic rock formations and scenic viewpoints.
🏔️ 2. Go Above the Clouds
• Muottas Muragl: Take the funicular up for spectacular views over the Engadin lakes.
• Alp Languard: Combine mountain scenery with a hike from Muottas Muragl towards Alp Languard, then take the chairlift down to Pontresina.
• Diavolezza: Take the cable car up to admire glaciers and the impressive Bernina mountain group. Check the weather before you go!
🚂 3. All Aboard the Adventure
Three ways to experience the region by rail:
• Landwasser Viaduct: Take the Albula railway route via Filisur to see the iconic curved stone viaduct leading straight into a mountainside tunnel.
• Bernina railway: Travel across the spectacular Bernina Pass, with Alpine lakes, glaciers and dramatic mountain scenery.
• Historic steam train: Look out for special heritage excursions through the Engadin for a nostalgic railway adventure.
☕ 4. Slow Down & Explore
• Pontresina old village: Wander past traditional Engadin houses decorated with beautiful sgraffito designs.
• Lake St. Moritz: Take an easy stroll and enjoy the mountain reflections.
• Engadinerhof: A historic boutique hotel, full of traditional Engadin charm and character. Hotel Engadinerhof Pontresina
🌧️ 5. Rain or shine
Engadiner Museum: Explore traditional Engadin life and culture.
Bellavita Erlebnisbad: Family-friendly indoor swimming in Pontresina. Bellavita Erlebnisbad und Spa
Pizzeria Alpin: Italian classics and wood-fired pizza at Hotel Engadinerhof Pontresina .
Blaue Bar: Coffee and cocktails in a cosy setting.
St. Moritz Pontresina
