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Hikers in the village of
Ardez, notable for its
houses painted with
beautiful murals

and a regional museum. On
the opposite bank of the Inn
EXPERIENCE Eastern Switzerland and Graubünden
lie the villages of Vulpera,
which has picturesque houses
and an 11th­century castle,
and Tarasp, with a spa. Chaste
Tarasp, a castle, perches on a
rocky spur above the village.
At S­charl, nearby, is a lead
and silver mine, which is open
to visitors.
Most of the towns and
villages in the Lower Engadine
make good bases for ex plor­
ing the Silvretta mountain
range to the north and the
Swiss National Park (p254)
to the south.

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Müstair
! G4 n Chasa Cumünala,
Tschierv; www.val-
17 averaging 1,800 m (5,900 ft) muestair.ch
and is dotted with several
Engadine Valley popular winter sports resorts, Tucked away at the bottom of
including Pontresina and Val Müstair (Münstertal in
! G4 n Via San Gian 30, St Moritz (p264). German), and almost on the
St Moritz; www.engadin.
stmoritz.ch The Lower Engadine border with Italy, Romansh­
(Unterengadin in German, speaking Müstair (Münster in
The Engadine Valley is Engiadina Bassa in Romansh) German) takes its name from
generally acknowledged as lies between Zernez and the Carolingian monastery
one of Switzerland’s most Martina. Remote, unspoiled founded here in about AD 780.
scenic. It begins at the foot and very picturesque, this
of the Rhaetian Alps, near region is dotted with attrac­
St Moritz, and extends north­ tive villages set on either side CROSS-COUNTRY
eastwards as far as the border of the River Inn. Many of these SKIING IN THE
of Austria. It is named after villages have houses with ENGADINE
the River Inn (En in Romansh), painted façades or sgraffito Even more popular
which runs along the valley decoration, in which the upper with Swiss families
and on into Austria, where it layer of plaster is cut away to than downhill skiing
joins the Danube. create a design. Particularly is scuffling along the
This deep valley between fine sgraffito deco ration can flats, through the
high cliffs is divided into an be seen in Guarda, a village woods and over the
upper, southwestern section overlooking the River Inn. frozen lakes, on more
and a lower, northeastern The village of Ardez is also than 230 km (142 miles)
section. The Upper Engadine notable for its painted houses, of trails in the Engadin
(Oberengadin in German, one of which has an exterior Valley. When using
Engiadin’ Ota in Romansh), covered with a beautiful long, narrow light­
lies between the Maloja Pass depiction of Adam and Eve weight skis, sliding
and Zernez. With glaciers and in the Garden of Eden. down even the slight­
snowy peaks on either side, The principal town of the est hill becomes a
the valley floor of the Upper Lower Engadine is Scuol mini adventure.
Engadine lies at an altitude (Schuls in German), with a spa
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