Experience the best of Davos

Davos sits at about 1,560 metres in a wide valley in the Graubünden Alps, and is often described as the highest city in Europe. It began as a health resort for people with lung disease, and the town's sanatoria inspired Thomas Mann's novel The Magic Mountain. The expressionist painter Ernst Ludwig Kirchner lived in the area, and his work is shown in a museum in town.

Skiers have five main ski areas to choose from, among them Parsenn and Jakobshorn, and in summer the same slopes serve walkers and mountain bikers. Each January the town hosts the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum, and between Christmas and New Year the Spengler Cup ice hockey tournament is played here. Klosters lies a few kilometres away, and the curved Landwasser Viaduct stands in the valley to the south-west.

Rösti, the Swiss fried potato cake, Alpine macaroni with apple sauce and capuns are served in mountain huts and restaurants, with hot chocolate in the cold months. The air is thin and dry, and winters bring reliable snow. Summers are fresh, with long days for walking above the tree line.