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Getting to St Moritz by railway is easy. St. Moritz is about four hours by railroad from Zurich airport. You'll need to change trains at Zürich Hauptbahhof (the main station) and again at Chur, where you transfer to the narrow-gauge Rhaetische Bahn line.

You can also drive to St. Moritz, but the roads can be tricky in winter and you may need snow chains. St. Moritz has skiing for every taste and skill level. From Dorf, you can take a funicular and cablecar up Corviglia, which has plenty of intermediate slopes.

As for nightlife, there are plenty of clubs in St. Moritz that range from expensive to the more affordable. It is interesting to note that less than a third of the visitors to St Moritz are locals. Smart shops, superb restaurants, classical music concerts, the famous casino and night clubs all enhance the lively ambience in St Moritz town both day and night. You'll find lots of warm cubbyholes in St. Moritz, often in hotels whose bars are inspired by the Romansh sgraffito that's so prevalent in the region. Many are eminently appropriate for a quiet and cozy drink, and some make special efforts to attract drinking and sometimes dancing clients from other hotels.

St Moritz has an Engadine Museum that's worth visiting if you're interested in the Engadine region's history, life, and culture. One could also visit the St Moritz Christmas Market – held on 1 December every year. This lively festive market fills the high street of chic St Moritz with the sights, scents and sounds of Christmas. Around 80 exhibitors display everything from Christmas tree decorations to foodstuffs, woodcraft, silk painting and dolls.

St. Moritz has been an international resort for as long as anyone can remember. In the Middle Ages, it was known for the healing powers of its mineral springs; later, toward the end of the 19th Century, it became a sunny winter refuge for English aristocrats. Presidents and princes, Hollywood starlets, nobility and the nouveaux riches clamour to be associated with St Moritz, and the place gladly responds, turning on the razzle all winter long with a endless round of banquets, celebrations and spectacles centred around the frozen Lej da San Murezzan lake, including horse racing, polo and even cricket on ice. Summer is downtime, when the hoi polloi arrive to hike and relax in the sunshine.

You can contact the St. Moritz Tourist Board at Via Maistra 12, 7500 St. Moritz.

Polo on Snow takes place in St Moritz between 27th - 30th January 2005. This event has taken place annually since 1985. Polo is the sport of kings, as well as the oldest team game in the world. Some of the highest-rated players worldwide join teams on the frozen lake to test their strategies, ponies and sheer ability against each other.

The Drama Club of St. Moritz is composed of amateur and would-be amateur actors from the local area. The club performs mainly comedies. Once a year the club takes the stage on four evening shows in the "Embassy", Hotel Palace, thus contributing to the enrichment of the cultural life in St. Moritz.

St Moritz has everything from toboggan runs to skating rinks, horse riding to paragliding, even cricket, polo and horse racing on its frozen lake! It's home to the famous Cresta Run, as well as a bob sleigh run. St Moritz boasts some 250 miles of downhill ski runs, 100 miles of cross-country ski trails, 30 curling rinks, horse races, polo and cricket on the frozen lake, an Olympic ski jumping hill and much more.

St Moritz has twice been the venue for the Winter Olympics, and in 2003 the resort successfully hosted the Alpine Ski World Championships for the fourth time in its history.