Winter
St Moritz
Engadin, Switzerland
St Moritz invented winter tourism in 1864 and still behaves like the original, frozen-lake sport, palace hotels and a crowd that returns the same fortnight every year. IYKYK places guests above the lake, secures the Engadin's best tables, and arranges access to the polo and racing weekends.
Hotels
Badrutt's Palace Hotel
Lake-facing, the palace of record since 1896
Kulm Hotel St Moritz
Above the village, where the season began, family-run
Suvretta House
Suvretta, its own ski lift, quietly old-money
Dining
Da Vittorio St. Moritz
Badrutt's, the Cerea brothers, Michelin-starred
IGNIV by Andreas Caminada
Grand Hotel des Bains Kempinski, fine-dining sharing
Chesa Veglia
Badrutt's 1658 farmhouse, pizza and fondue, three rooms
Après
El Paradiso Mountain Club
Corviglia, the sun-terrace lunch above the lake
King's Club at Badrutt's
Switzerland's first nightclub, opened 1963
Dracula Club
Kulm, Gunter Sachs' members' room, still the ticket
Events
Snow Polo World Cup St Moritz
Late January, polo on the frozen lake since 1985
White Turf
Three Sundays in February, horse racing on the ice since 1907
The I.C.E. St. Moritz
February, concours of classic cars on the lake
St Moritz Gourmet Festival
January, guest chefs across the palace hotels
Travel
Flights
Zurich (ZRH), or Samedan (SMV) for private
Transfers
Bernina Express rail, helicopter, chauffeur
Ski
Corviglia and Corvatsch passes, guides and instructors