Davos - Recreation and sport
Davos offers a number of facilities for recreation and sport including:
Bathing beach on the Davoser See; indoor and outdoor swimming pools (Hallenbad, Gartenbad) in the Kurpark. There is a 18-hole golf course on Davos Platz. Natural ice-rinks (22,000 sq. m/26,312 sq. yd: the largest in Europe), with areas for figure and speed skating, ice-hockey and curling; artificial ice-rink (1,800 sq.
Bathing beach on the Davoser See; indoor and outdoor swimming pools (Hallenbad, Gartenbad) in the Kurpark. There is a 18-hole golf course on Davos Platz. Natural ice-rinks (22,000 sq. m/26,312 sq. yd: the largest in Europe), with areas for figure and speed skating, ice-hockey and curling; artificial ice-rink (1,800 sq.
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m/2,153 sq. yd), open in summer as well as winter: curling). Beautiful Kurpark (bandstand). 55 cableways and lifts with a total capacity of 55,000 persons, giving access to extensive mountain-walking and skiing areas. Toboggan run, Schatzalp-Davos. Davos is famous for the International Ice Hockey Tournament for the Spengler Cup, curling tournaments, skating events, ski races, "walking" weeks and its music festival.
Related Attractions
Klosters - skiing
These two resorts of Davos and Klosters offer an incredible 200 miles of runs served by more than 50 lifts. Davos is the highest city in Europe and Switzerland's largest ski resort and a major conference center. Klosters, almost a suburb, is the resort where the British Royal Family likes to ski and each year Prince Charles and his two sons visit the area. The two resorts share five major ski areas, most of it perfect for beginners and intermediates, which share the same ski pass.
