Family holidays in the Engadin: In Ursli’s footsteps

Many Swiss chil­dren will be famil­iar with Ursli and Flu­ri­na. This autumn, we’ll fol­low in their foot­steps in the Engadin. Among oth­er things, we’ll vis­it Ursli’s vil­lage of Guar­da and hike the Flu­ri­na Adven­ture Trail in Scuol and the Ursli themed trail in St. Moritz. It’s the per­fect theme for our autumn fam­i­ly hol­i­days in the Engadin!

Family holidays in the Engadin: Accommodation tips

Swiss Youth Hostels: Our home during our trip

Dur­ing our fam­i­ly hol­i­days in the Engadin, we stay the night at the Scuol and St. Moritz youth hos­tels. The two hos­tels boast a mod­ern yet cosy atmos­phere. Plus, the youth hos­tels are the per­fect start­ing point for any activ­i­ty and can be eas­i­ly reached by pub­lic trans­port.

We opt­ed for one of the spa­cious fam­i­ly rooms in St. Moritz with its own show­er and WC. In Scuol, we spend the night in a dou­ble room. Did you know that the break­fast buf­fet is always includ­ed in the room rate? No mat­ter which cat­e­go­ry you book. Both youth hos­tels also have a cosy lounge with toys, games and table foot­ball. In Scuol, there’s even a small pump track for the kids behind the build­ing. What real­ly sets the youth hos­tels apart: Dur­ing sum­mer months, pub­lic trans­port and the moun­tain rail­ways are includ­ed from the very first night.

Family holidays in the Engadin: Experiences in Scuol

Flurina Adventure Trail

The gon­do­la cable­way tak­ing you to the Mot­ta Naluns is locat­ed direct­ly oppo­site the youth hos­tel. A gigan­tic sun ter­race and a brand-new play­ground await you here. Make sure to pace your­self, as this is where the Flu­ri­na Adven­ture Trail begins. Along the way, you’ll learn the sto­ry of Flu­ri­na and the lit­tle wild bird. A total of ten sta­tions fea­ture dif­fer­ent activ­i­ties to go along with the sto­ry, mak­ing for a very enter­tain­ing hike. The adven­ture trail is suit­able for pushchairs and is easy to do even with younger kids – you can expect a total walk­ing time of around an hour.

Come back down and relax

After your hike, wind down in the Bogn Engiad­i­na, where you can bathe in pure min­er­al water and real­ly relax. The swim­ming area is super fam­i­ly-friend­ly. They’ve thought of it all, from fam­i­ly chang­ing rooms to free water wings to bor­row. The sauna area is reserved for adults. And you know what? If you stay overnight at Scuol Youth Hos­tel, you can save anoth­er 10% on the admis­sion fee. It’s awe­some!

Family holidays in the Engadin: Exploring the area around St. Moritz

In Ursli’s footsteps

On the way to St. Moritz, a stop at Guar­da – Ursli’s vil­lage – is almost a must. The pic­turesque Engadin moun­tain vil­lage is where the sto­ry takes place, after all. In the vil­lage itself, there is a small but exquis­ite Ursli Muse­um, which you can vis­it free of charge.

Ursli themed trail

On the way from Salas­trains to St. Moritz, anoth­er themed trail awaits you: Along the way, you’ll learn all about Ursli. And there’s a great play­ground at the start­ing point, too. I was par­tic­u­lar­ly impressed by the view of St. Moritz, which you can enjoy between the tree­tops. This path is also suit­able for pushchairs and very enter­tain­ing, with around 40 min­utes of walk­ing time.

High altitude

An absolute­ly breath­tak­ing back­drop awaits you on the Muot­tas Muragl. With the guest card from St. Moritz Youth Hos­tel, this moun­tain rail­way is also free of charge. On this moun­tain you can take a leisure­ly stroll or a longer hike. We went with the for­mer. This gives us all the more time to enjoy the fan­tas­tic play­ground and the Sen­da d’Inspiraziun cir­cu­lar trail with its select mod­ern art and breath­tak­ing views.

In St. Moritz itself, you will also find plen­ty of cool play­grounds that you absolute­ly must explore! The Bellavi­ta Adven­ture Water­park and Spa in Pon­tresina is a great place to relax. It has a bril­liant play area for the young ones and a cool slide for big­ger kids.

Overall impression of our family holidays in the Engadin

On our Engadin trip, we got to know a beau­ti­ful part of Switzer­land even bet­ter. One big plus was that we were able to use the moun­tain rail­ways free of charge dur­ing our fam­i­ly hol­i­days in the Engadin. Espe­cial­ly in the gold­en autumn, Scuol and St. Moritz are beau­ti­ful and high­ly rec­om­mend­ed as hol­i­day des­ti­na­tions. We spent a total of five days on the road – this allowed us to dis­cov­er and expe­ri­ence a lot, but also gave us plen­ty of time for moments of relax­ation in between.