{"id":1085,"date":"2026-06-07T19:45:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T17:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/item\/davos\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T11:04:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:04:10","slug":"davos","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/item\/davos\/","title":{"rendered":"Davos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-size:1.15em;line-height:1.6;color:#3a352f;\">At around 1,560 m, Davos is the highest town in Europe and a tradition-rich health and winter-sports resort. The Parsenn and Jakobshorn ski areas, a long reputation as a high-altitude climatic resort and the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) shape the town. In summer, wide high-altitude hikes beckon.<\/p>\n<h2>Highlights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Highest town in Europe (around 1,560 m)<\/li>\n<li>Parsenn and Jakobshorn ski areas<\/li>\n<li>Tradition-rich high-altitude resort<\/li>\n<li>Host of the WEF<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Good to know<\/h2>\n<table class=\"at-vergleich\" style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:14px;\">\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Elevation<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">around 1,560 m (highest town in Europe)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Ski areas<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Parsenn, Jakobshorn<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#ffffff;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Region<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">Graub\u00fcnden<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background:#fafaf8;\">\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;width:34%;font-weight:600;\">Known for<\/td>\n<td style=\"padding:8px;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;\">High-altitude resort, WEF<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<h2>Practical info<\/h2>\n<div style=\"background:#f3f1ec;border:1px solid #e3e0d8;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 20px;\">\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Getting there:<\/strong> With the Rhaetian Railway to Davos; by car over the Wolfgang Pass.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Best time:<\/strong> Skiing December to April; hiking June to October.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Cost:<\/strong> Mountain railways and accommodation at an upscale level (please verify).<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0;line-height:1.55;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Safety:<\/strong> In winter mind the avalanche situation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:12px 0 4px;\"><strong style=\"color:#f25353;\">Tips:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:0;\">\n<li>Arrive with the Rhaetian Railway over the Landwasser line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Background &amp; History<\/h2>\n<p>Davos lies in a wide high valley of Graub\u00fcnden and, at around 1,560 metres, is among the highest-lying towns of the Alps. The place owes its reputation to a promise of health: the dry, clear mountain air was regarded in the 19th century as a remedy against tuberculosis, and so numerous sanatoria arose here in which the sick from all over Europe sought recovery. This world of rest cures and high-altitude clinics shaped literature, most famously in Thomas Mann\u2019s novel of the Magic Mountain. Arthur Conan Doyle, too, an ardent admirer of Switzerland, brought his consumptive wife to Davos and is among the pioneers of winter tourism.<\/p>\n<p>It was this very Conan Doyle who here made the acquaintance of a then-new sport, Alpine skiing, which had previously been known in Scandinavia but hardly in the Swiss mountains. The spa resort thus became a cradle of winter mountain sport. In the 20th century a further significance was added: today the powerful of the world meet in Davos every year for their deliberations, so that the name has long stood for economics and politics too. Above the valley, however, what drew generations here remains, the healing expanse of a landscape in which the light appears especially pure.<\/p>\n<div style=\"background:#221c1a;color:#fff;border-radius:10px;padding:18px 22px;margin-top:28px;\"><strong style=\"font-size:1.08em;\">Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:6px 0 12px;color:#d8d2cc;font-size:14px;\">To make your trip run smoothly , our guides and gear tips for this destination:<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;\"><a href=\"\/en\/wanderschuhe\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Hiking boots \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/schichtenprinzip-bekleidung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Layering guide for clothing \u2192<\/a><a href=\"\/en\/packliste-tages-bergwanderung\/\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#f25353;color:#fff;padding:9px 16px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;\">Day-tour packing list \u2192<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Davos ist auf rund 1.560 m die h\u00f6chstgelegene Stadt Europas und ein traditionsreicher H\u00f6henkurort und Wintersportplatz. Die Skigebiete Parsenn und Jakobshorn, ein langer H\u00f6henklima-Ruf und das j\u00e4hrliche Weltwirtschaftsforum (WEF) pr\u00e4gen den Ort. Im Sommer locken weite H\u00f6henwanderungen. Highlights H\u00f6chstgelegene Stadt Europas (rund 1.560 m) Skigebiete Parsenn und Jakobshorn Traditionsreicher H\u00f6henkurort Austragungsort des WEF Gut zu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":1114,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","citadela-item-category":[39,33,30],"citadela-item-location":[66],"class_list":["post-1085","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-ausflugsziele-sehenswuerdigkeiten","citadela-item-category-ski-winter","citadela-item-category-wandern-bergtouren","citadela-item-location-graubuenden-engadin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1085","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1085"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1085\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1486,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/1085\/revisions\/1486"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1085"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=1085"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alpentreff.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=1085"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}