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“We sip the air…like French Champagne,” wrote composer Richard Strauss about Switzerland’s Engadin region, celebrated for its crisp, dry climate. A two-time host of the Winter Olympics, St. Moritz has been an alpine winter resort in the glacier-crowned Engadin since 1864 when hotelier Johannes Badrutt made a bet with his guests that they would enjoy a winter holiday as much as a Swiss summer. The British returned—and lingered from Christmas through Easter—and thus was born winter tourism more than 150 years ago.
It’s not often that one receives a transfer by Rolls-Royce—but there it was, a stunning indigo Phantom complete with liveried chauffeur who graciously indulged me for the requisite Instagram photo and selfie before we glided through St. Moritz en route to Badrutt’s Palace Hotel.
At this point, you can’t help but think, So this is how it is—for the rich and the beautiful, the powerful and the gifted, the celebrities of the world who occupy the penthouses and the private isles, the most luxurious suites in the five-star hotels. And when the moment is yours, why not enjoy it while it lasts?