# Things to see in Pontresina (Switzerland): 98 places and when to go

> Pontresina is a town in Switzerland, and this site lists 98 places in and around it, mainly Mountains (58), Nature (54), Hiking (16). The best known are Piz Bernina, Morteratsch Glacier and Piz Palü. The best time to come is July to September; also possible: October to June. In June there are 15 h 36 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 24. Here is what there is, when to go, how to get there and what else is nearby.

- Address: https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/pontresina/
- Reviewed on: 2026-10-02
- Language: en

## In a nutshell

- **Where:** Switzerland · 46.4566, 9.9024
- **Places:** 98 places on this site, in the town and around it.
- **What people come for:** [Mountains](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/montana/) (58) · [Nature](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/naturaleza/) (54) · [Hiking](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/senderismo/) (16) · [Temples](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/espiritual/) (11) · [History](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/historia/) (6) · [Snow](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/nieve/) (6)
- **Best time:** July to September.
- **Also possible:** October to June.
- **Nearest airport:** LUG Agno, 91 km as the crow flies
- **Highest point:** Piz Bernina, at 4,049 m.

## What to see in Pontresina

The places in and around Pontresina, best known first, each with its own page: what it is, when to go and what is next to it. Distances are from the centre, as the crow flies.

- [Piz Bernina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-bernina/): Mountain of the Eastern Alps · 8.3 km
- [Morteratsch Glacier](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/morteratsch-glacier/): Glacier in Switzerland · 7.4 km
- [Piz Palü](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/pizzo-palu-centrale/): Mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy · 9.7 km
- [Bernina railway line](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/berninabahn/): Railway line in Switzerland and Italy · 12 km
- [Piz Corvatsch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-corvatsch/): Nature · Mountains · 8.5 km
- [Bellavista](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/monte-bellavista-occidentale/): Mountain in Italy/Switzerland · 9.5 km
- [Piz Zupò](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/pizzo-zupo/): Mountain in the Bernina Range of the Alps · 10 km
- [Piz Morteratsch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-morteratsch/): Nature · Mountains · 6.0 km
- [Piz Roseg](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/pizzo-roseg/): Mountain in the Alps, Grisons, Switzerland · 9.4 km
- [Crast' Agüzza](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/crast-aguzza/): Nature · Mountains · 9.6 km
- [Piz Languard](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-languard/): Nature · Mountains · 5.5 km
- [Piz Bianco](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-alv-pizzo-bianco/): Mountain in Switzerland · 8.0 km
- [Piz Argient](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-argient/): Nature · Mountains · 10 km
- [Piz Nair](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-nair/): Mountain in Graubünden, Switzerland · 10 km
- [Piz Ot](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-ot/): Mountain in Graubünden, Switzerland · 12 km
- [Muottas Muragl](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/muottas-muragl/): Nature · Mountains · 7.5 km
- [Piz Julier](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-guglia-piz-julier/): Nature · Mountains · 12 km
- [Piz Cambrena](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-cambrena/): Nature · Mountains · 9.6 km
- [Piz Lagalb](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-lagalb/): Nature · Mountains · 9.7 km
- [La Spedla](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/la-spedla-punta-perrucchetti/): Mountain shared by Switzerland and Italy · 8.4 km
- [Piz Albris](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-albris/): Nature · Mountains · 4.8 km
- [Piz Tschierva](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-tschierva/): Mountain in Switzerland · 4.9 km
- [Roseg Glacier](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/vadret-da-roseg/): Glacier in Switzerland · 11 km
- [Piz Boval](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-boval/): Nature · Mountains · 4.4 km

And the other 74, by what you come to do:

- **Nature**: [Piz Glüschaint](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-gluschaint/), [Il Chapütschin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/il-chaputschin/), [Piz Bever](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-bever/), [Piz Chalchagn](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-chalchagn/), [Piz Lagrev](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-lagrev/), [Piz Surlej](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-surlej/), [Piz Tremoggia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/pizzo-delle-tre-mogge/), [Munt Pers](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/munt-pers/), [Piz Minor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-minor/), [Palü Glacier](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/vedretta-di-palu/), [Crasta Mora](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/crasta-mora/), [Piz Albana](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-albana/), [Piz Muragl](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-muragl/), [Piz Prüna](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-pruna/), [Piz Rosatsch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-rosatsch/), [Piz Suvretta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-suvretta/), [Tschierva Glacier](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/vadret-da-tschierva/), [Piz la Stretta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/monte-breva-piz-la-stretta/), [Munt Cotschen](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/monte-cotschen/), [Piz Mezzaun](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-mezzaun/), [Piz Polaschin](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-polaschin/), [Piz Surgonda](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-surgonda/), [Munt Arlas](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/munt-arlas/), [Pers Glacier](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/vadret-pers/), [Piz Saluver](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-saluver/), [Piz Trovat](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-trovat/), [Piz Campasc](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-campasc/), [Sassal Mason](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/sassal-mason/), [Las Sours](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/las-sours-ostgipfel/), [Sass Queder](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/sass-queder/), [Piz Arlas](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-d-arlas/)
- **Mountains**: [Boval Hut](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chamanna-da-boval-cas/), [Tschierva Hut](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chamanna-da-tschierva/), [Coazhütte](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chamanna-coaz-cas/), [Georgy Hut](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chamanna-georgy/), [Chamanna Jenatsch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chamanna-jenatsch-cas/), [Berghaus Diavolezza](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/berghaus-diavolezza/), [Bivacco Colombo Aurora Bijelich](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/bivacco-colombo-aurora-bijelich/), [Bivacco Pansera](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/bivacco-pansera/)
- **Museums and art**: [Nietzsche-Haus, Sils Maria](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/nietzsche-haus/), [Segantini Museum (Building)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/segantini-museum/), [Museum Alpin, Pontresina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/museum-alpin/), [La Tuor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/la-tuor/)
- **History**: [Spaniola Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/burgturm-spaniola/), [Guardaval Castle](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/ruina-da-guardaval/), [Chesa Planta Samedan](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/chesa-planta/), [Baselgia catolica Herz-Jesu](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/katholische-herz-jesu-kirche/), [reformed church](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/reformierte-kirche-samedan/)
- **Temples**: [Saint Victor](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/collegiata-di-san-vittore-mauro/), [San Niculò](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/san-niculo/), [Baselgia refurmeda Fex Crasta](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/baselgia-refurmeda-santa-margarita/), [Reformierte Kirche St. Moritz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/reformierte-kirche-st-moritz/), [San Gian (Celerina)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/san-gian/), [St Maria, Poschiavo](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/santa-maria-assunta/), [St. Maria, Pontresina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/sta-maria/), [Baselgia refurmeda Chamues-ch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/baselgia-san-andrea/), [San Spiert](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/san-spiert/)
- **Hiking**: [Via Albula Bernina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/via-albula-bernina/), [01-Alpine Passes Trail](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/01-alpine-passes-trail/), [Bernina-Tour](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/bernina-tour/), [Murtél-Fuorcla Surlej](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/murtel-fuorcla-surlej/), [Senda Segantini](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/senda-segantini/), [Senda Segantini - Etappe 3](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/senda-segantini-etappe-3/), [Senda Segantini - Etappe 4](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/senda-segantini-etappe-4/)
- **Snow**: [Corviglia](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/corviglia/), [Corvatsch-Furtschellas](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/corvatsch-furtschellas/), [Diavolezza-Lagalb](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/diavolezza-lagalb/), [Languard](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/languard/), [Müsella – La Punt](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/musella-la-punt/), [Samedan (St. Moritz)](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/samedan-st-moritz/)
- **Architecture**: [Sender Celerina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/sender-celerina/)
- **Diving**: [Hotel Cristallina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/hotel-cristallina/)
- **Hot springs**: [Lej da Staz](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/lej-da-staz/), [Mineralbad & Spa Samedan](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/mineralbad-spa-samedan/)

## When to go to Pontresina

The best time to visit Pontresina is **July to September**; also possible: October to June. This comes from its own places: a month counts as the town's best time when it is the best time for half of what there is to see.

| Mes | Época | Hours of daylight |
| --- | --- | --- |
| January | Possible | 8 h 47 |
| February | Possible | 10 h 05 |
| March | Possible | 11 h 36 |
| April | Possible | 13 h 20 |
| May | Possible | 14 h 48 |
| June | Possible | 15 h 36 |
| July | Best time | 15 h 16 |
| August | Best time | 14 h |
| September | Best time | 12 h 19 |
| October | Possible | 10 h 38 |
| November | Possible | 9 h 09 |
| December | Possible | 8 h 24 |

In June there are 15 h 36 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 24. In July, 93 of the 98 places are at their best.

When to go to Switzerland in general, with its festivals and peak seasons, is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/#cuando-ir).

## Getting to Pontresina

The nearest main airport is Lugano Airport (LUG, Agno), 91 km as the crow flies. How to get around Switzerland (train, car, bus) is in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/#moverse), and what to sort out before you leave is in [its checklist](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/#antes-de-salir).

- [Where it is](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=46.4566%2C9.9024)
- [Directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.4566%2C9.9024)

## Other towns nearby

- [Brusio](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/brusio/): 18 places · 27 km
- [Stampa](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/stampa/): 59 places · 28 km
- [Zernez](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/zernez/): 53 places · 30 km
- [Davos Monstein](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/davos-monstein/): 79 places · 30 km
- [Zillis](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/zillis/): 75 places · 40 km
- [Valchava](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/valchava/): 33 places · 42 km

And all of Switzerland, in [its country guide](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/).

## Frequently asked questions

### What is there to see in Pontresina?

The best known: [Piz Bernina](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-bernina/), [Morteratsch Glacier](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/morteratsch-glacier/), [Piz Palü](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/pizzo-palu-centrale/), [Bernina railway line](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/berninabahn/), [Piz Corvatsch](https://kokai.app/en/paises/europa/suiza/piz-corvatsch/). In all, 98 places in the town and around it, all on your trip map from day one.

### When is the best time to visit Pontresina?

July to September; also possible: October to June. In June there are 15 h 36 of daylight, and in December, 8 h 24.

### How do you get to Pontresina?

The nearest main airport is Lugano Airport (LUG), 91 km away. From there, [directions](https://www.google.com/maps/dir/?api=1&destination=46.4566%2C9.9024) opens the route on the map.

### How do I add it to my trip?

Create a trip with Pontresina as the destination and these 98 places are on your map, each with its category. The ones you like go into a day's plan with one tap, and Kokai reminds you when you pass nearby.

Data from [OpenStreetMap](https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), licensed under the ODbL, from [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/), CC0, cities from [Natural Earth](https://www.naturalearthdata.com/) and airports from [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/). Daylight hours are calculated from the latitude. More in [credits](https://kokai.app/en/aviso/#creditos).