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Active Pursuits

Several winter sports besides skiing are offered here as well. For information on curling, contact the Davos Curling Club/Davos-Village Curling Club, Promenade 46, Davos-Platz (tel. 079/610-24-54). Two hours of curling, including instruction, cost 35F to 40F ($29-$33/£15-£17) per person.

If you're interested in ice-skating on the Natureisbahn, Davos-Platz, the largest natural ice rink in Europe, phone the Davos-Dorf Tourist Office, which manages the rink. Admission costs 6F ($4.90/£2.55) for adults, 4F ($3.30/£1.70) for children. Prices are 1F (80¢/40p) less for holders of the Guest Card, which is presented to all hotel guests. The rink is usually open from December to late February, depending on weather conditions. Davos-Platz also has a huge artificial ice rink, and both are open daily from 10am to 4pm, with additional openings every Thursday and Saturday from 8 to 10pm. In addition to this natural ice-skating rink midway between Davos-Platz and Davos-Dorf, there are at least two other ice-skating venues. For any information about ice-skating, contact the tourist office or www.davos-skating.ch.

Many Davos sports facilities can be used in both the winter and the summer. It has first-class tennis courts, sailing and windsurfing on Lake Davos, swimming, and horseback riding. There's an 18-hole golf course, Golf Club Davis (tel. 081/416-56-34; www.golfdavos.ch), with a weekday greens fee of 85F ($70/£36) that includes a golf cart; on weekends the fee goes up to 110F ($90/£47). If you're staying in accommodations at Davos, there's a 10F ($8.20/£4.25) discount. Golf clubs can be rented for an additional 40F ($33/£17) a day. There's also a large indoor ice rink if you want to keep your skills and your skates sharp during the summer months.

Davos has an impressive Tennis & Squash Center, on Clavadelerstrasse 2 in Davos-Platz (tel. 081/413-31-31; www.indoor-sport.ch), which is open daily from 8am to 10pm. Prices depend on when you play, day or night. Court rental from 5:30 to 10:30pm is 28F ($23/£12) for an indoor or outdoor court in summer or between 42F and 45F ($34-$37/£18-£19) in winter.

Want to go swimming? Call Hallenbad, Promenade 99, next to the Kongress (tel. 081/413-64-63), for information on either indoor swimming in winter or outdoor swimming in the summer. Adults pay 8F ($6.55/£3.40) and children 6 to 15 are charged 5F ($4.10/£2.15), all of which includes changing-room facilities. With use of the mixed sauna included, adults pay 15F ($12/£6.25).


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Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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