As I mentioned in my previous post, it’s been a weird summer in Switzerland. Too rainy, not too hot. Lots of storms too! And with a baby, this kind of weather makes it difficult to plan short trips or holidays in the mountains… So when we saw a few sunny days in a row in the weather forecast, we booked a hotel and packed our bags. The destination, the valley of Engadin in canton Graubünden.
We’ve already been a few times in canton Graubünden before. It’s one of the biggest cantons in Switzerland and also, one of the less populated, so every trip to this region feels like going somewhere very remote. The valley of Engadin is a long high alpine valley at almost 2000m above the sea level. The valley is protected by high mountain ranges on both sides. Its large lakes, sunny climate and winds make the valley the perfect destination for many sports, from winter classics like ski to surprising ones like windsurf or kitesurf in summer!
We made Maloja our base for a few days of hiking in the mountains. The day we arrived, after a long car ride, we made an easy stroller-friendly hike from the top of Maloja Pass to one of the beautiful lakes close to the town of Maloja, the Cavloc lake, a beautiful alpine lake with stunning reflections and a little farm (where they sell incredible cheese, by the way!). After spending some time wandering around the lake, we went back to the hotel, just in time to see the clouds getting some color at sunset above the mountains of the Maloja Pass.
Here are some photos of the first day in Engadin. I hope you like them!
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 25mm f/11 1/800sec. ISO160
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 53mm f/11 1/80sec. ISO160
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 24mm f/11 1/80sec. ISO160
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 63mm f/11 1/80se.c ISO160
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 70mm f/3.2 1/1600sec. ISO160
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 33mm f/11 1/125sec. ISO160
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 24mm f/11 1/200sec. ISO160
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 24mm f/11 1/500sec. ISO100
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 70mm f/11 1/60sec. ISO160
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 24mm f/11 1/160sec. ISO100
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 24mm f/11 1/160sec. ISO100
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 28mm f/11 1/160sec. ISO100
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 47mm f/11 1/250sec. ISO160
Canon EOS 5D Mark IV 31mm f/11 1/640sec. ISO100
Las fotos son preciosas.
Mil gracias Isaac!! El valle de Engadin es un sitio precioso 😊
Como siempre tu fotografía me encanta esos paisajes que te dejan embelesada por su belleza. Eres una buena fotógrafa continua con tu afición, ánimo. Un beso muy fuerte
Mil gracias Maria!! Que ilusión leer comentarios tan bonitos acerca de mis fotos! A ver si poco a poco vamos encontrando tiempo para hacer más excursiones y rutas y vuelvo a hacer más fotos, que lo echo mucho de menos!
It’s so nice to see your images again Mercedes. These are wonderful.
Thanks a mil, Anne!! So happy you like the photos! This region of the Swiss Alps is really beautiful! And exploring it with a baby was super fun! I hope we get him to love the mountains and photography as much as I do 😊
Now the problem is that I can’t find the time to edit and post new things… or to read other blogs!! I hope I can catch up with your blog soon… thanks a lot for being there 😊
Hey Mercedes! I have just taken a wonderful tour through the Engadin Valley with your photos. I was there way back in 2011 although I arrived on the train so it was just beautiful to travel along the road via Google street View. The mountains are glorious in summer – I was there in winter!
Thanks so much!
Hi Amanda! Thanks a mil for your comment! Did the photos bring good memories to you? I always think that these mountains are totally different in each season… you can visit the same place again and again and it always feel like somewhere new! I’d love to visit Engadin during winter… did you take the Glacier Express train?? I want to do that route one day (hopefully in winter!!!).
The photos from the post are the ones I took during the trip to Engadin and our first afternoon in Maloja. I hope I can post more photos from the Engadin region soon!
I love that photo of the mountain through the window and the old timber stable/hut in the foreground. Wall photographs for sure.
Thanks Amanda!! That was our hotel room! Right at the top of the Maloja Pass, the views were incredible! Perfect place to try to capture the sun illuminating the mountains at sunrise and to capture some orange clouds at sunset (it didn’t happen every day, but it was fun to try at least! hehehe). I felt so privileged to have these views from bed 🙂
Ah, the farming buildings in Switzerland… I find them very photographic! And I love to go from one region to another and notice the difference in these buildings between regions. They make quite a beautiful photo album! 🙂
Swiss farm buildings pics. That’s an album I would like to see! I have a few of my scenic photos of the Norwegian, “stabbur” – the equivalent of the Swiss farm buildings up on my wall as large prints. The old timber building are so photogenic! I had no idea the building constructions varied from region to region-that is fascinating. Like a fingerprint!
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