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Abarth Rental in St. Moritz
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Luxury car rental in St. Moritz from Zeus Prestige is delivered to your hotel or chalet, to Engadin Airport in Samedan (SMV), or to wherever your journey into the valley begins. Rent or hire a luxury SUV, a sports car, a supercar or a convertible and drive the Engadin yourself. Car hire in St. Moritz comes into its own on the roads out of the valley: three high passes begin within minutes of the lake.
St. Moritz sits at 1,822 metres beside its lake in the Upper Engadin. Winter tourism began here in 1864, when the hotelier Johannes Badrutt bet his English summer guests that they would enjoy the valley in the snow and offered to cover their travel if he was wrong. They stayed until Easter. The town went on to host the Winter Olympics twice, in 1928 and 1948, and the Cresta Run has sent riders head first down its ice channel since the 1880s. Each February the frozen lake carries horse racing and polo.
The light is the first thing you notice: dry air, high sun, and a sky that stays blue for much of the year. Mornings smell of woodsmoke and coffee, afternoons of larch resin, and every bakery sells Engadine nut tart, a shortcrust case filled with caramelised walnuts. Via Serlas holds the boutiques. The roads hold the rest: the Maloja to the southwest, the Bernina to the southeast and the Julier to the north, all three kept open through winter when the weather allows.
On a summer morning, open the roof for this one. The road runs southwest along the lakes of Silvaplana and Sils, level and bright, with kitesurfers on the water and the peaks doubled in it. At Maloja, 1,815 metres up, the valley floor simply ends, and the road tips over the edge in a stack of hairpins into the Val Bregaglia. The air warms with every bend, the scent changes from larch to chestnut, and the first plunge off the pass sets your pulse going. Carry on across the Italian border to Chiavenna for lunch, about an hour from St. Moritz, with Lake Como a short drive beyond. Then climb back the way you came, the car pulling cleanly out of each hairpin toward the cool air at the top.
Supercars and sports cars are at home here. From St. Moritz the road passes Pontresina and climbs beside the red trains of the Bernina line, a UNESCO World Heritage railway, with the Morteratsch glacier in view across the valley. The summit stands at 2,328 metres, beside the pale water of Lago Bianco. Beyond it the road falls some 1,300 metres to Poschiavo in long curves and tight hairpins, and your heart rate keeps pace with the altimeter. Poschiavo feels Italian, with a piazza, old palazzi and pizzoccheri on every menu. The pass runs 37 kilometres from Samedan to Poschiavo. Drive it both ways: the car breathes thin air at the summit and thick air in the valley, and it sounds different in each.
In winter, or on any long day, the Julier belongs to the luxury SUV and the grand tourer. The road leaves the valley at Silvaplana and reaches the summit at 2,284 metres within a few broad kilometres, where two stumps of Roman column still stand at the roadside. Built between 1820 and 1840, it remains the main northern way into the Engadin, running 43 kilometres down to Tiefencastel and on toward Chur and Zurich. Snow walls line the upper stretch in January. Inside, the seats are warm, the cabin hums quietly, and the cold becomes something to look at. The car holds its line with calm assurance all the way down.
Yes. Zeus Prestige delivers luxury hire cars to hotels and chalets in St. Moritz and across the Upper Engadin, and to Engadin Airport in Samedan. Give us your dates and your address in the valley, and the handover is arranged from there.
Yes. Private flights land at Engadin Airport in Samedan (IATA: SMV, ICAO: LSZS), about 5 kilometres from St. Moritz and, at 1,707 metres, one of the highest airports in Europe. We deliver your self-drive hire car to the airport, ready for the ten-minute drive into town.
Engadin Airport has no scheduled passenger flights. The nearest major airports are Milan Malpensa, about 180 kilometres away by road, and Zurich, about 220 kilometres, each roughly three hours' drive. We can deliver your car in Milan or Zurich, so the drive up to the Engadin becomes part of the trip.
A luxury SUV suits winter and the Julier Pass, the Bernina in summer is a road for a supercar or sports car, and a convertible suits the lakes and the Maloja when the weather is warm.
The Julier, Bernina and Maloja passes are kept open all year, though each can close for short periods in heavy snow. The Albula Pass closes for the winter.
Choose from our SUVs, sports cars, supercars and cabriolets, tell us when you arrive in the Engadin, and the keys will be ready for your luxury car hire.
Alpine switchbacks, thin air, and a Bentley that makes the altitude feel earned
