Most important things you need to know before booking a vacation in Davos
At an altitude of 1560 meters, Davos is the highest town in Europe.
Davos is famous as one of the first locations for Alpine vacations and, since the Built of the Parsenn funicular, in 1931, as an international ski resort.
This article will help you understand the important things and uniqueness of Davos.
The closest airports to Davos are Zurich, Friedrichshafen and Memmingen, with a transfer time of about 2 hours, And Basel, with a transfer time of 3 hours.
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From Zurich, you can take a train as well. It takes between 2.5 to 3.5 hours and costs 58-78 Swiss Francs.
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The ski areas
Davos has 260 km of runs, separated into five ski areas:
Jakobshorn, which has one of the best snow parks in Swiss, with 53 km of runs,
Parsenn, the largest ski area, has 101km of runs and includes the highest point at 2844 metres above sea level.
Parsenn ski area. The highest and most extensive ski area. Great runs for carvingFrom here, you can ski 15 km directly to Kublis village at an altitude of 810 meters. More than 2 km of vertical drop!
The Parsenn ski area is well-groomed and has excellent runs for carving.
Another ski area, 10 minutes ski-bus ride south from Davos Platz, is Reinerhorn, where you can do night skiing and night sledges every Wednesday and Friday. An evening ticket for an adult will cost 26 CHF, 18 CHF for teenagers, and 10CHF for children 6-12 y”o.
A unique ski area around Davos is Pischa.
This mountain has only one cable car and not even one ski run!
It is a natural mountain, with two checked and secured freeride routes (6&7 on the map) and many other routes you can take down at your own risk. The top station is also the base for some ski tours. On this mountain, you can do fat bike, airboard and other deep snow activities. It is also suitable for speed riding and kite-boarding.
Davos also has 75 km of cross-country ski
and many winter activities, like we mentioned before, as well as snow-shows walks, deep snow sledges
Recommended Hotels
Straddling lively Davos Platz and ski-centric Davos Dorf, Switzerland’s highest town ranges from grand Belle Époque landmarks to wallet-friendly hostels.
Davos Platz – Town centre & Jakobshorn base
Steigenberger Grandhotel Belvédère wraps Belle Époque glamour around a state-of-the-art spa, chandeliers and snow-view lounges on the Promenade—ideal if you want five-star pampering a short stroll from Bolgen après-ski and the Congress Centre.
Sunstar Hotel Davos-Klosters offers roomy alpine-style bedrooms, a glass-roofed pool and free shuttle to Jakobshorn; its quiet park-side setting keeps nightlife and ski access within a ten-minute walk.
Hotel Davoserhof keeps budgets happy with simple pine-clad rooms above a lively bar on Talstrasse—steps from Bolgenschanze and a five-minute amble to Davos Platz station.
Youth Hostel Davos (the hillside “Youthpalace”) delivers dorms and family rooms with panoramic decks, communal kitchens and ski-bus stops outside—perfect for travellers who’d rather splurge on lift passes than lodgings.
Davos Dorf – Parsenn lift & freerider hub
Hotel Seehof Davos sits almost on the Parsennbahn, pairing refined pine suites and a gourmet Chesa-style restaurant with a generous spa—making dawn-patrol runs and end-of-day saunas effortless.
Hotel Dischma is a welcoming, family-run base one block from the lift; expect hearty breakfasts, adjoining rooms and a sauna to thaw little toes after ski school.
Hotel Parsenn blends stone-pine interiors with slope-view balconies opposite the cable-car plaza—families love the generous rooms, while keen carvers appreciate grabbing skis from the locker and sliding straight to the gondola.
Apres Ski
For apres-ski, we recommend beginning at Bolgen at 5 pm with the traditional apres-ski music
Continue later to the exbar and finish at Postil club. For young crowd and ski-bums go to Bolgenschanze.
Davos is a town with a great ice rink, a great ice hockey team, and a Casino.
Davos is famous for its events,
Mainly, the world economic forum attracts world leaders, so expect to find all kinds of accommodations here, from top-notch hotels to hostels.
If you’re a spa lover and don’t have a good one in your hotel, go to Eau-la-la, located in Davos congress centre. Open daily until 10 pm, Sundays until 6 pm. In this state-of-the-art wellness centre, you’ll find, among many other facilities, an indoor half Olympic pool and outdoor hydrotherapy pool with a water temperature of 33°-34°c. Reasonable prices.
Here are our numbers for Davos:
for snowboarders: 8
beginners: 7
intermediates: 8
advanced skiers:8
freestylers: 9
free-riders: 9
nightlive: 7
apre ski: 7
Resort Charm: 6
Total score Davos is 7.5
Our bonus tips for Davos:
You will find everything here, but the ski areas are separated, and the town luck of charm.
Here’s our tip for you:
First, the town has two main areas which both have train stations:
Davos Platz, the actual centre connected to the Jakobshorn ski area, is recommended for freestylers, beginners, and nightlife people.
Davos Dorf, which connected to the Parsenn ski area, was recommended for intermediates, advanced skiers, and freeriders.
The tip is to stay close to the train stations because, with the Davos-Klosters skipass, the trains between Kublis and Davos are free.
That way, it will be easier to move between all the ski areas and also, you’ll be close to the lifts in the respected ski areas we just mentioned.
