Chur

Chur is the oldest continuously settled town in the country and the capital of Graubünden, which is really a statement about geography: it sits in a bowl at the meeting point of several valleys, and everything radiates outward from it. Brambrüesch rises directly above the town and is reached by cable car from the centre, so a session can move from street level to 1,600 metres without a car.

It is the practical base for the whole canton. Arosa, Lenzerheide, Flims and the Engadin all start here, which makes Chur the obvious place to train before a mountain week or recover after one.