Engadine, Bernina and Lake Como
Eight days from Zurich over the Julier into St. Moritz, then the Bernina Pass running beside the UNESCO red train down to Tirano. You drop into Chiavenna’s stone streets and the Como shore before looping home through Lugano. Lago Bianco at the summit is the picture you came for.
Season: Julier and Bernina stay open most of the year; side roads toward Livigno can still close. Lago Bianco is the summit lake — go in clear light if you can.
Eight days from Zurich over the Julier into St. Moritz, then the Bernina Pass running beside the UNESCO red train down to Tirano. You drop into Chiavenna’s stone streets and the Como shore before looping home through Lugano. Lago Bianco at the summit is the picture you came for.
Day by day
Zurich
Start along the lake while the light is still soft, then the motorway to Chur. The holiday has not begun until the valley walls close in.
St. Moritz
Julier Pass at 2284 m lifts you into the Engadine. Walk the lake at St. Moritz; the water is higher than the clouds you left in Chur.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Tesla Supercharger (Tesla Supercharger St. Moritz) — typical arrival 23%, about 22 min to 80%. Access: walk, train or ferry from the overnight — leave the car.
Pontresina
Quieter than St. Moritz, and closer to the Bernina road. From here the Morteratsch glacier still shows its old tongue if the cloud lifts.
Tirano
After Lago Bianco and the Poschiavo descent the piazza is suddenly Italian: espresso, stone, a slower clock. You have crossed a language without changing the mountain.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Enel X (Enel X Tirano) — typical arrival 18%, about 27 min to 80%. Short driving day: charge in the overnight town and keep the climbs honest.
Chiavenna
A stone town at the foot of the Maloja side, crotti cellars and a river that sounds like the pass you just left. Sleep here before the lake crowds.
Why stop herePass day: check seasonal closure that morning; a tunnel is a backup, not a ruined holiday.
Como
The Duomo by the water, and a ferry if the hairpins have had enough of you. Como is a rest from altitude, not from beauty.
Why stop hereCharge nearby: Enel X (Enel X Como) — typical arrival 17%, about 29 min to 80%. Access: walk, train or ferry from the overnight — leave the car.
Zurich
Home via Lugano and the Gotthard tunnel if the passes are busy. The lake at Zurich will look almost modest after Como.
Quiet charging pauses
- Ionity in Chur — a calm stop on this leg, about 26 min.
- Enel X in Como — a calm stop on this leg, about 29 min.
- Tesla Supercharger in St. Moritz — a calm stop on this leg, about 22 min.
- Enel X in Tirano — a calm stop on this leg, about 27 min.