Restaurant Engiadina - Best Fondue & Completer Hunt

Ranked #2 of 106 restaurants. 'Best fondue ever' reputation. Ask for Completer wine — a grape first mentioned in 1321 with only 4 hectares left on Earth. Named after the Benedictine 'completorium' when monks could drink in silence.

What to do there

3 things to do

1. 1 Fondue with Completer Wine Wine · Price: moderate

   Reserve at Restaurant Engiadina (#2 of 106). Order the cheese fondue and ask for Completer wine — first documented 1321, only 4 hectares globally. Monks named it after completorium, the evening prayer when drinking was finally allowed.

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2. 2 Engadin House Architecture History · Free

   Study the sgraffito facade — scratched-plaster decoration unique to the Engadine, dating to the 1500s, now UNESCO-protected. Each house tells a story through decorative motifs.

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3. 3 Romansh Language Discovery Adventure · Free

   Read the menu in Romansh — Switzerland's 4th official language, spoken by 60,000 people. Allegra = hello, grazia = thank you. One of the last places this Latin-descended language thrives daily.

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