The valley community Oberhalbstein or Romansh Surses is lying in Swiss Canton Grisons at the northern foot of the Julier Pass.
The valley Surses is traversed by the river Julia (Romanesque: Gelgia).
places
The valley includes the following municipalities, which became a municipality in 2016 Surses have merged.
Only the villages of Salouf and Riom-Parsonz are not directly on the Julier Pass road.
The 2,500 inhabitants of the valley speak the Rhaeto-Romanic dialect Surmeir (Romansh: Surmiran), and Italian is also spoken in Bivio.
Other goals
background
The Oberhalbstein (Rhaeto-Romanic Sursés) is the valley north of the Julier Pass. It extends between Tiefencastel and the Julierpasshöhe and is traversed by the river Julia (Romansh Gelgia). It also forms one of the four political districts of the Albula District.
language
It belongs to one of the Romansh language areas in the canton of Graubünden. The Rhaeto-Romanic idiom Surmeir is spoken by a little more than half of the population, and German is on the advance due to immigration; In Bivio, the last place before the top of the pass, Italian is sometimes spoken.
However, almost all residents understand German, at least as a second language.
getting there
In the street
Of Zurich or St. Margarethen Coming from the Rhine Valley you can get there on the Autobahn 
to Graubünden.
One happens Chur, at Reichenau the highway divides and continues as an expressway Thusis. From there you take the road 417 Tiefencastel (and through the Landwassertal to Davos). The Julier Pass - Main street 3 
leads from Tiefencastel above Savognin and further after Silvaplana in the Upper Engadine.
An alternative is to be already in Chur on the main street to switch, this first leads over the Lenzerheide, down to Tiefencastel and on over Savognin and about the Julier Pass to the Engadin (written signposting: St. Moritz).
By train
To travel by public transport, take from Zurich coming here the SBBConnection up Landquart and then climbs on the red narrow-gauge railway of the Rhaetian Railway over the Albula line in the direction of St. Moritz around.
The Julier Pass - Post bus line from Chur above Savognin and on over Bivio and the Julier Pass to St. Moritz leads across the train station Tiefencastel, those who have traveled by train can change here. From Chur, the Julierpass Postbus line requires a reservation, but not between the train station Tiefencastel and Savognin and Bivio, respectively.
mobility
Of Chur above Tiefencastelthat leads Julier Pass road following, the post bus line to St. Moritz; it forms the backbone of public transport in the valley. Another bus line runs from Savognin to the surrounding villages of Riom, Parsonz and Salouf, which are not located directly on Julierstrasse.
Tourist Attractions
activities
In Savognin and Bivio there is always a larger ski area.
