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Badrutt's Palace
St. Moritz, Switzerland — Europe
9.2Editorial score
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The turreted 1896 landmark of Alpine society hotel-keeping, where St. Moritz glamour, lake views and ski-season theatre converge.
Badrutt's Palace has presided over St. Moritz since 1896, its granite tower as much a symbol of the Engadine as the frozen lake below. This is where winter tourism's founding mythology lives on: fur-trimmed arrivals, vintage Rolls-Royce shuttles, and Le Grand Hall's afternoon tea, where Alpine society has gathered beneath the great window's lake view for over a century.
Rooms range from cosy wood-panelled doubles to tower suites of ducal scale, most facing the lake and the peaks beyond; decor stays classically Swiss—warm, polished, deliberately untrendy. Service is generational, with staff families as loyal as the guest families who return each season. Winter brings ski-butler service to the slopes, ice-rink mornings and a social calendar that peaks over New Year.
Dining sprawls from Italian institution Chesa Veglia—a 1658 farmhouse of fondue and pizza—to refined gastronomy and one of the Alps' liveliest nightclub cellars. The spa's indoor pool faces the lake through a glass wall, with sun terraces for post-piste recovery. Summer reveals hiking, sailing and a quieter, greener Palace at gentler rates.
Why stay here
- The defining grand hotel of Alpine winter society
- Lake and mountain views from tower suites
- Chesa Veglia's historic farmhouse dining
- Ski butlers, ice rink and full winter programme
Things to consider
- High-season social whirl is central to the experience
- Classic decor prioritises heritage over contemporary design
Rooms & Suites
155 rooms and suites, most lake-facing, in polished classic Swiss style; the tower suites rank among the Alps' most storied accommodation.
Dining
From the 1658 Chesa Veglia farmhouse to refined French and Italian rooms, plus the famous Grand Hall tea and a legendary night scene.
Spa & Wellness
The Palace Wellness spa with lake-facing indoor pool, thermal circuit, and treatments designed around Alpine recovery.
The Browntravels Verdict
St. Moritz in a single building: heritage, spectacle and snow—the essential address for a classic Engadine winter.
Last updated 5 August 2026
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