Grisons

Switzerland

The lush Canton of Grisons (Graubünden) is some 1,250m above sea level, and offers a rare taste of the traditional Walser culture - a people with their own language and customs with roots as deep as Switzerland’s existence. The famous resorts of Vals, Engadin, Bergell, St. Moritz and Davos Klosters are just some of the ski and adventure destinations not to be missed.

Much of the Walser culture comes out in the local food - a mix of comforting and natural goods, both seasonal and cured. These can then be washed down with the famous Valser healing waters. Visit the thermal baths and spas of Vals, re-created by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor (winner of the Pritzker Architectural Prize 2009), or the snow sports area on the Dachberg, spanning up to almost 3,000 meters up (and one of the highest ski peaks in Graubünden). Put away the iphone, sign off your email, and soak up this singularly romantic scenery.

- Engadin, Switzerland

Villa Flor

Unapologetically vivid, this preferred pad of intellect and creativity is awash in Art Nouveau flamboyance tamed with clever 1950s-inspired design interventions. A stylishly cool home of the arts, brushed with boldness.

- Vals, Switzerland

Brücke 49

A fabulously humble basecamp of good design for kindreds of style, Brücke 49 is a collection of rooms, suites, studios and apartments in the high-in-the-mountains creative enclave, Vals.

- Flims, Switzerland

The Hide

A chilled habitat of modern alpine vibe, this ski bolthole is dapper, plush and Martini cool. A suave lair of modern alpine style that flirts with the traditions of the Alps and is the perfect habitat for the ski fraternity and summer activity junkies.

Hotel - Flims, Switzerland

The Hide

Gasthaus Traube Buchs | Design Hotels in St Gallen, Switzerland

HOTEL - Canton of St. Gallen, Switzerland

Gasthaus Traube

A fabulous creative fusing of two historic landmark buildings, this popular restaurant and newly created design hotel is decked in Swiss and Scandi aesthetics and crafts.

Villa Hundert Engelberg | The Best Design Hotels in Switzerland

HOTEL - Engelberg, Switzerland

Villa Hundert

Eye candy sets the tone, a decisively chilled design refuge of honeyed timbers and smooth noir accented interiors, a foodie basecamp and cabin-esque hideout for the lovers of keeping it easy, perched hillside overlooking Engelberg.

Beausite Design Hotel | Best Views of the Matterhorn in Zermatt

Hotel - Zermatt, Switzerland

Beausite

Perched high, this reborn majesty presides over the larch-wrapped resort of Zermatt in the Swiss canton of Valais, a design hotel that rekindles the Geist of Golden Age alpinism.

Pontisella Stampa | Bergell, Grisons, Switzerland | The Aficionados

Guesthouse - Bergell, Switzerland

Pontisella Stampa

A curated style jungle of mid-century furnishings, abstract modernism and bespoke pieces are flavoured by the original pine panelling dating back to 1848 - and all this cuteness is wrapped in a canvas of wild herbs and mountain eye candy.

Grisons

Bergell

In Switzerland’s south-eastern corner nestled up to the border with northern Italy lies Bergell, a picturesque alpine valley of needle-sharp peaks, jagged mountains, pine tree forests and crystal-clear lakes cradled around historic villages teeming with tradition.

Spedition Hotel & Restaurant - a small design boutique hotel in Thun, Switzerland

HOTEL & RESTAURANT - Thun, Switzerland

Spedition Hotel & Restaurant

A bijou design hotel laced in a plush hipness of crushed velvets, soft linens, aged oak beams and lovely quirky accessories – a dash of peacock blue, gold, burgundy and teal usher a signature of urban cool to this
120-year-old dairy warehouse.

Guesthouse - Engadin, Switzerland