Badrutts Palace - Meeting Point of The High-End Society

Location

The Badrutts Palace is located in world famous St. Moritz in the Upper Engadine Valley in Southeastern Switzerland.

Transportation

Traveling by air
Most high-end visitors who vacation in St. Moritz fly in by private- or business jet. The Engadin Airport in Samedan is only 81/2 km eastwards from the Badrutts House. It is the highest airport in Europe, accessible all year around to private- and business charter jets. VFR approaches are permitted only during the day from 08:00 - 21:00 (local time) in the summer, and from 08:00 - to dusk in the winter. Customs officer are on duty during the airport's operating times.

Traveling by train
Zurich Airport has its own train station with regular connections to the main train station (Hauptbahnhof) in Zurich Switzerland. From Zurich HB take the SBB Intercity train to Chur. In Chur Switzerland, you need to change onto the Rhätische Bahn to St. Moritz. This Alpine train journey with its famous switchback tunnels and viaducts is an incredible experience and for sure an ideal introduction for your stay in the Upper Engadine. Travel time from Zurich Airport to St. Moritz is 3 hours and 45 minutes.

Traveling by car
The Swiss roads and highways are of very good quality and well maintained. However, not everybody is comfortable driving over mountain passes, especially in the wintertime. It takes just 21/2 to 3 hours from Zurich Airport, 3 hours from Milan, Italy and 31/2 hours from Munich, Germany to St. Moritz.

Transfer from Zurich AirportCompact limousine (3 persons) 950 CHF - ($ 770)Large limousine (5 persons) 1,200 CHF - ($ 975)

Room Information

The Badrutts Palace offers 159 comfortable and traditionally furnished guestrooms, inclusive 47 suites and junior suites. All the rooms and suites are facing the Engadine mountains or the village and lake of St. Moritz.

In Room Amenities

All rooms and suites have Satellite-TV Flat Screens; on-command video; Internet Access through the TV; denon stereo system; music CD selection through the concierge; E-mail modern: wireless LAN; minibar; 24-hour room service and hair dryer.

Hotel Facilities & Business Amenities

24-hour in-room dining service; special diet and low-calorie dishes available within a pension plan; indoor & outdoor pools, private cinema; whirlpools, sauna and steam bath & solarium. Daniela Steiner Spa; discotheque; private sun decks; kindergarten with qualified attendant; spacious lobby; function rooms for private parties and meetings; beauty salon & coiffeur; laundry service/dry cleaning; entertainment & live music; boutique shopping at the Palace Gallery and Arcade.

Dining & Entertainment

The Badrutts Palace features 7 restaurants, 4 bars and two clubs for members only, the Club Privé and the Corviglia Ski Club. The restaurant Nobu has become one of the trendiest and hottest dining spots in St. Moritz, as well as the meeting point for Celebrities and the High-end Society. The Chesa Veglia restaurant is the oldest farmhouse of St. Moritz representing the hideaway for Celebrities in Switzerland and features 3 restaurants and 2 bars.

The Renaissance Bar is the coziest bar in town and offers innovative and classic cocktails at any time of the day. It is the place to see and be seen. Unlike in Gstaad or Zermatt Switzerland where the rich and famous like to be anonymous, in St. Moritz you will know very quickly who is in town.

Sport & Leisure Facilities at the property or nearby

The hotel has an equipped gym & fitness program; Spa services & Wellness program; two 18-hole golf courses just 4 km and 12 km from the hotel; three hard tennis courts (in the summer only); bridge room & resident bridge hostess; windsurfing over the lake; gymnastic & swimming lessons.

Summer sports: Horseback riding, mountain climbing, hiking, biking and sailing.

Winter sports: Natural ice rink with curling with resident skating instructor during the winter, own private Palace Ski School, driving range; Palace Sport Shop for ski rentals & service.

Rates

Summer (buffet breakfast, minibar, service, tax and VAT included)270 CHF ($ 221) Standard Single; 430 CHF ($ 352) Standard Twin; 840 CHF ($ 686) Grand Deluxe; 1,960 CHF ($ 1,600) Suite Deluxe; 2,700 ($ 2,205) Engadine Suite.

Winter (buffet breakfast, minibar, service, tax and VAT included)665 CHF ($ 545) Standard Single; 1,260 CHF ($ 1,030) Standard Twin; 2,270 CHF ($ 1,855) Grand Deluxe; 5,275 CHF ($ 4,307) Suite Deluxe; 12,500 CHF ($ 10,205) Engadine Suite.

Credit Cards

EC, EC-Direct, AE, DC, MC, PC, JCB, V

<Parking

25 CHF ($ 21)

The hotel resort is open from mid-December to the beginning of April and takes full advantage of the ski season. Besides, it keeps his gates open at the warmest time of the summer between the end of June and the beginning of September.

High-End Travel Switzerland's Review

The Badrutts Palace is situated ideally on a hill with breathtaking views of St. Moritz at the foot of the huge Rosatscher mountain chain. Directly across the hotel, you will discover well-known high-end boutiques and restaurants. It is a favorite for Celebrities and royalties since it opened in 1896. No wonder is it rated as one of the top Swiss hotels. In chic St. Moritz's legendary "champagne climate", the sun shines 322 days a year. Amazing if you think about it, we are in Switzerland and not in the Caribics.

All the public areas of the Badrutts Palace Hotel are furnished luxuriously with antiques. Indeed, the basic structure is ancient, but made up to an architectural excess. However all guest-rooms provide a fresh and modern atmosphere. It is a bit discreet, but unlike many other high-end hotel rooms, they go for a third of the price.

The porches and some of the suites, from the restaurants and the lounge area around the pool offer you magnificent views over the lake and the mountains.

Badrutts Palace boasts excellent skiing, cross-country skiing, natural ice rinks, golf, windsurfing, an extensive tennis program, an excellent spa and more. It also hosts a number of high-class events, festivals and galas. The New Year's gala is special, as is the Annual Cartier Polo World Cup and the White Turf Events event on snow in February.

The Badrutts Palace holds regular wine seminars and the Christian Dior Fashion Show where the "Crème de la Crème" of the St. Moritz money nobility shows up. However, the most important event of the St. Moritz Jet Set, the "Season Opening" at the famous Dracula Club is accessible only to Billionaires, Royalty and Celebrities.

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