From Gstaad to Cortina, eight new hotels, including one beside the altiport in Courchevel.
Courchevel above the clouds. Photo: Courchevel Tourisme
Every winter the Alps add a few new names, and most of them are historic hotels coming back after a rebuild. The Park Gstaad returns under Four Seasons, the Cristallo in Cortina reopens as a Mandarin Oriental, Courchevel gains two new hotels, and Andermatt and Kitzbühel each welcome a hotel of their own. These are the eight openings worth planning a trip around.
The Park Gstaad, A Four Seasons Hotel, Gstaad
A few minutes on foot from the centre of Gstaad, the hotel that opened in 1910 returns as The Park Gstaad, A Four Seasons Hotel, the brand’s second hotel in Switzerland after the Hotel des Bergues in Geneva. Joseph Dirand has designed the 75 rooms, including 18 suites, and the six penthouse residences, with seven restaurants and lounges, a pool and spa with two treatment rooms dedicated to Clinique La Prairie, a tennis court in summer and an ice rink in winter. Read more about the new Park Gstaad here. It opens in summer 2027.
The terrace at The Park Gstaad. Photo: Four Seasons
Mandarin Oriental Cristallo, Cortina d’Ampezzo
In Cortina d’Ampezzo, the Cristallo opened in 1901, built by the Menardi family, and became the hotel of the town’s golden years after the 1956 Winter Olympics. It reopens as Mandarin Oriental’s first alpine resort, with 84 rooms and suites, many of them with balconies, restaurants and bars in a modern Italian style, a signature restaurant with a new terrace, and a spa whose pool runs from inside the hotel into the open air. It opens in early 2027.
The Cristallo above Cortina d’Ampezzo. Photo: Mandarin Oriental
Lily of the Valley Courchevel, Courchevel
Beside the altiport at Courchevel 2000, on the former site of the Pilatus restaurant, first opened in 1965, Lily of the Valley opens its first mountain hotel, following the original in Saint-Tropez. Philippe Starck has designed the 30 suites, each with a terrace facing Mont Blanc, and as on the coast, the days are built around sport, treatments and recovery, in summer as well as winter. Ski in and out onto the Three Valleys from the door. It opens in December 2027.
Lily of the Valley Courchevel, beside the altiport. Photo: Lily of the Valley
Monte-Carlo One Courchevel, Courchevel
In the Jardin Alpin, the wooded enclave at the top of Courchevel 1850, the former Palace des Neiges becomes the first hotel of Monaco’s Société des Bains de Mer outside the principality, and the first under its new Monte-Carlo One name. Herzog & de Meuron are renovating and enlarging the building, and its neighbours are Les Airelles and L’Apogée. It opens in December 2027.
On Gotthardstrasse in Andermatt, the Hotel 3 Könige und Post, built in 1788, is being remade by the couturier Elie Saab, his first hotel in Switzerland. There are 21 rooms and 19 residences furnished from the Elie Saab Maison collection, a restaurant and club, and a spa with an indoor pool, a yoga area, a sauna and a steam room. It is due to open in summer 2027.
The Hotel 3 Könige und Post in Andermatt. Photo: POST by Elie Saab
Hotel Zur Tenne, Kitzbühel
In the old town of Kitzbühel, Zur Tenne is a listed building that has been part of the town for more than a century. It reopens as a five-star hotel, with 40 rooms and suites, a spa of about 500 square meters, two restaurants, including a Wirtshaus, a bar, a winter garden and the original Jagerstubn. It reopens in 2027.
The spa at Hotel Zur Tenne, Kitzbühel. Photo: Hotel Zur Tenne
Hotel Bellevue Cortina d’Ampezzo, Emblems Collection, Cortina d’Ampezzo
On Corso Italia in the heart of Cortina, the Bellevue dates to the late nineteenth century and reopens as the first Italian hotel of Accor’s Emblems Collection. Adam D. Tihany has designed the interiors of the 80 rooms, including 27 suites, and the hotel has a spa of 500 square meters with a pool, two restaurants and a bar. It opens in 2027.
A living room at Hotel Bellevue, Cortina d’Ampezzo. Photo: Emblems Collection
The Alpinist, Andermatt
In Andermatt Reuss, the new quarter of Andermatt, The Alpinist is the next hotel from Andermatt Swiss Alps and, with its residences counted, the largest of the year’s openings. Snøhetta has designed the interiors across 66 rooms and 164 serviced residences, with a spa of about 2,300 square meters, a rooftop pool, steam and salt saunas, and a Kneipp garden. It is due to be completed in December 2027.
The entrance of The Alpinist, Andermatt. Photo: Andermatt Swiss Alps
Eight hotels across four countries, most of them in buildings with more than a century of history. The Cristallo reopens early in the year, the Park Gstaad follows in summer, and the two Courchevel hotels open in December, just in time for the ski season, when their first weeks are likely to book up early. The six hotels opening this December are in our guide to this winter’s openings.
