The Swiss Alps
Gstaad, St. Moritz, Verbier, Zermatt.
The Alps for those who prefer silence to spectacle.
Four villages, four temperaments. Gstaad for privacy, St. Moritz for its winter rituals, Verbier for the mountain itself, Zermatt for the Matterhorn and the car-free calm. In each, the right chalet is rarely on the market, and the right table is held by people who know you.
The season
Best seasonAlso good
- Best season
- December to March, and summer
- Arrival
- Private airfields at Saanen and Samedan, or Geneva and Zurich
- Known for
- Discretion, old chalets, long lunches
- Through GRANTED
- One adviser, every detail held
Where we take you
Gstaad
A car-free promenade, old wooden chalets, and nobody asking who you are.
St. Moritz
The Engadin light, winter polo on the frozen lake, the grandest hotels in the Alps.
Verbier
Serious skiing, a lively village, chalets above the Rhône valley.
Zermatt
No cars, the Matterhorn at every window, skiing into Italy for lunch.
What the house arranges
Swiss Alps,
arranged.
Saanen for Gstaad, Samedan for St. Moritz, helicopter transfers to Verbier and Zermatt.
ResidencesChalets for the week or the season, with staff, chef and driver.
MoveMountain drivers, rail journeys arranged in private carriages when you prefer the scenery.
AccessInstructors and mountain guides, tables at the hotels everyone asks about, polo and races on the ice.
PrivateSchools and families looked after for the season, the chalet watched over when you are away.
Moments
Snow polo on the frozen lake
St. Moritz in January, a seat for the matches and lunch above the ice.
Lunch in Italy
From Zermatt on skis, across the border and back before the light goes.
Summer in Gstaad
Music festivals, mountain walks, the chalet open to the meadows.
Seven days
A week,
arranged.
- Day IArrivalAircraft to Saanen, the chalet already open.
- Day IIThe slopesA private instructor, lunch in a mountain hut.
- Day IIIThe childrenSki school arranged, an afternoon of skating.
- Day IVSt. MoritzA day across the Alps by helicopter, lunch in the Engadin.
- Day VA long lunchThe kind that lasts until the light goes.
- Day VIThe village at nightA table held at the hotel, a walk back through the snow.
- Day VIIDepartureThe chalet closed behind you, everything sent ahead.
The year
- January
- Snow polo in St. Moritz.
- February
- Horse racing on the frozen lake of St. Moritz.
- July
- The Verbier Festival.
- Summer
- The Menuhin Festival in Gstaad.
A request, and its answer
“February half-term in Gstaad. Ski school for the children.”
Granted.A chalet near the village, instructors for the week, and a table at the hotel on Saturday.
