The Top 16 Hotels Near Vivanda
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The carved wood ceiling in the lobby has been there since the hotel opened, and the staff behaves as though it always will be. This is a grand Alpine resort in St. Moritz, old-school glamour at altitude, with an ice-skating rink on the grounds and complimentary laundry for children under twelve, which tells you something about who stays here. The Hitchcock Suite is self-explanatory. Forbes Five Star and a spot on the World's 50 Best Hotels list.
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Every suite faces south, which means Lake St. Moritz and the Engadine mountains fill every window without exception. This Forbes Five Star hotel sits just outside the town center, all-suite throughout, with butler service and a 24-hour car on call. The Bel Etage, anchored by two historic fireplaces, is where guests gather before and after dinner while someone plays the grand piano, which is either charming or a lot, depending on your mood.
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The natural ice bobsled run outside is the oldest still operating anywhere, which tells you something about the ambitions of the place. This grand Swiss alpine hotel has been the center of St. Moritz winter life for as long as anyone can remember, with an ornate lobby, seven restaurants and bars, a vast spa, and rooms with balcony views that make it hard to get dressed. It holds a Forbes Four Star.
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Tower rooms here come with mansard ceilings and fairy-tale windows that look straight out of a Bavarian storybook. This ski-in-adjacent hotel in Ischgl sits less than five minutes on foot from the gondola, which in a mountain resort is essentially a superpower. The spa complex handles the aftermath: pools, garden, salon, the works. The on-site Paznauerstube draws serious dinner crowds. The hotel holds a Michelin Key.
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The name is an ancient word for Ischgl, which sets the tone: this is a chalet-style boutique hotel where the kitchen is the main character. The 32 rooms split the difference between earthy alpine and sleek modernism, with contemporary street art thrown in. The whole Parth family runs the place, and the wine cellar holds north of 10,000 bottles, so you won't be short of ways to extend dinner.
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Seven suites, a helipad transfer, and a two-Michelin-star restaurant on site: Hotel Tannenhof keeps a small footprint for how seriously it operates. The interiors read contemporary despite the hotel's old-school bones in the Austrian Alps, and a compact spa rounds out what is a properly intimate luxury stay in St. Anton am Arlberg. The Michelin Guide awarded it 2 Keys.
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Named for Ullr, the Norse god of snow, this boutique hotel in St. Anton am Arlberg leans into its mythology with an Alpine-Nordic-Japanese aesthetic, all warm textures and deliberate calm. Rooms run from well-equipped doubles to family suites, with a Grand Suite that includes a private sauna. The spa adds more saunas and a 17-meter indoor pool. Come summer, hikers replace skiers outside, and the hotel holds up either way.
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A heated infinity pool hanging over the Tyrolean Alps sets the tone at this alpine boutique hotel in the village of See. Suites and chalets come with living areas, kitchenettes, furnished balconies, and private saunas, so it skews closer to a mountain apartment than a hotel room. The wooden architecture keeps it rooted in the landscape while the interiors lean sleek and contemporary, which is a tension that mostly works in everyone's favor.
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The view of the glacier that names this hotel is right there from the garden terrace, which connects to a spa for when your legs have had enough of the slopes or the trails. A family-run Alpine hotel in the heart of St. Anton, it sits close to the pedestrian zone and works equally well for a ski week or a slow summer. Rooms go light and clean, with natural wood, stone, and grayscale textiles keeping things calm.
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Peter Zumthor designed the thermal baths at the center of this remote Alpine hotel, and the building's stone-and-water minimalism sets the tone for everything else: clean lines, natural materials, a quiet that feels earned by the mountain drive to get here. Rooms range from compact singles to Kengo Kuma penthouses, all with the kind of views that make you stop mid-sentence. Helicopter ski transfers are available for guests who find the Alps insufficiently dramatic on their own.
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A spring-fed indoor pool and mountain views with no kitsch in sight set the tone at this family-run hotel in tiny Liechtenstein. Rooms are handsome and Alpine without the cuckoo-clock clichés, service is the kind that makes you feel like a known guest rather than a booking number, and the flagship restaurant, Marée, handles the serious eating. Four seasons of mountain recreation just outside keeps things from feeling precious.
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A rooftop pool with the Dolomite peaks arranged around it like they know what they're doing sets the tone at this 14-suite boutique hotel in Castelbello. South Tyrol practically invented this genre of grown-up mountain retreat, and Amaril fits the template with natural materials, a proper spa, and a no-guests-under-14 rule that keeps things quiet. Apartments come with kitchenettes if you're settling in for a while.