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Badrutt's Palace Hotel
St. Moritz, Switzerland · Independent · Apex Luxury
Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star since 2026. Condé Nast Traveler Gold List since 2026. World's 50 Best Hotels 51-100 since 2025. Le Restaurant: Belle Époque haute cuisine. Commanding Via Serlas 27 in upper St. Chef Nobu Matsuhisa leads Nobu Matsuhisa @ Badrutt's. Its tower silhouette is the Engadine valley's most photographed building. Moritz Dorf, Badrutt's Palace Hotel crowns Switzerland's highest luxury shopping street.
- 157 rooms
- Opened 1896
- Neighborhood: St. Moritz-Dorf
- Architect: ACPV ARCHITECTS Antonio Citterio Patricia Viel & ACPV Architects – Serlas Wing
- Interiors: Champalimaud Design – guestrooms
History
Caspar Badrutt opened the Palace in 1896, the Engadine tower that still photographs as St. Moritz. His father Johannes had already, in 1864, bet English summer guests they would love a winter here, the family story that taught the Alps to stay open after the snow. The Palace itself is Caspar's house: still family-owned, one hundred and fifty-seven keys on Via Serlas.
Nobu Matsuhisa has cooked a winter pop-up here since 2017. Andreas Caminada's IGNIV sits in the same building. The World's 50 Best Hotels listed the Palace in 2023. Michelin gave it Three Keys in 2025; Forbes Five-Star followed for 2026.
You sleep in the tower the valley uses as a landmark, still in the family that invented the season.
The setting
Commanding Via Serlas 27 in upper St. Moritz Dorf, Badrutt's Palace Hotel crowns Switzerland's highest luxury shopping street — a promenade lined with Cartier, Dior, and Louis Vuitton that has defined alpine glamour since Caspar Badrutt opened the Palace in 1896, the world's first palace hotel. Lake St. Moritz is seven minutes on foot, the Segantini Museum 14 minutes, and the White Turf race course on the frozen lake 15 minutes away. The iconic tower silhouette has come to symbolise St. Moritz, and a storied luxury companion property half a kilometre away confirms Via Serlas as the resort's undisputed prestige corridor. 7 km from Engadin Airport.
Restaurants and bars
- Le Restaurant — Restaurant · Breakfast buffet
- La Coupole - Matsuhisa — Restaurant · Japanese-Peruvian · Chef Nobuyuki Matsuhisa
- Le Relais — Restaurant · Brasserie
- IGNIV — Restaurant · Swiss · Chef Andreas Caminada
- King's Social House — Restaurant · Bistro fare
- Renaissance Bar — Bar
- Paradiso Mountain Club & Restaurant — Restaurant · Mountain comfort food, Alpine classics, global favourites
- La Diala — Restaurant · Mediterranean
- Pizzeria Heuboden — Restaurant · Italian
- Patrizier Stuben — Restaurant · Swiss
- Grill Chadafö — Restaurant · Grilled specialties
- Carigiet Fondue Stübli — Restaurant · Swiss fondue
Experiences
- Afternoon tea in Le Grand Hall — Classic afternoon tea served in the legendary Le Grand Hall.
- Paradiso top-of-the-world setting with 500-plus wines — Paradiso offers a stunning top-of-the-world setting and over 500 wines, one of the largest selections in Switzerland.
- Shopping on Via Serlas and in the hotel's ground-floor luxury boutiques — Via Serlas, the luxury retail street, is on the doorstep; ground-floor shops include Cartier, Dior, Miu Miu and Yves Saint Laurent.
- Outdoor and indoor activities in the Swiss Alps — Slopes and trails, courts, carriage rides, culture and mindfulness sessions.
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Tennis
- Skating rink
- Polo Bar
- Sauna
- Hot tub
- Fitness center
- Kids' club
- Fine dining
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- Condé Nast Traveler Gold List (2026)
- Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN Three Keys (2026)
- World's 50 Best Hotels (2026)
- World's 50 Best Hotels 51-100 (2025)
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