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Wellness Hotel Stoos
Stoos, Switzerland · Independent · Accessible Luxury
Landammann Peter Suter bought this ground in 1850 and opened a plain guesthouse the next year. By the 1880s it was a Kurhaus serving whey cures to French, Russian, and English guests, and after the 1933 funicular from Schlattli it held two hundred beds. Fire destroyed that landmark on the night of 24 March 1975. Hans and Annemarie Hubacher replaced it in 1977 with a pentagonal Sporthotel under a tent roof. Since 2006 the old indoor pool has been a 1,100 square metre spa. You still cannot drive to the door.
- Opened 1851
- Rooms from 237 sq ft (22 m²)
- Architect: Hans and Annemarie Hubacher
About Wellness Hotel Stoos
- The 1933 Kurhaus, rebuilt in the year the Schlattli funicular opened, added a ballroom, music rooms, a bowling alley, and a tennis court to those two hundred beds. Ski lifts toward the Fronalp and the Klingenstock followed from 1939.
- The Koch family has owned the house since 1998. The same family later built Stoos Lodge on the old Klingenstock ground, beside the new mountain station.
- Karsten Schmidt-Hoendorf of Zürich's IDA 14 shaped the 2006 spa, with an annex by Christoph Breu. Artist Martina Nievergelt painted an alpine flower on the wall of each treatment room, including the whey bath.
- The Alpine indoor pool of 1963 is the volume the 2006 spa swallowed, and guests from Stoos Lodge next door are still let into that floor.
- Entry-level rooms start at 237 sq ft (22 m²).
History
Peter Suter, a Landammann from the region, bought the land in 1850 and built a simple guesthouse in 1851. It grew into a Kurhaus whose best years, about 1880 to 1905, were the whey-cure seasons, with French, Russian, and English guests. The Schlattli to Stoos funicular opened in 1933, and the Kurhaus was renovated the same year to about 200 beds. On the night of 24 March 1975 fire destroyed it. In 1977 Hans and Annemarie Hubacher built the Sporthotel on the same plot: a pentagonal plan and a tent roof. From December 2006 it was the Seminar- und Wellnesshotel, after the old pool hall became a spa of more than 1,100 square metres, designed by Karsten Schmidt-Hoendorf of IDA 14. The guest-facing name now is Wellness Hotel Stoos. The Koch family has owned it since 1998.
The setting
The hotel stands on the car-free plateau of Stoos, at about 1,300 metres, on the ground of the old Kurhaus. Guests arrive by funicular from Schlattli, or by the newer Stoosbahn, and walk from the station. Stoos Lodge is the neighboring house. The Fronalpstock ridge and the Klingenstock are the walks out the door. Cars stop in the valley.
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