Charming Luxury Alpine Hotels

These charming luxury alpine hotels boast discreet service, intimacy and a traditional atmosphere to take you back to the origins of skiing. Luxury does not always have to be about sleek modern styling and gleaming chrome and glass. Sometimes it is more reassuring and a lot more romantic to escape it all and head to a hotel that has traditional styling and history at its heart.

These charming luxury alpine hotels are perfect for a relaxed and romantic break or a family ski trip with relatives who may not wish to spend all day piste bashing.

We think that the fantastic thing about traditional properties is that they tend to be family run. They are passed down with love and attention from one generation to the next, so you can expect to be seriously well looked after, and by the time you leave you will be feeling part of the family.

When clients ask us for our best recommendations for a traditional ski holiday the Swiss resorts of St Moritz, Zermatt and Klosters are never far from our thoughts. However, there are some great traditional alpine hotels with charm in the Italian resorts of San Cassiano and Cortina (which also benefit from the stunning scenery of the Dolomites) and also in the Austrian resorts of the Arlberg region (Lech, Zurs and St Christoph) as well as Kitzbuhel.

When looking at the French Alps you need look no further than Megeve and Chamonix for a ski hotel with charm. Modern design hotels appeal to some and undoubtedly their spa facilities are to be seen to be believed (there is the Chedi in Andermatt and the W Hotel in Verbier for example) but we feel that the traditional values and romantic atmosphere of an old boutique alpine hotel simply cannot be beaten. There is something so timeless about a classic charming hotel that will always outshine the new upstarts.