ERMITAGE Wellness- & Spa-Hotel

The largest in the Saanenland, by the hotel’s account: 3,700 m². The pools open daily from 7.30am to 9pm: the 35°C brine pool, indoors and out, with jets, a standing whirlpool and bubble loungers, and the outdoor sports pool, 17 metres by 10, at 28–29°C in summer and 31°C in winter. The sauna world, open from noon to 9pm, is a mixed area where swimwear is not worn: the 90°C panorama sauna, the 75°C Schnapsbrennerei with infusions poured from an old still, an herbal sauna with infrared, the Swiss stone pine sanarium, an aroma steam room, quartzite and amethyst steam grottoes, a tepidarium, the 36°C Aquadom whirlpool, an ice fountain and a relaxation room with a nudist terrace. Infusions are at 4.30pm and 6.30pm in the panorama sauna, the scrub at 5pm. Women have the Ladies’ Spa, with a bio sauna and a steam room, and everyone has the Thai-inspired Banyan Lounge. The website counts 7 saunas and steam rooms, the 2025 brochure 10, because it adds the tepidarium and the Ladies’ Spa. Gemini, in a conversation from September 2026, described an indoor sports pool at 29–30°C: the sports pool is outdoors.

Yes, for hotel guests: pools, saunas, the Ladies’ Spa and the lounges, on the day you arrive, before check-in, and on the day you leave. Visitors come in on weekdays, to the pools from 9.30am to 9pm and the saunas from noon to 9pm; on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays only from 6pm, unless they buy one of the few online tickets for 9am, 11am or 1pm, also sold for Fridays. The price list linked from the site dates from 2023: CHF 30 in summer and CHF 40 in winter for 2 hours in the pools, CHF 45 and 55 for 3 hours with the saunas; there is no newer one, and today’s prices show in the online ticket shop. Day Spa packages run from CHF 60, breakfast and 2 hours in the pools, to CHF 155, with a 50-minute massage and a glass of champagne; from 6pm, from CHF 62, you get 3 hours of spa and a club sandwich at the bar.

Massages, facials and treatments for 2, given by the Vitalità spa, open daily from 9am to 7pm, with Alpienne, Alpeor, Cellcosmet and Yon-Ka products and local ingredients, from marmot oil to goat butter and whey. On the December 2025 price list a classic massage costs CHF 120 for 50 minutes and CHF 170 for 80; the tailored Wellness Break CHF 190 for 80 minutes and CHF 250 for 120; the Bergwellness treatment for 2 CHF 390 for 90 minutes; a Cellcosmet Swiss Deluxe facial CHF 290 for 90 minutes. Buy 10 massages and the eleventh is free. You can cancel up to 24 hours ahead; after that the treatment is charged in full.

Generous, and included with every room except the Plani Compact and some offers, which are sold with breakfast only. It covers the breakfast buffet in the Stuben from 8am to 11am, or from 7.30am in your bathrobe in the Brunnenstube; soup and salad from noon to 2pm in the Orangerie; the cake table in the Bärgblick from 3pm to 5pm, with a pianist; and dinner from 7pm to 9pm in the 8 Stuben, with salad, bread and cheese buffets, a choice of starters and dishes of the day, and desserts. Drinks are extra, and skipping dinner takes CHF 20 off the day. Vegetarian, vegan, lactose-free and gluten-free diets are catered for. In the evening visitors can eat à la carte in the Bärgblick; from mid-December to mid-March, Thursday to Monday from 6.30pm, the Fondue Spycher serves fondue, raclette and fondue chinoise, and in the garden hotel guests can book the fondue gondola, for up to 6. The One Million Stars Bar is open from noon to midnight. Booking.com says half board is «available on request» with a 5-course dinner: on the hotel’s own site it is included, and dinner is a choice of buffets and dishes.

On Google Hotels, read on 27 September 2026, the official site asked €420 for a night for 2 on Wednesday 14 October and Wednesdays 11 and 18 November, €417 on 28 October, €412 on 4 November and 2 December, and €401 on 9 December: that is the Plani Compact, breakfast only. On Google’s Swiss site, for the night of 13 October, a Rellerli Classic room with three-quarter board cost CHF 538 and a junior suite CHF 688. On 21 October and 16 December the official site was not selling, and the lowest price was €531 and €612, on Wego. Saturday nights had no prices, and neither did 22 December to 3 January. Prices are per room, with VAT and the local tax; cancellation is free up to 31 days ahead, between 30 and 8 days you pay at most 3 nights, and from 7 days the whole stay if the room is not resold. A deposit is due when you book. These are historical single-night observations. In the calendar read on 13 October 2026, one night taken alone in the bookable run of 6–10 December ranged from €412 to €426. For 7 nights from 16 to 23 November booked together, the lowest seller on Google asked €788 a night.

The mountains are in view from the Gstaad junior suites, 39–40 m², with bath and shower and a view over the park and the peaks, and from the Rellerli Classic, 22 m², whose balcony faces the Rellerli, the local mountain. There are 96 rooms according to Tripadvisor; the hotel does not publish a total. They are panelled in wood and soundproofed, and nearly all have a balcony. The Hugeli and Horn singles measure 16 m², with a balcony over the street or the park. The Plani Compact, 16 to 22 m², has a view restricted by a projection or by the building opposite, a shower, a balcony only on request, and is sold with breakfast only. The Ried Superior, 25 m², has a seating area and a balcony over the park. The Eggli Suite measures 45 to 50 m², the Saane Senior Suite 58, with a whirlpool and steam shower in the bathroom, and the Wellness Suite 65, with a small private spa. The family suites, 80 and 87 m², sleep 4 adults, and the Horneggli has a kitchen. There is no air conditioning. Booking.com says every room has a balcony with a view: the Plani Compact has one only on request, and the Hugeli singles face the street.

Yes. The pool price list says «open all year», with 7 maintenance days whose dates it does not give, and on Google Hotels, read on 27 September 2026, weekday nights could be booked from October to December. Only the Fondue Spycher is seasonal, from mid-December to mid-March. In the price calendar, though, single nights from 2 April to 1 May 2027 were empty, and the hotel publishes no closure: in spring 2026 it was open, with an Easter package from 2 to 6 April.

Close: Golfclub Gstaad-Saanenland, 18 holes at Saanenmöser, is 5.0 km by road, 12 minutes by car without traffic. The hotel publishes no golf shuttle. On foot it is 4.1 km, about 55 minutes; by train it is 4–5 minutes from Schönried to Saanenmöser, then 2 km on foot, half an hour according to OSRM and 45 minutes according to Valhalla, which takes another path; with the Gstaad Card the train is free. Booking.com puts the course about 10 km away, and «within 2 miles» on the same page; ChatGPT, in a conversation from September 2026, repeated the 10 km: by road it is 5.

Yes. Golf Days in the Saanenland includes 4 nights, 2 green fees per person at Golfclub Gstaad-Saanenland and a 25-minute back and neck massage, on top of the spa and three-quarter board; it runs until 30 October 2026, not on public holidays, and the price, which depends on your arrival day, shows only when you book. The club lists it among 5 hotels’ packages. The hotel books tee times by phone, +41 33 748 04 30, or email, welcome@ermitage.ch, and the club also sells them online. Green fees are CHF 130 for 18 holes and CHF 80 for 9 or after 5pm; the club asks for a handicap of 45 or better and membership of a recognised club, according to its page dated 26 September 2026. The 10% green-fee discount ChatGPT mentions came from a hotel guide archived in June 2024 and no longer online: the current site does not offer it.

Yes, with a 7-night package between 26 December and 2 January: on the 31st there is the New Year’s Ball with live bands and a buffet, and the spa and three-quarter board are included. At Christmas there is a 4-night package between 22 and 28 December, with a Christmas Eve buffet and a gala dinner on the 25th. Prices are per room, change with the dates and show only in the booking engine; on Google Hotels, on 27 September 2026, there were no prices for a single night from 22 December to 3 January.

Plenty, and much of it is in the rate: the gym, open from 6am to 10pm, a daily programme of exercise and relaxation, from aqua fitness to back classes, the squash court, the tennis courts next to the hotel, with rackets, the beach volleyball court opposite, and walks with the hotel’s guides from Monday to Friday, in German, English and French: on foot and by bike in summer, on snowshoes or by sleigh in winter. Indoors there are a cinema, a library, a games room with pool, table football and pinball, and a playroom for children. In winter the Horneggli chairlift leaves 6 minutes’ walk away, and the hotel counts about 220 km of pistes and 180 km of cross-country trails in the Saanenland, 2.9 km of them lit at night in Schönried. Since 2011 the Ermitage has been the official hotel of the Gstaad Menuhin Festival: its guests buy tickets before public sale, use the Ermitage lounge in the festival tent and have a free shuttle to the concerts.

Warmly, on the whole. On 27 September 2026 the scores were 4.7 out of 5 on Google, from 892 reviews; 4.6 on Tripadvisor, where it ranks first of Schönried’s 3 hotels and holds the Travellers’ Choice 2026; 9.3 on Booking.com; and 5.8 out of 6 on HolidayCheck, with its Gold Award 2026. Guests praise the spa and the pools, the staff, the guided walks and the included board. For value for money the scores are 4.2 out of 5 on Tripadvisor and 8.8 on Booking.com. Drinks are charged separately, and the included dinner is made up of a buffet and a choice of the day’s dishes.

Yes, booked with the room: the indoor car park costs CHF 15 a night, CHF 25 in high season, from 22 December 2026 to 27 March 2027; closed, heated garages CHF 20 and 30, outdoor spaces CHF 10 and 20. The charging point for electric cars costs CHF 0.60 per kWh, paid with Twint or a card. Google also lists valet parking, which the hotel’s site does not mention.

Yes, for CHF 35 a night each, without food, and there is a free dog shower. On its room pages the hotel says dogs are allowed in the room only. The guest guide it published until 2024, archived in June that year, charged CHF 25 and kept them out of the restaurant, the pool area, the Wellness Suites and the park.

From 4pm, with check-out by 11am, but you can use the spa before and after, and on arrival and departure days the soup, salad and cakes are included; if there is room, reception can let you keep the room longer. For children there are a playroom and the family suites, and families of 3 generations get an aperitif at the bar on the house. The gym is open to 12-year-olds with an adult and to over-16s on their own; the saunas to 16 to 18-year-olds with an adult. There are no extra beds, Booking.com says; cots are free. The whole hotel is non-smoking, except the Davidoff smoking lounge, the balconies and outdoors.