Grand Hotel Kronenhof

The Kronenhof, white with green roofs, rises among the autumn larches, 1,805 metres up in Pontresina.

A week here, month by month

I come to the Kronenhof for its 2,000 m² spa, with the mountains beyond the windows. With teenagers, though, age matters: the gym is from 14, the sauna from 16, and from 5pm to 8pm the jacuzzi is for adults only.

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Is it for you?

For 2, I book the Private Spa Suite: 2 hours alone, with the hydrojet tub, water bed and steam bath; champagne and seasonal bites are included.

I’d ask for
A body scrub in the steam bath.
Worth knowing
The body scrub is booked separately.
The Private Spa Suite hydrojet tub facing the windows

Like a regular

The Kronenhof façade with its green dome and lettered pediment

9 min readHow we write the guide

  1. From the station

    Pontresina station is a 15-minute walk away. On arrival and departure days the hotel drives you for free, if you book it with the concierge beforehand.

  2. Saunas and pools

    For the afternoon, I would choose the salt-water grotto or the 34°C floating grotto, then the relaxation room with its fireplace. The saunas open from 10am to 8pm.

  3. With a dog

    Dogs are welcome at the Lobby Lounge and the Pavillon, always on a lead. They are not allowed in the Grand Restaurant, the Kronenstübli or the spa.

What the Kronenhof is

The Kronenhof began in 1848, when Andreas Gredig bought the Rössli inn in Pontresina for his son Lorenz. Between 1860 and 1898 it grew into a 3-wing grand hotel around a cour d’honneur. The Gredig family kept it for 141 years, until 1989; since 2004 it has belonged to the Kulm Group. Many of the rooms and suites were designed by the interior architect Pierre-Yves Rochon.12

In the Lumina Guide

Lumina Guide 2027

In the guide because I would choose it to enjoy the Engadin from Pontresina, where the Val Roseg opens towards the village and the Bernina rises behind.

Distinctions

How we choose the hotels

The 5 things that matter, as guests tell them

What do Grand Hotel Kronenhof’s guests say? They write it in their reviews, even those who only came for a drink or dinner: we read every one and tell the 5 things that matter, from the location to the bill.

  1. Location

    Nearly every guest who mentions it is happy with it. Guests describe the views of the mountains and the glacier, the pool included. One notes that the hotel is not in St. Moritz, another that St. Moritz is easy to reach.

  2. Room

    9 in 10 guests who mention it are happy with it. Most find the rooms large, tastefully renovated and with wide views. One guest finds the room basic and cold, another the bathroom and room showing their age; a third warns that air conditioning is not always guaranteed.

  3. Staff and service

    Guests describe staff who remember names, the driver waiting at the station and a carefully run Kids Club. One guest describes the room keys still not ready at 2.10pm, with 2 small children; another a reception less warm than before.

  4. Breakfast

    Guests like breakfast in the historic painted room, with a generous buffet. 2 guests find it modest or short on choice.

  5. Price

    Those who mention the bill find the value fair; one guest recommends half board in the Grand Restaurant.

How we count
Grand Hotel Kronenhof in numbers
WhatGuests’ scoreGuests who mention itHappy
Location8.84698%
Room7.73985%
Staff and service8.710490%
Breakfast7.92789%
Price–6100%

117 guests said so on Google, from 30 October 2024 to 21 October 2026. The reviews include visits to the bar, restaurant or spa without an overnight stay. The other hotels are assessed on the same 5 themes. The score is the average of what they say, from 0 if they speak of it very badly to 10 if they speak of it very well. Where only a few mention something, the score stays close to the guide’s average: a handful of voices does not make a reputation.

The hotels we weigh it against in the Upper Engadine:

  • Suvretta House
  • Badrutt's Palace Hotel
  • Carlton Hotel St. Moritz
  • Grace La Margna St Moritz

Price: for 2, the night of 5 November 2026, from 375 CHF on Google Hotels on 23 October 2026.

Kronenhof in the snow

The façade and dome among the snowy mountains, in the hotel’s own film.

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Where to linger

The Grand Restaurant, between the painted vault and laid tables

The Grand Restaurant

Beneath the neo-baroque vault, the frescoes by the Bernese painter Otto Haberer, painted between 1901 and 1914, depict the 4 seasons. On the table, Swiss dishes and international creations.12

The Pavillon terrace on the lawn, with mountains behind

Lunch at the Pavillon

The Pavillon joins an old Engadin parlour to a sun terrace with an open view of the Val Roseg and its glacier. Hot lunch is served from 12pm to 3pm.12

Good to know before you book

  • Cancellation must be made 7 days before arrival; after that, or for a no-show, a fee applies. 1

  • In November 2026 the Kronenstübli is closed from the 1st to the 18th, and the Pavillon from 2 November to 3 December. 1

  • The Kronenhof is open until 4 April 2027. It then reopens on 11 June 2027 and stays open until 2 April 2028.1

  • The day spa requires a reservation and is accessible from 9am. In the August 2026 spa brochure, entry from November costs CHF 80, CHF 40 for children aged 3 to 14; with a treatment from CHF 90 it drops to CHF 40.12

  • The Grand Restaurant seats up to 400 guests and the Lobby Lounge takes up to 250 for the reception; the hotel’s own florists handle flowers and decoration.12

  • Book 5 nights and the fifth is free, or 4 and the fourth is free. For the spa, until 30 November 2026 there is the autumn membership of 2 or 5 weeks, from CHF 185, and a package with breakfast, spa and a massage, from CHF 136.1

  • With Dine Around half board you can dine in up to 13 restaurants, including those of the Kulm Hotel St. Moritz and of the Corvatsch and Diavolezza lifts.1

  • Ski hire is available from a partner near the hotel. Every room has its own locker in the ski room, and the Pontresina ski school is a short walk away.1

  • The spa has a Finnish sauna, mixed and women-only, at 80–90°C, a women’s bio sauna at 60°C, a stone-grotto steam bath and a Kneipp footpath.1

  • The indoor pool is heated to 29°C; beside it are a 34°C pool with moving water and the jacuzzi.1

Choose your room

Double ClassicDouble Classic28–31 m²Village and courtyard view.View the room Double PremiumDouble Premium31–34 m²Village, courtyard or mountain view.View the room Double SuperiorDouble Superior32–38 m²Village, courtyard or mountain view.View the room Double DeluxeDouble Deluxe31–36 m²Mountains and glacier, in the main building.View the room Double Deluxe BellavistaDouble Deluxe Bellavista38 m²Garden view, in the Bellavista.View the room

Getting here

AddressVia Maistra 130, 7504 Pontresina

Pontresina is on the Rhaetian Railway, which climbs from Chur along the Albula and Bernina lines, UNESCO World Heritage since 2008. By car, Zurich is 200 km and about 3 hours away.1

Your day

From 7am

First lengths

For hotel guests, the pool and gym open at 7am, the same time as breakfast in the Grand Restaurant.

Winter mornings

The shuttle to the slopes

The hotel’s free shuttles run to Celerina, for Marguns and the Corviglia, and to the Diavolezza valley station, to a timetable.

Midday

The Bernina Express

With the mountain card handed over at check-in, Bernina Express journeys to Diavolezza, Alp Grüm or Poschiavo are included.

In the afternoon

The rink by the Pavillon

Weather permitting, there is a natural ice rink in front of the Pavillon: the Pavillon team lends skates for free.

At dinner

Among the stone-pine panelling

At the Kronenstübli you dine among stone-pine walls and ceilings, from 7pm to 9pm; it is usually closed on Sundays and Mondays.

Reviews of Grand Hotel Kronenhof

Google

Guest voices

Google

Carrying the pram

In July, a family finds the spa and Kids Club well kept and the rooms large, but the hotel awkward with a pram: to reach the dining room and the Pavillon they had to lift it every time.

Google · 2025-07-22Read on Google
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Beds pushed together

A March guest recommends half board and describes 2 single beds pushed together, with separate duvets, and bathrooms with heated floors. At the bar, drinks sometimes took 15–20 minutes.

Google · 2025-03-30Read on Google
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The spa at peak hours

At the end of October, a guest thanks everyone from the driver to the Pavillon team and finds the autumn view magnificent. They warn, though, that the wellness area can get crowded at peak hours.

Google · 2024-10-30Read on Google

Before you travel

How much is a night?

One night for 2 adults: 16 November 2026, CHF 407; 25 January 2027, CHF 861; 15 March 2027, CHF 571. Room category, meals and taxes unspecified. Prices from Google Hotels, checked on 23 October 2026.

The hotel’s own room rates include VAT and breakfast: the buffet, or continental breakfast served in your room.1

Is there a charge for the Kronenhof garage?

Parking in the underground garage, linked to the hotel, comes with a fee. The valet service is complimentary: leave the key at the front desk.1

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27 photographs

The Kronenhof, white with green roofs, among autumn larches
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The Kronenhof façade with its green dome and lettered pediment
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The Grand Restaurant, between the painted vault and laid tables
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The Pavillon terrace on the lawn, with mountains behind
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Single Superior
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Single Deluxe
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Double Classic
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Double Premium
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Double Superior
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Double Deluxe
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Double Deluxe Bellavista
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Junior Suite Premium
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Junior Suite Superior
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Junior Suite Deluxe
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Languard Suite
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Laret Suite
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Segantini Suite
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Bellaval Suite
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Engiadina Suite
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Roseg Suite
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Fireplace Suite
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Diavolezza Suite
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Kronenhof Suite
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The Private Spa Suite hydrojet tub facing the windows
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The spa’s children’s pool, with its little fountains
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La Cuort bowling alley beneath its white vault
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The Lobby Lounge with sofas facing the windows over the valley
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