Gstaad Palace

On Google Hotels, read on 28 September 2026, the official site asked €1,737 for a night for 2 on Tuesday 15 December, the opening night, €1,631 on 16 December, €1,525 on Wednesday 13 January, €1,966 on 20 January, €1,948 on 3 February, €1,684 on 2 March and €1,419 on 3 March. On 20 January another seller went down to €1,896. Saturdays, 10 and 24 February had no prices, and on 22 December a single seller asked €3,696; in October and November the hotel is closed. The hotel’s winter rate card gives the Cosy Room at CHF 1,150 to 1,800 a night and the Tower Two Bedroom Suite at CHF 6,800 to 8,650. The price includes breakfast, CHF 100 per person a day for lunch or dinner at Le Grand, CHF 50 at the other restaurants, the spa, soft drinks from the minibar, the village shuttle, outdoor parking, service and taxes. These are historical single-night quotations from 28 September 2026. In the calendar read on 13 October 2026, the bookable run of 24–26 January 2027 was €1,761–1,815 per night for 2 adults, each night searched separately; €1,493 on 3 March 2027 was an isolated lower night.

For 2 seasons: 15 December 2026 to 7 March 2027 and 20 June to 5 September 2027. Summer 2026 ended on 6 September, and until 15 December the hotel is closed, along with its spa and restaurants; the «PISCINE», the outdoor pool, opens only in summer, in 2026 from 26 June to the end of August.

Yes, visitors can come in, for CHF 120 a day, to a spa of 1,800 m². Rebuilt in 2007 with granite from the Blausee, it has the 29°C indoor pool, open 8.30am to 8pm, the 36.5°C outdoor pool with the mountain view, separate saunas and steam rooms for women and men, a 7-step hammam (the price list counts 6), a private spa suite for 2, the relaxation room with its fireplace and a garden. It is included for hotel guests; visitors do best to book, or come in free with a treatment of at least 60 minutes according to the spa page, 50 according to the day-spa page. The spa is open only when the hotel is. Booking.com gives it «12,625 ft²», about 1,170 m²: the hotel says 1,800.

A massage costs CHF 230 for 60 minutes and CHF 280 for 75 on the May 2026 price list; a couples’ massage CHF 460 and 580; the Kobido facial CHF 260 and 300; the 2-hour hammam ritual CHF 480 alone and CHF 690 for 2; the spa’s private suite CHF 300 to 600. The products are Jardin des Monts, Augustinus Bader, Sisley, I.D. Swiss Botanicals and Shiva Ananda. You can cancel up to 24 hours ahead; after that the treatment is charged.

Heated, yes, and 50 metres long: the «PISCINE» was built in 1928, with a round pavilion and its own bar. It is open only in summer, in 2026 from 26 June to the end of August according to its own page (the room pages say July and August), 10am to 7pm in good weather, and to non-residents too: on the 2025 price list entry cost CHF 14 for an adult and CHF 9 for children aged 4 to 12. The hotel publishes no water temperature. In winter you swim in the spa’s 29°C indoor pool.

5 in winter, plus the bars. Le Grand & La Terrasse, 15 GaultMillau points, serves breakfast from 7am to 11am, lunch from 12.30pm to 2.30pm and dinner from 7pm to 10.30pm; Le Grill, the rotisserie, 16 points, dinner from 7pm to 10.30pm; Gildo’s, Italian, has seatings at 7pm and 9.30pm and is in the MICHELIN Guide’s selection; La Fromagerie serves fondue, truffle fondue among them, and raclette in the old vault; the Walig hut, at 1,700 metres, takes 4 to 14 guests. Then there are the Lobby Bar, 10am to 1am, the Bar du Grill and the GreenGo. From 7pm men wear a jacket at Le Grill, its bar and Le Grand’s veranda. The hotel’s own pages do not agree on the count: the facts page says «6 restaurants and 4 bars», the May 2024 terms «five restaurants and two bars».

No, there is no fixed half board. The rate includes breakfast and CHF 100 per person a day to spend on lunch or dinner at Le Grand or from room service, CHF 50 at Le Grill, Gildo’s or La Fromagerie. Drinks are extra.

There are 90, in 13 categories, each with something of its own, a patio, a balcony, a corner turret or a whirlpool, and all with a panoramic view, the hotel says. The Cosy Room starts at 28 m² and faces north, over the Oberbort, Schönried and the Rellerli; the Deluxe Rooms Mountain View, 46 to 55 m², have a balcony over the village or the garden; the Alpine Suite measures 72 m², the Corner Suite 92, the Tower Two Bedroom Suite 190. The Penthouse Suite, 240 m², has a 150 m² roof terrace with a hot tub, a sauna in the turret and air conditioning, which the other room pages do not mention: a September 2026 review says the other rooms do not have it yet and that the hotel is installing it, an August one that every room does.

Just under half an hour by car: Golfclub Gstaad-Saanenland, at Saanenmöser, is 13.4 km by road, 24 minutes without traffic; the tourist office and Google say 19 km. The hotel sells no golf package, and the club does not list it among its partner hotels; the green fee is CHF 130 for 18 holes, with a handicap of 45 or better, and tee times are booked on the club’s website.

At Palacestrasse 28, on the Oberbort hill above the village, and in peace: the tourist office rates the position as quiet, on the hillside, with especially quiet rooms. The Promenade is 7 minutes’ walk, 561 metres, and the station 12, 902 metres; the tourist office says the centre and the station are 8 minutes’ walk away. The hotel’s shuttle goes down to the village and is included in the rate, and the hotel collects guests from the station. Inside the hotel, though, is its own nightclub, the GreenGo.

On foot or by shuttle: the Wispile cable car leaves 23 minutes’ walk away, 1,709 metres, and the Eggli one 19, 1,453 metres. Excursions and transfers are arranged by the concierge, at concierge@palace.ch.

Yes, every year. In 2025 the 31 December gala was called «Vintage Circus», with the cowbells of the Treichler Club Gsteig at midnight. The last published prices are those of 2024: CHF 1,250 per person for hotel guests, CHF 1,450 for non-residents, CHF 600 and 700 for children under 12, in evening dress. The 2026 theme and price are not published yet; for a New Year stay you arrive by 26 December and leave no earlier than 3 January.

Yes, for 10 to 300 guests: the Salle Baccarat, 240 m², seats 230 for dinner and 300 for a reception; the Palace Garden, about 800 m², has 250 to 300 seats for a ceremony, 400 for dinner and 700 for a reception. In some periods you can rent the whole hotel, for at least 2 nights. The June 2024 price sheet starts at CHF 42 for 4 canapés, CHF 130 for a 3-course dinner and CHF 168 for 4 courses; room hire is not published.

With a club of their own, for ages 5 to 12, and 3 to 5 with an adult. The spa is open to children from 4 with an adult; the outdoor pool is theirs from 9.30am to 5pm between the ages of 4 and 14, and under-14s may not use the sauna, steam room, gym or relaxation rooms. In summer children under 4 get into the «PISCINE» free.

Warmly, above all about the building and the food. On 27 September 2026 the scores were 4.7 out of 5 on Google, from 1,126 reviews; 4.7 on Tripadvisor, where it ranks fourth of Gstaad’s 18 hotels and holds the Travellers’ Choice Best of the Best 2026; and 9.6 on Booking.com, from 43 reviews; the MICHELIN Guide gives it Two Keys. Guests praise the building, the atmosphere, the service and the food. For value for money the scores are 4.4 on Tripadvisor and 8.5 on Booking.com: the rate covers breakfast, the spa and CHF 100 per person a day for lunch or dinner at Le Grand, while drinks are extra. On the terrace and in the restaurants some reviews describe waits to order.

Yes: outdoor parking is free, covered parking costs CHF 25 a day, CHF 35 for an electric car with charging, according to the hotel’s terms. Check-in is from 3pm and check-out by noon; later on request if there is room.

Yes, for CHF 60 a night per animal, meals included. Under the hotel’s terms they may not enter the restaurants, the bars, the spa or the «PISCINE», but they are welcome on the Lobby Bar terrace; the facts page also welcomes them at Gildo’s al Fresco in summer.