Schatzalp Snow & Mountain Resort

For those who do not define comfort by flat screen TVs and minibars this is a wonderful hotel. The hotel is part way up the mountain (it is the converted sanatorium of Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain). The view is spectacular and the hotel historic. Many things are dated but that is part of what I love about the place. You can go on lovely walks and ski in the winter just outside the hotel. The rooms vary in size but the superior rooms with balconies are very spacious (the bathrooms are a bit on the smaller size).

Lovely historic horltel built around 1900 and a previous TB Sanitorium. Centrally located in Davis and accessed by a funicular railway which is free for hotel guests. Mountain view separate restaurant provide info excellent alpine food. bear in mind the first train in the morning is at 7:30 and whilst there is a walking route down, this is slippy and dark during the winter and personally not recommended at that time. Hotel staff lovely and you can use the gym and swimming pool facilities at their sister hotel in town just at the bottom of the funicular railway.

I stayed here for just 24 hours in order to rest and get some work cleared. This hotel is a rarity in a world which measures hotel 'excellence' very uniformly (a certain style with facilities provided in a certain way). What I mean is that this hotel has its very own, unique character. A former TB sanatorium, the clocks used to organise patients' days still illuminate the corridors. The original sinks still feature in the en suite bathrooms. The same heating system is used, the lifts are unchanged. Bookcases containing volumes once lent to patients wanting to while away the months on end up in the mountains in the hope of recovery, line the corridors of the third floor. The former hospital ward on the second floor still boasts the call system. The building is frozen in time yet extremely comfortable. The combined effect of this is one that is ultimately very relaxing; you forget the hustle and bustle and demands of life 'down below'. Deliciously prepared food, a vast space and quiet spacious rooms help the process. And, if the temptations of life down below become too much, excellent free wifi is available across the site. And, if you're determined to measure the hotel through a modern prism, a wonderful new sauna/spa area can be found on the ground floor. I couldn't recommend this place more highly and suggest you go as this space does not do it justice!

A magnificent traditional hotel with fantastic service and in an incredible setting.