Hotel Walther - Relais & Châteaux

We just returned from an amazing week (Feb 15-Feb 22, 2025) at The Hotel Walther. I cannot recommend this hotel highly enough. Our Engadin Suite was impeccably clean, beautiful and spacious, with a fantastic view of the mountains in front of the hotel. The suite allowed us to separate our children’s area from us, with a sliding wood door. The bathroom had an enormous tub and walk-in shower, with two sinks. The housekeeping service was fabulous. We were on half-board, and the dinners were 5 courses of culinary excellence. The wait staff was friendly and professional, with special mention going to waiter Daniele who was amazing. Breakfasts were actually my favorite meal, and I always arrived early, so that I could spend a little extra time lingering in the dining room before heading off to the slopes. The Walthers are excellent hosts, and they were always around the hotel, frequently saying hello, to see how everything was going. After skiing, there were afternoon pastries in the lobby area. Although the traditional Engadin pastries were not my favorite, it was a pleasure to relax in the lounge where a fabulous piano-player entertained. The same musician entertained in yet another lounge in the evening, and he was extremely talented, and I wish I had spent more time listening to his piano and singing. In the evening, before dinner, we often enjoyed the serene indoor pool, sauna area and hot tub. My family of four skied every day. We used the hotel limo/shuttle to get to Celerina in the morning (CHF 20 per ride). The drivers were right on time, and professional. In the afternoon, we often rode the local bus from Celerina to Pontresina. It left every half hour, and dropped us off almost directly in front of the hotel. Skiing conditions were absolutely fabulous. Sunny weather every day, and great snow. We rented our equipment from Ski-Service Corvatsch (reasonably priced, great online reservations, multiple locations both at the base of Celerina and at the midstation, up the gondola). We paid a little extra to have them store our boots and skis at the midstation (in Marguns). Every day began with a shuttle to the Celerina gondola, then a ride up to Marguns. After retrieving our boots and skis at Marguns each day, we left our ski bag by the Marguns restaurant and took the chairlifts to explore Corviglia, Piz Nair, Suvretta, Salastrains, etc etc. Lunch at Marguns is a feast. And hot chocolate at the various mountain bars is so relaxing. Marguns bar, Chamana and the Alpina restaurant were great for a hot drink break. We had pizza and Carbonara one afternoon on the rooftop at Marguns, and that is a very special treat. We reserved ski lessons for our children with the St Moritz Ski school, and similar to Ski-service, they have a fabulous app that makes it simple. My heartfelt thanks to The Walthers for making this one of our best family vacations ever! We cannot wait to return! Daniel K.