St. Moritz, Switzerland · 3 hr from Zurich · Grande dame hotel
Kulm Hotel St. Moritz
St. Moritz's grande dame, where the rate buys a private ice rink, five dine-around restaurants and free ski school.
St. Moritz's grande dame, owned by the Niarchos family since 1968, with about two thousand square metres of spa — but the thing that makes it unusual is outside.
The hotel has its own natural outdoor ice rink, and unlimited use of it is included. So are free group ski and snowboard lessons with the St. Moritz Ski School, and the Wunderwald kids club for three to twelve-year-olds.
Half board is a six-course dine-around across five restaurants rather than a fixed dining room. Inside the spa: an open-air pool, a salt grotto, a whirlpool, a Kneipp footpath and a steam bath. Three-night minimum, twelve over Christmas.
The Alps — the region, not the property. Photograph Claudio Biesele
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The facilities
Kulm Spa, approximately 2,000 m²
Open-air pool
Salt grotto
Whirlpool
Kneipp footpath and steam bath
The hotel's own natural outdoor ice rink, unlimited use included
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The rooms
CategorySizeSleeps
Single Classic Village SideVillage view, bathtub and shower, no balcony21 m²1
Single Superior Village SideVillage view, shower only, no balcony21 m²1
Double Village SideHistoric building, sitting area, no balcony27 m²2
Double Classic Village SideVillage view, integrated bathtub and shower32 m²3
Double Superior Village SideVillage view, separate bathtub and shower32 m²3
Double Classic Lake SideLake view, most with a balcony33 m²3
150 rooms and suites in all. 6 categories from the hotel's own pages, smallest first — see their own page ↗. The hotel's own ordering could not be read — its rooms index is built by JavaScript — so these are ordered by published size.
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What the rate covers
What you will not have to think about
Breakfast
time not published
Buffet
Dinner
time not published
Six-course 'Gourmet Dine-Around' across five restaurants
Yours, at no extra cost
Spa, fitness and the ice rink
Unlimited, included
Group ski and snowboard lessons
Free, with the St. Moritz Ski School
Wunderwald Kids Club
Free, ages 3–12 — pizza-making, crafts, skating
Also in the rate
Five restaurants in the dine-around
Natural outdoor ice rink
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Before you book
Before you go4 things worth knowing first
Minimum stay of 3 nights; 12 nights over christmas and new year. Shorter stays are usually possible off-season, but ask.
Local tourist tax is extra — CHF 5.00 pp/night, waived under 12, collected at the hotel and not in the rate.
Dogs are allowed, but the hotel does not publish the charge. Worth asking.
Language. English is spoken throughout, but the hotel's own pages are often fuller in German — which is where several of the details above came from.
What is not included2 charges on top of the rate
City tax
CHF 5.00 pp/night, waived under 12
Treatments, parking, dog, single occupancy
Not published
The facts, as published11 lines, plus a link to their own site
Classification5-star
CategoryGrande dame hotel
Rooms150
Spa2,000 m²
Saunas2
Pools2
Minimum stay3 nights; 12 nights over Christmas and New Year
Compiled from the hotel's own published pages where available, otherwise from trade and press sources, correct as at September 2026. Anything marked "not published" is something the hotel does not state — we would rather tell you that than guess. The image above is a generated illustration, not a photograph of the property.
