Detailed Review
In the clear air of Engadine with its beautiful green or snow-covered mead-ows, Hotel Paradies lives up to its name. 24 elegant rooms offer a unique view of an imposing mountain landscape. Culinary delights are to be had in the starred gourmet restaurant La Bellezza. The cosy library and the Eden Garden are relaxing oases. Nature, art and culture are in complete harmony. Full range of leisure activities.
Press Quotes
"The view from the sun terrace is idyllic... were it not for the glorious surroundings, guests might be reluctant to stir from the hotel, so easy is it to be seduced by the Garden of Eden spa rooms with alpine views, the quiet that enfolds you on the south-facing balcony outside each bedroom.” The Independent 06
Independent Reviews
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"Remotely situated Alpine hideaway at the end of the Engadine Valley"
Hotel Paradies
By Christoph Hargreaves-Allen
At the end of the Engadine valley, a small, treacherous road off the highway leads you sharply upwards into a raging winter wonderland, weaving for several kilometres through frozen pine forest. At the upper limit of the tree line lies a cluster of buildings marking the mountain hamlet of Ftan. The hotel drive is marked by two super-tall pine trees, and the Paradies stares into the face of one of the most magnificent series of mountains in the Alps, a jagged horizon tempered by languorous aspens covered in snow on the lower slopes. Inside the hotel, this view and the sensation of being up in the gods are magnified by glass screens in the open-plan lounge, which is warmed by a double-sided fireplace. The building is 95 years old and used to be an artist’s atelier; it has one of the biggest libraries of any hotel in Switzerland, full of art books, with an original Kachelofen (tiled oven) in the centre, around which the room was built, as well as a leather-and-mahogany walled reading room. The name of the hotel comes from the artist’s original plot of land - and from the view. You may think this is a long way to travel, but once you’re here you will realise that it is the ultimate refuge. One of the dining rooms is an old Engadine-style Stube - or parlour - with painted wooden walls. The food is renowned. Though there is skiing nearby, it is very limited, and the best skiing requires a day trip of several hours’ driving up the valley. The Magic Mountain.com
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