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Ski Gstaad Accommodation
Book your Gstaad ski accommodation direct with owners chalet apartment or hotel.
Gstaad is renowned as a jet-set resort and it is one of the few resorts in the Alps where there is no cheap and cheerful accommodation at all - you have to go to outlying villages to find a hotel of less than 3-star standard. But if you think this makes Gstaad another St Moritz - that is, another glitzy, self-consciously 'international' resort, you're wrong. The grandest of the hotels are tucked away in secluded grounds, and at first glance the resort still has the air of a country village, even if it is an obviously affluent one. For holiday skiers Gstaad offers a civilised, crowd-free atmosphere, unspoilt rustic charm, beautiful scenery, high quality hotels and excellent non-skiing facilities. Those who attach a high priority to convenience, reliable snow or value for money should stay away - although there are smaller villages in Gstaad's inappropriately named White Highlands ski area that improve on the main resort in all three respects. Rougemont, over the line into French-speaking Switzerland, is a particularly captivating and modestly priced village with a lift into the biggest of the three ski sectors that surround Gstaad. Schonried and Saanenmoser have lifts into another extensive area, away from Gstaad, that links with St Stephan.
Surprisingly unspoilt, unpretentious, traditional village
A wide variety of apres-ski in January and February
Plenty of off-slope amenities • Large, pretty ski area, mainly of intermediate difficulty but with off-piste possibilities
Few queues, given snow-cover
Excellent descents from Diableretsglacier, a few miles away
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