The Gstaad Palace has that rare quality you can’t “design” into a hotel: legend. It’s the kind of place that feels right in every season—summer garden glamour, winter fireside theatre—and it carries itself with total ease. The mood is classic Swiss palace hotel, but never stiff. Warm, lived-in, confident.

Last summer I stayed for two nights to give you a full review of this Alpine gem.

One line that kept looping in my head: be it winter or summer, rain or snow - Paris - I mean: the Gstaad Palace - is always a good idea.