Catering: Catered
Bedrooms: 5
Guests: 8 - 12
Central location
Indoor Jacuzzi & Hammam
Matterhorn views
Shared gym
Catering: Catered
Bedrooms: 5
Guests: 10 - 12
Home cinema & games rooms
Matterhorn views
Outdoor hot tub
Sauna & massage room
Catering: Catered
Bedrooms: 5
Guests: 8 - 12
Central location
Matterhorn views
Sauna & indoor Jacuzzi
Shared gym access
Catering: Catered
Bedrooms: 5
Guests: 10
Central location
Home cinema & playroom
Indoor Jacuzzi & Hammam
Matterhorn views
Catering: Catered or Self-Catered or Breakfast Only
Bedrooms: 5
Guests: 10 - 11
Home cinema room
Matterhorn views
Rooftop jacuzzi
Sauna/steam room/gym
Catering: Catered or Self-Catered or Breakfast Only
Bedrooms: 5
Guests: 10
Catering: Catered or Self-Catered or Breakfast Only
Bedrooms: 5
Guests: 10
Catering: Catered or Self-Catered or Breakfast Only
Bedrooms: 10
Guests: 20
Hammam & sauna
Indoor swimming pool
Matterhorn views
Wood burning fireplace
Catering: Self-Catered
Bedrooms: 4
Guests: 8
Matterhorn views
Shared gym
Shared outdoor hot tub
Wood burning fireplace
Catering: Catered or Self-Catered or Breakfast Only
Bedrooms: 6
Guests: 12
Matterhorn views
Shared Hammam & sauna
Shared indoor swimming pool
Wood burning fireplace
Catering: Catered or Self-Catered
Bedrooms: 17
Guests: 34
Catering: Catered or Self-Catered or Breakfast Only
Bedrooms: 4
Guests: 8
Our prices show the range from the low season to the high season. Plus, if the property has catering options, the low price is for the lowest level e.g. self-catered, and the high price is for the highest level e.g. catered.
Each property has different high and low seasons. The general pattern is:
Chalets in the Alps
Low season is usually early/mid-December, mid-January, and summer.
Mid season is usually early February, March and April.
High season is usually Xmas, New Year and mid/end February.
Villas in Europe
Low season is usually April, May and October.
Mid season is usually June and September.
High season is usually July and August.
Villas in the Caribbean
Low season is usually June to November.
Mid season is usually November to mid-December and mid-April to June.
High season is usually mid-December to mid-April.
As a car-free village, Zermatt feels peaceful and removed from everyday life, yet beneath its traditional exterior lies the sophistication of a leading luxury ski destination. Zermatt has carefully preserved its authenticity and charm through strict building regulations that restrict new development. As a result, luxury chalets are rarer here than in many other resorts, making the best properties especially sought after.
Nevertheless, as a premier ski resort, Zermatt offers luxury chalets to suit every kind of trip, from romantic escapes and holidays with friends to memorable family ski breaks. One notable recent addition to Zermatt’s luxury accommodation scene is a new residence of high-end apartments, including options such as Dufourspitz Lodge, which features a pool, sauna, steam room, and outdoor jacuzzi.
When people picture a luxury ski holiday in Zermatt, they often think first of Matterhorn views.
The Matterhorn, one of Switzerland’s most iconic landmarks, towers over Zermatt and provides the classic postcard view from luxury chalets such as Chalet Les Anges. The resort is also home to some truly distinctive properties, including Heinz Julen’s designs, such as Backstage Chalet, where a rising rooftop jacuzzi offers an unforgettable way to enjoy the mountain panorama.
Our insider tip, however, is that the views across the village are just as memorable. Because the ski area circles the Matterhorn, there are plenty of opportunities on the mountain for closer, clearer views and photographs. Down in the village, the charming church and pitched rooftops create a setting that feels straight out of a fairytale. So at properties such as Chalet Zermatt Peak, even a partial Matterhorn view is more than compensated for by the village outlook.
Zermatt’s ski area, known as Matterhorn Ski Paradise, offers 360km of slopes when linked with Cervinia on the Italian side. The terrain is varied and well-suited to all abilities. In Cervinia, many of the red runs are wide, gentle and rolling, so much so they’d be graded much lower in other resorts. On the Zermatt side, the terrain is more mixed, though there are still excellent beginner areas like the Wolli Park beginners area accessed from Sunnegga. To make the most of a luxury ski holiday in Zermatt, we recommend following the sun around the Matterhorn, avoiding the mountain’s shadow and skiing into Italy on some days for a memorable coffee stop and lunch.
Zermatt offers the highest lift-served skiing in Europe, reaching 3,899m, with a large portion of the ski area above 2,500m. Its altitude gives it an outstanding snow record, so you can expect excellent piste conditions and a longer-than-usual ski season.
Zermatt is also one of the few ski resorts to offer skiing all year round, with some limited skiing on the Klein Matterhorn glacier, even in summer.
Zermatt’s slopes are accessed from the town centre by two separate lifts on opposite sides of the village: Sunnegga and the Matterhorn Glacier Express. Additionally, the iconic cog railway takes skiers up to the Gornergrat by train from the main station in the resort centre.
Each lift serves a different part of the ski area, so although the slopes are fully linked, guides and instructors often suggest starting at the lift that best matches where you plan to ski (or lunch).
Zermatt is included on the Ikon Pass, with the Base Pass offering five days of mountain access and the full pass covering a full week, adding further appeal for international visitors.
There are very few ski-in/ski-out chalets in Zermatt because the village sits beneath steep mountainsides. The limited number of ski-in/ski-out properties, such as Tuftra Findelbach, are located on the Moos piste, a marked off-piste itinerary suitable only for advanced skiers in the right conditions.
A luxury ski holiday in Zermatt, therefore, feels a little different from elsewhere: you typically cannot ski directly from your chalet, and private chauffeur service is not the norm as cars are not permitted in the resort.
Most walk to the lifts or use the resort’s fantastic, free electric bus system. Ski lockers at the base stations mean you do not need to carry equipment each day. Some luxury chalets can also arrange accounts with local electric taxi companies, making transfers to and from the slopes easy in the resort’s distinctive golf-buggy-style vehicles.
One feature that makes skiing in Zermatt unique is that several pistes are accessed by train. This distinctly Swiss experience adds real charm to the ski day, whether you are stepping onto a mountain train between peaks or beginning the morning with a train ride up to start the ski day.
With many key lifts being gondolas or the train, the mountain is also highly accessible for pedestrians, who come up to enjoy the views, observatory, restaurants and glacier.
Zermatt is a vibrant, fully functioning town with plenty to enjoy beyond the slopes. It offers a cinema, ice rink, museum and an excellent range of shops, but one of its real highlights is the food scene.
There are more than 100 restaurants in town and around 50 more on the mountain. Rich in alpine culture yet distinctly cosmopolitan, Zermatt is a place where you can enjoy traditional Swiss raclette one evening and sushi, Indian or inventive fusion cuisine the next.
As Zermatt is car-free, and the trains in Switzerland are famously efficient, arriving by rail is a popular choice. You can travel by train from Zurich or Geneva airports, usually changing at Visp. It is also possible to drive to nearby Täsch (a nearby village) and transfer via train for the final part of the journey. A select few transfer companies are licensed to take passengers right up to the edge of Zermatt.
Many luxury chalets in Zermatt, such as Chalet Elbrus, McKinley and Denali, offer complimentary electric taxi transfers to and from Zermatt train station on arrival and departure, making travel days with luggage easier.
For those who want to maximise time in their luxury chalet, helicopter transfers are also available, with flight times of around 30 to 40 minutes from Geneva or Zurich.
Although the transfer to Zermatt is quite long relative to many other resorts, it is more than worth it. Arrival feels magical: a pretty village, surrounded by dramatic peaks and full of fairytale charm. The train journey to Zermatt on The Glacier Express is part of a wider train excursion where you can travel on via train to Andermatt and St Moritz. We offer luxury hotel and chalet stays in Andermatt and St Moritz, too, and are able to help plan a longer trip.
There is no better place to enjoy Matterhorn views than from the comfort of your luxury chalet; none can match the jaw-dropping vistas from Chalet Shalimar.
For the most popular viewpoint up the mountain, take the Gornergrat Railway to the Gornergrat Observatory. At 3,089m, you are surrounded by glaciers and a dramatic ring of 4,000m peaks. From this vantage point, the Matterhorn looks especially striking and is well worth visiting either on foot or as part of a ski day.
Absolutely. Zermatt has a lively après-ski and nightlife scene. One of the best-known areas is along the red 50 piste, where the final stretch begins with sunny deckchairs before becoming increasingly lively with a succession of bars, making bar hopping here a fun way to end the day. The town centre is also vibrant, with several excellent bars and a nightclub.
Each year in the second week of April, Zermatt hosts Zermatt Unplugged, an acoustic festival featuring 17 stages across the village and the slopes. It stands out from most music festivals and après-ski venues, where house and electronic music are far more common than acoustic indie performances.
Zermatt is a perfect destination for families and mixed groups. The ski area is well-suited for all abilities, so varying ski levels in the group can enjoy the slopes. For any groups with non-skiers, it’s very easy for them to meet on the mountain and enjoy some of the excellent restaurants for lunch.
Plus, the town offers a large range of other activities suitable for non-skiers and a vibrant town centre for those wanting to enjoy the culture.
Zermatt is a gourmet paradise and boasts some of the best mountain restaurants in the Alps, both up on the slopes and also in the car-free village centre. The facilities...
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