Hotel Walther - Relais & Châteaux

We just returned from an amazing week (Feb 15-Feb 22, 2025) at The Hotel Walther. I cannot recommend this hotel highly enough. Our Engadin Suite was impeccably clean, beautiful and spacious, with a fantastic view of the mountains in front of the hotel. The suite allowed us to separate our children’s area from us, with a sliding wood door. The bathroom had an enormous tub and walk-in shower, with two sinks. The housekeeping service was fabulous. We were on half-board, and the dinners were 5 courses of culinary excellence. The wait staff was friendly and professional, with special mention going to waiter Daniele who was amazing. Breakfasts were actually my favorite meal, and I always arrived early, so that I could spend a little extra time lingering in the dining room before heading off to the slopes. The Walthers are excellent hosts, and they were always around the hotel, frequently saying hello, to see how everything was going. After skiing, there were afternoon pastries in the lobby area. Although the traditional Engadin pastries were not my favorite, it was a pleasure to relax in the lounge where a fabulous piano-player entertained. The same musician entertained in yet another lounge in the evening, and he was extremely talented, and I wish I had spent more time listening to his piano and singing. In the evening, before dinner, we often enjoyed the serene indoor pool, sauna area and hot tub. My family of four skied every day. We used the hotel limo/shuttle to get to Celerina in the morning (CHF 20 per ride). The drivers were right on time, and professional. In the afternoon, we often rode the local bus from Celerina to Pontresina. It left every half hour, and dropped us off almost directly in front of the hotel. Skiing conditions were absolutely fabulous. Sunny weather every day, and great snow. We rented our equipment from Ski-Service Corvatsch (reasonably priced, great online reservations, multiple locations both at the base of Celerina and at the midstation, up the gondola). We paid a little extra to have them store our boots and skis at the midstation (in Marguns). Every day began with a shuttle to the Celerina gondola, then a ride up to Marguns. After retrieving our boots and skis at Marguns each day, we left our ski bag by the Marguns restaurant and took the chairlifts to explore Corviglia, Piz Nair, Suvretta, Salastrains, etc etc. Lunch at Marguns is a feast. And hot chocolate at the various mountain bars is so relaxing. Marguns bar, Chamana and the Alpina restaurant were great for a hot drink break. We had pizza and Carbonara one afternoon on the rooftop at Marguns, and that is a very special treat. We reserved ski lessons for our children with the St Moritz Ski school, and similar to Ski-service, they have a fabulous app that makes it simple. My heartfelt thanks to The Walthers for making this one of our best family vacations ever! We cannot wait to return! Daniel K.

A magnificent old style, family-run hotel in winter paradise. Wonderful, comfortable rooms and outstanding service (from the moment you show up until you drive away at the end of your stay). Doggies welcome and allowed in most spaces, the dining room being an exception. Exceptional cuisine, not to mention the gala dinner on New Year's eve..! A lovely spa, a functional ski-room (with individual lockers with "shoe dryers"), a large afternoon tea lounge and a cosy bar with live music. The owners, Mr and Mrs Walther (3rd generation), bring their warm personal touch to the establishment and go out of their way to make all feel welcome. This probably explains that many guests have been there before, some for many years! We too shall return!

Beautiful Family Run Hotel, with super friendly staff. Exceptionally clean and some lovely restaurants. Breakfast range fantastic. Injured my ankle just before stay and hotel reception provided ice packs .. super efficient and kind. Would definitely recommend

We really enjoyed our recent stay at the hotel Walther. We were made to feel welcome right away and given a room in line with the preferences we expressed. All staff seemed really friendly, helpful and well-trained. Our room was lovely and had a balcony overlooking Pontresina and the mountains beyond. The hotel is really well placed to reach all the nearby attractions and the bus stop is right outside the entrance. What we particularly enjoyed was the meals included in our half board package. We have stayed in many 5 star hotels including the Ritz in London and St Regis Bora Bora and the food was so exquisite in the Grand restaurant at hotel Walther that we felt it was on par with the best restaurants we have had the pleasure to sample. I would thoroughly recommend taking the half board package, and not bothering with the other restaurants for dinner. I would however, suggest having lunch or an afternoon snack at Gondolezza, as it is a unique experience having delicious fondue in an old Cable Car gondola. Our 8-year-old son really enjoyed playing in the kids' room and would leave our table as soon as he had finished his main course. This allowed him to have fun with other kids and for us to have some time to enjoy the rest of our meal as a couple. However, my one criticism would be that it would be great if there was some supervision in the playroom as some of the behaviour in there was unruly, i.e. children jumping on top of one another and throwing balls from the ball pit around. Nonetheless our son enjoyed the experience and we were all very sad to leave this magnificent hotel.

My husband and I have stayed in many wonderful hotels but nothing can beat our experience at the Hotel Walther in Pontresina. The hotel is absolutely gorgeous with large, quiet rooms. We had a junior-suite with a balcony overlooking the valley. This was a much-appreciated upgrade from the hotel on the occasion of our 56th wedding anniversary. The service was second to none. All members of the staff were attentive to any and all of our needs including the owners themselves who checked on the guests as though each one of us was a close friend or family member. The food was delicious as well. We ate in three of the five restaurants and were not disappointed in any of them. Our personal favorite was the fondue restaurant, a former gondola car, in the park across the street from the main building. I would be remiss if I did not mention the beautiful indoor pool. Finally, the setting in Pontresina is magical. We had a fabulous stay at the Hotel Walther.

My family made a visit to hotel Walther from Sun, 14th Aug-Tue, 16 Aug, We were met by the very friendly reception and Mr Walther himself, when we arrived we found out that our rooms had been upgraded, and they were interconnecting. The hotel provides a card for free public transport and cable car/train rides! That night we had dinner at the bar, the food and service was very good. The next morning we had a buffet-style breakfast with lots of food variety. That day we used our hotel-provided cards to go on a chairlift and the Funicular to the top of the mountain. Later we went to the pool, which was very nice, but sadly I cut my toe on one of the tiles, once the hotel staff found out they were very accommodating and gave me medicine and bandages to heal the cut, later they gave me a tray of chocolates for the inconvenience. That night we had dinner at La Trattoria the food and the service were very good. The next day we left and Mr Walther said goodbye. Throughout the whole trip, Mr Walther was very friendly and helpful. Overall the hotel was amazing and so was the staff and they were always ready to help out! Monty, age 13