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Le Grand Bellevue

Untergstaadstrasse 17, 3780 Saanen, Switzerland
Forbes ★★★★☆
Google 4.8
Overall 68
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$599
1 Sep 2026
Highest upcoming
$1,593
21 Dec 2026
Median nightly
$785
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Cheapest week
31 Aug to 6 Sep
19% below annual median

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Review

Synthesized from Forbes Travel Guide
Forbes ★★★★☆ 4-Star

Character and identity

A buttercup-yellow grand palace from 1912 sitting directly on Gstaad's chalet-lined main street, Le Grand Bellevue emerged from a year-long renovation in 2014 with a wholly different personality: playful, color-saturated, faintly surreal. A tweed-upholstered camel greets you in the lobby, pineapple lights hang in the bar, and bird-print wallpaper lines the lounge, all balanced against a Murano chandelier and two Steinways that nod to the older bones. At 57 rooms it feels boutique. Leonard's, under Francesco De Bartolomeis, plates locally sourced ingredients with international accents, and the monumental Le Grand Spa runs a full sauna circuit including a hay sauna of heated alpine grasses.

Who's it for

Best for:
Design-literate couples and a younger alpine crowd who want a serious ski or summer mountain base but find traditional Gstaad palace hotels stuffy. The mix of intimate scale, a proper spa, in-house cinema, club bar, ski shop and on-site garage suits guests who want everything within the building when they're not on the slopes.

Should look elsewhere:
Travellers chasing a strictly traditional grande dame experience may find the quirk and color too much. The seasonal opening (high ski and summer only) rules it out for shoulder-period trips, and families wanting expansive kids' programming will do better at larger resort properties.

Bottom line

What sets this place apart is tone: a historic Gstaad palace that has loosened its tie without losing the bones, paired with a genuinely ambitious spa and kitchen. Book it if you want main-street Gstaad access with personality rather than ceremony. Half-board including dinner at Leonard's is the smart play, and the attached 75-car garage matters more than you'd think in winter.

Location

Untergstaadstrasse 17, 3780 Saanen, Switzerland · 10 nearest tracked hotels

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Amenities

38 features
24-hour room service
Bar
Fitness classes
Gym
Indoor pool
Meeting rooms
Pet friendly
Restaurants
Spa
Wi-Fi
Restaurant
Room service

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