Luxury in the valleys of Gstaad
There are few locations on earth as fascinating and exclusive as Gstaad, a fairy tale luxury town located in the core of the Swiss Alps. The town of Gstaad is a picture perfect luxury alpine town, with an esplanade and a quantity of the world’s most extensive luxury shopping boutiques, expanding into a lazy sprawl of striking chalets and majestic Hotels, of which the luxury Palace Hotel is the most famous and world famous.
It is one of the biggest skiing resorts in Switzerland and boasts some of the best night life and dining experiences not just in the Alps but in the world at large. It is a resort of romance and recognized luxury and has a resident list to show for it. In fact,most of the Crowned Heads of Europe have typically owned a holiday home in Gstaad in addition to many stars of stage and screen as well as a long list of the world’s most influential business world leaders.
There are various luxury chalets dotted right through Gstaad and the surrounding spots. Take a leisurely walk along the magnificent promenande, at night the promenade takes on a fairytale look when lit up with lights established in the eves of the chalets.
Gstaad has always attracted the very best and the brightest of the earth, and to cite the countless names of the famous holiday makers of the Saanenland would be highly inappropriate for the comfort and the ambiguity of the residents of the luxury chalets is a touchy nature and is very much protected by the community retailers and hoteliers. Gstaad also has its share of cultural magnitude being a luxury residence of such artists as Yehudi Menuhin, the Maestro and the composer Benjamin Britten, as along with the celebrated director Roman Polanski. To reflect this cultural heritage Gstaad holds an annual classical music festival called after the late Menuhin, which is now considered being one of the finest of its sort anywhere.
Gstaad is that kind of spot where the wealthy and illustrious rub shoulders with each other and the society that has grown up around such people is of course one of tremendous luxury. Its comfort, service and hosptality culture is illustrious around the world, it is above and beyond Rodeo Drive, Mayfair or any other such setting.
United with offering some of the very best skiing to be located anywhere around the globe, Gstaad offers guests plenty to see and do for everyone.
Mary Louise is an expert author when it comes to Gstaad and luxury resorts.