Best Mountain Hotels
Alpin Resort Sacher on its snowy hillside above Seefeld, with the heated outdoor pool in the foreground, Tyrol

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Best Mountain Hotels

Seefeld, Tyrol

Alpin Resort Sacher

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Our philosophy

We love the mountains in every season, for moving and for being still, for body and for mind. We love the cultures and food of different ranges. We love the simple hut as much as the grand hotel. We love to travel alone, as a couple, with family or to make new friends: these are our special places. We hope you love them too, and we’d love to hear yours.

Our editors’ pick: the 10 best mountain hotels in the world

Featured hotels

Quartzite walls and steps beside the outdoor thermal pool with mountains beyond at 7132 Hotel, Vals, Switzerland

Vals

7132 Hotel

Aerial exterior view of hillside cottages and pools surrounded by greenery, 98 Acres Resort, Ella, Sri Lanka

Ella

98 Acres Resort

Timber lodge buildings on alpine meadows with Dolomite peaks beyond at Adler Mountain Lodge, Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm)

Alpe di Siusi (Seiser Alm)

Adler Mountain Lodge

Snowy hotel exterior and outdoor pool in mountain setting, ADLER Spa Resort Dolomiti, Ortisei, Italy

Ortisei

Adler Spa Resort Dolomiti

Stone resort buildings perched on a sunlit canyon rim with mountains beyond, Alila Jabal Akhdar, Jebel Akhdar, Oman

Jebel Akhdar

Alila Jabal Akhdar

Alpin Panorama Hotel Hubertus exterior with mountain backdrop, Olang, Italy

Valdaora (Olang)

Alpin Panorama Hotel Hubertus

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Backcountry skiing beneath the Tetons at sunset, near Caldera House, Teton Village, USA
Ski
Guest beside the outdoor swimming pool and timber spa pavilion at ADLER Spa Resort Dolomiti, Ortisei, Italy
Wellness
Seven Glaciers restaurant dining room with panoramic mountain views, Alyeska Resort, Alaska, USA
Gastronomy
Family toasting marshmallows beside an outdoor fire pit at Limelight Hotel Snowmass in winter.
Family
Grand hotel facade and garden terraces beside the outdoor pool, surrounded by forest in summer, Suvretta House, St. Moritz, Switzerland
Luxury
Stone terrace and glazed facade of a 7132 Hotel penthouse, Vals, Switzerland
Design-led
Aerial exterior view of hilltop lodges and infinity pools above rice terraces, Topas Ecolodge, Sapa, Vietnam
Summer
Bush plane and guests on a glacier beneath rocky peaks, Ultima Thule Lodge, Alaska, USA
Adventure
Aurora ribbons above snow-covered igloos, Borealis Basecamp, Alaska, USA
Romantic
Black-and-white photograph of lounge seating and a telescope beside mountain-facing windows at Rooms Hotel Kazbegi, Georgia
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Aerial exterior view of hillside cottages and pools surrounded by greenery, 98 Acres Resort, Ella, Sri Lanka

Ella · South Asia

98 Acres Resort

98 Acres Resort & Spa is the most famous place to stay in Ella, the laid-back mountain town at the heart of Sri Lanka's hill country. Built on a 98-acre tea estate, its chalets, made partly from old railway sleepers and rough-hewn granite, look across a valley of tea bushes to Little Adam's Peak, with pools, a spa and a restaurant on a hilltop.

Château-style resort hotel reflected in a pond at the foot of the mountains, Alyeska Resort, Alaska, USA

Girdwood · Alaska

Alyeska Resort

Alyeska Resort is Alaska's great mountain resort, a grand, château-style hotel at the foot of Mount Alyeska in the Chugach Mountains, about 40 miles from Anchorage. It is the state's largest ski area, famous for its deep snow and views over Turnagain Arm, and it is open all year: in winter for skiing and northern lights, in summer for hiking, glaciers and the aerial tram to a mountain-top restaurant. It is the easiest way to experience the Alaskan mountains in comfort.

Long white Schatzalp hotel surrounded by forest above Davos at sunset.

Davos · Alps

Berghotel Schatzalp

An Art Nouveau former sanatorium above Davos, reached by funicular and said to have inspired Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain. Atmospheric and old-world, without palace-hotel prices.

Snow-covered lodge and Ouray mountain backdrop at Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs, Ouray, USA

Ouray · Colorado

Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs

Box Canyon Lodge & Hot Springs is a small, friendly lodge in Ouray, the little Victorian mining town in south-west Colorado known as the Switzerland of America. Its great secret lies behind the building: four redwood hot spring tubs, terraced up the mountainside, filled with natural mineral water and reserved for guests alone. Soaking in them under the stars, with the jagged San Juan Mountains rising all around, is one of the great simple pleasures of the Colorado Rockies.

Hotel facade with Juliet balconies and flowering trees at Browns Boutique Hotel, Queenstown, New Zealand

Queenstown · New Zealand

Browns Boutique Hotel

Browns Boutique Hotel is a small, stylish bed and breakfast in the centre of Queenstown, on a quiet street just two minutes' walk from the town's shops, restaurants and nightlife. With just 10 rooms, each opening onto a Juliet balcony with views across Lake Wakatipu to the Remarkables, it offers a warm, personal and affordable base in New Zealand's adventure capital.

Sitting area with mountain views through large windows at Buckhorn Inn, Gatlinburg, USA

Gatlinburg · Appalachians

Buckhorn Inn

Buckhorn Inn is East Tennessee's oldest inn, a peaceful country retreat on 25 acres of woodland and meadow on the edge of Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most visited national park in the United States. Founded in 1938, it offers a quiet, gracious alternative to the bustle of nearby Gatlinburg, with cottages and guest houses among the trees, sweeping mountain views and dinners that draw guests back year after year.

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