Indoor swimming pool with loungers facing windows overlooking mountains at Rooms Hotel Kazbegi, Georgia

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Memorable mountain hotels where the setting outshines the price — characterful, good-value places to stay without palace-hotel rates.

29 hotels

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.

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.

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.

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.

Hallstatt · Alps

Heritage Hotel Hallstatt

Heritage Hotel Hallstatt puts you in the heart of one of the most photographed villages on Earth. Hallstatt clings to a narrow ledge between a steep mountainside and a deep, dark lake in Austria's Salzkammergut, its pastel houses and slender church spire reflected in the water. By day it is crowded with visitors; at dusk, when the coaches leave, it becomes the quiet, magical place that made it famous, and staying overnight is the only way to experience that.

Island lodge and pedestrian bridge across Lake Pehoé beneath snowy mountains, Torres del Paine, Chile

Torres del Paine · South America

Hostería Pehoé

A simple hotel on its own little island, reached by footbridge, with one of the most famous views in Patagonia. The rooms are basic; the setting is unforgettable.

El Chaltén · South America

Hostería Senderos

Hostería Senderos is a cosy boutique hotel in El Chaltén, the small mountain village at the foot of Fitz Roy that has become the trekking capital of Argentina. Inspired by old Patagonian farmhouses, with timber interiors, a log fire and a good restaurant, it offers a warm, comfortable and affordable base for the extraordinary hikes that start right from the village streets.

Jaca · Pyrenees

Hotel Barosse

Hotel Barosse is a small, adults-only boutique hotel in a quiet village just outside Jaca, the historic gateway to the Aragonese Pyrenees. With tasteful, cosy interiors, a library lounge with an honesty bar, a sauna and highly praised breakfasts and dinners, it offers a peaceful, romantic base for exploring the mountains, monasteries and valleys of one of Spain's least-known mountain regions.

St-Luc · Alps

Hotel Bella Tola

A charming Belle Époque hotel in a quiet Valais village, family-run with a small spa. Far cheaper than Zermatt or Verbier nearby.

Chamonix · Alps

Hôtel Le Faucigny

Hôtel Le Faucigny is a stylish, contemporary chalet hotel in the centre of Chamonix, the legendary mountain town at the foot of Mont Blanc. With just 28 rooms, warm Scandinavian-inspired interiors and a relaxed, friendly atmosphere, it offers a boutique stay in one of the world's great mountain destinations at a price well below the town's grand hotels, and it makes an ideal base for skiing, climbing and hiking.

Hotel exterior overlooking Lake Bled and the surrounding hills

Lake Bled · Alps

Hotel Triglav Bled

Hotel Triglav Bled is a charming boutique hotel on the hillside above Lake Bled, one of the most photographed lakes in Europe. From its terraces, the view takes in the lake's tiny island with its church spire, the medieval castle on its cliff and the peaks of the Julian Alps beyond. Built in 1906 and lovingly restored, the hotel offers a personal, characterful base in Slovenia's mountain playground at a price far below that of the big lakeside hotels.

Stone garden path leading towards the Kasbah, with trees and mountains behind.

Imlil, High Atlas · Atlas Mountains

Kasbah du Toubkal

A restored kasbah beneath North Africa's highest peak, with rooftop terraces and a strong eco-ethos. Great for trekkers.

Shirakawa-go · Japan

Koemon

Koemon is a family-run minshuku, or guesthouse, in a centuries-old thatched farmhouse in Shirakawa-go, the fairytale village in the mountains of central Japan. Its steep straw roof, built in the gassho-zukuri style, said to resemble hands joined in prayer, is designed to shed the region's heavy winter snow. Staying overnight in one of these houses, eating dinner around a sunken hearth, is one of the most memorable experiences in rural Japan.

Monachil · Sierra Nevada

La Almunia del Valle

La Almunia del Valle is a charming, owner-run boutique hotel on a historic country estate in the hills above Granada, on the road to the Sierra Nevada, the highest mountains in mainland Spain. With just 15 rooms, a garden and pool, a fireside library and a daily set dinner, it offers the rare chance to ski in the morning, wander the Alhambra in the afternoon and return to a peaceful rural retreat in the evening.

Nikko · Japan

Nikko Kanaya Hotel

Nikko Kanaya Hotel is Japan's oldest Western-style resort hotel, a beautiful wooden building on a hillside in Nikko, beside the UNESCO-listed shrines and temples of Toshogu. Founded in 1873, when the Kanaya family opened their home to foreign travellers, it has welcomed guests including the explorer Isabella Bird, the architect Frank Lloyd Wright and Albert Einstein, and it remains one of the most atmospheric places to stay in Japan, at a surprisingly reasonable price.

Mestia · Caucasus

Paliani Hotel

Paliani Hotel is a modern boutique hotel in Mestia, the main town of Svaneti, one of the most remote and spectacular mountain regions in Europe. Here, in the high valleys of the Greater Caucasus, medieval stone defence towers rise above the villages, glaciers spill from peaks above 4,000 metres, and an ancient mountain culture survives with its own language and traditions. Paliani offers a comfortable, affordable base for exploring it all.

Parador exterior and gardens overlooking the mountain valley, Vielha, Spain

Val d'Aran · Pyrenees

Parador de Vielha

Parador de Vielha is a four-star hotel on a hillside above Vielha, the capital of the Val d'Aran, in the Catalan Pyrenees. Part of Spain's state-run Paradores network, famous for its historic and scenic hotels, it offers sweeping views over the valley and the surrounding peaks, a circular glass-walled restaurant and a great-value base for skiing at Baqueira-Beret in winter and hiking in summer. It reopened in November 2025 after a major renovation.

Reine · Scandinavia

Reine Rorbuer

Reine Rorbuer offers the chance to stay in a traditional red fishermen's cabin in Reine, the village often described as the most beautiful in Norway, and one of the most photographed places in the Arctic. Its rorbuer, cabins on stilts over the water, sit beneath dramatic granite peaks that rise straight from the sea, creating a scene that has graced countless postcards, magazines and travel posters.

Tre Cime di Lavaredo · Dolomites

Rifugio Auronzo

Rifugio Auronzo sits at the foot of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, the three great limestone towers that have become the symbol of the Dolomites and one of the most photographed mountain sights in the world. At 2,333 metres, this large mountain hut is the starting point for the famous circuit around the peaks, and staying overnight means you can watch the towers glow at sunset and sunrise, long after the day visitors have gone.

Mountain-refuge terrace with picnic tables, visitors and Dolomite peaks at sunset.

Cortina d'Ampezzo · Dolomites

Rifugio Lagazuoi

A mountain hut at around 2,750m, reached by cable car, with one of the great panoramas of the Alps and a hot tub at the top. Shared or simple rooms, so best treated as a special experience.

Stepantsminda (Kazbegi) · Caucasus

Rooms Hotel Kazbegi

A stylish, design-led hotel in the Caucasus with floor-to-ceiling views of Mount Kazbek and the hilltop Gergeti church. One of the best-value design hotels anywhere.

Svolvær, Lofoten · Scandinavia

Svinøya Rorbuer

Restored fishermen's cabins on the water, with dramatic peaks rising behind. Good for the Northern Lights and the midnight sun.

Minakami, Gunma · Japan

Takaragawa Onsen Osenkaku

A traditional ryokan known for its huge outdoor hot-spring baths along a mountain river, beautiful in autumn colour or under snow.

Mammoth Lakes · California

Tamarack Lodge & Resort

Tamarack Lodge & Resort is a historic mountain lodge on the shore of Twin Lakes, in the beautiful Mammoth Lakes Basin of California's Eastern Sierra. Built in 1924, it has the cosy, timeless charm of an old-fashioned mountain retreat, with rustic cabins among the pines, a lakefront restaurant and trails leading straight into the high country, at prices well below most mountain resorts in California.

Snowbird · Utah

The Cliff Lodge

The Cliff Lodge is the heart of Snowbird, one of the most celebrated powder-skiing resorts in North America and one of the most searched ski resorts in the United States. Set deep in Utah's Little Cottonwood Canyon, its striking concrete-and-glass tower rises beneath steep, snow-loaded peaks, with ski-in, ski-out access to some of the most challenging terrain in the Rockies and a rooftop pool with views up the canyon.

Aoraki/Mount Cook · New Zealand

The Hermitage Hotel

A classic lodge with huge windows facing New Zealand's highest peak, and superb stargazing in a dark-sky reserve.

Pokhara · Himalayas

Tiger Mountain Pokhara Lodge

Stone cottages on a ridge facing the Annapurna range, with a pool and a strong sustainability focus.

Everest Region (Khumbu) · Himalayas

Yeti Mountain Home

Yeti Mountain Home is a chain of six comfortable lodges along the trekking trails of the Khumbu, the Everest region of Nepal, offering a warm bed, an en-suite bathroom and good food at the end of each day's walk. In a region where most trekkers stay in simple teahouses, these lodges, built in traditional Sherpa style, bring a welcome level of comfort to one of the most famous journeys on Earth, the walk towards Mount Everest.

Zephyr Cove · Nevada

Zephyr Cove Resort

Zephyr Cove Resort is a classic Lake Tahoe getaway, a cluster of rustic cabins among the pines beside one of the lake's best sandy beaches, on the Nevada shore. It began in the late nineteenth century as a simple inn for silver prospectors, and today it offers an old-fashioned, family-friendly mountain holiday, with paddle-wheeler cruises, boating and beach days in summer, and snowmobiling in winter, at a price that is rare at Tahoe.