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Hotel · Zermatt, Switzerland
Grand Hotel Zermatterhof
The Grand Hotel Zermatterhof stands in the centre of car-free Zermatt, with views of the Matterhorn, and has welcomed guests since 1879.
Overview
The Grand Hotel Zermatterhof sits in the middle of Zermatt, a village reached only by rail or electric vehicle after visitors leave their cars in Täsch. The hotel is a ten-minute walk from Zermatt station, and the property can arrange collection by electric bus or by horse-drawn carriage pulled by its own Lipizzan horses, available between 1pm and 5pm with advance booking. The hotel traces its origins to 1876-1879, when the families of Zermatt built it as a community project rather than take on debt individually, with every burgher contributing to construction. It was first leased by Alexander Seiler, and from 1920 the Burgergemeinde, the burgher council, has run it directly.
Over the decades the hotel has hosted guests from politics, industry, art and showbusiness, including Walt Disney, and it prepares a traditional reception with local wine for the Zermatt community each year on Corpus Christi day. Zermatt itself grew from a remote farming village into a mountaineering destination after the first Matterhorn ascent in 1865, and the hotel welcomed its first winter season from 1927. Food and drink on site runs across several venues: Alpine Gourmet Prato Borni, Lusi Brasserie & Lounge, Saycheese!, the How do You do? Bar Lounge Cafe, the Smokers Lounge and the Stars Bar, along with room service.
Rooms are presented in categories including Classic Rooms, a Deluxe Double Room category and Luxury Suites, with further detail held on the hotel's own Sleep pages. A spa and an events function are also listed among the hotel's facilities.
- Rooms
- On request
- Minimum stay
- 1 night
- Check in
- 15:00
- Check out
- 12:00
Why we like it
- Stands in the centre of Zermatt, a car-free village, ten minutes' walk from the station
- Built in 1876-1879 as a community project by the families of Zermatt
- Guests have included figures from politics, industry, art and showbusiness, among them Walt Disney
- Lipizzan horses can collect guests from Zermatt station by carriage between 1pm and 5pm
- Six named food and drink venues on site, from Alpine Gourmet Prato Borni to the Stars Bar
- Rooms are split between Classic Rooms, a Deluxe Double Room category and Luxury Suites
Gallery
Rooms & suites
Categories shown for orientation. Your travel advisor will confirm which are available for your dates and recommend the one that suits the trip.
Classic Rooms
One of the hotel's two listed room categories, grouped with the Luxury Suites under the property's Sleep section. Specific size, bed and view details are not published.
Up to 2 guestsDeluxe Double Room
A room category referenced in the hotel's seasonal stay offers, used as the threshold category for certain multi-night packages with buffet breakfast.
Up to 2 guestsLuxury Suites
The hotel's suite category, listed alongside the Classic Rooms under the Sleep section and referenced separately in seasonal stay offers.
Up to 2 guests
Amenities
- Alpine Gourmet Prato Borni restaurant
- Lusi Brasserie & Lounge
- Saycheese! restaurant
- How do You do? Bar Lounge Cafe
- Smokers Lounge
- Stars Bar
- Room Service
- Spa
- Events
- Horse-drawn carriage pickup
- Electric bus station transfer
Reserving through us
Included when your travel advisor confirms this stay
- Daily breakfast for two
- Room upgrade on arrival, subject to availability
- Property credit or equivalent where the house offers one
- Early check in and late check out on request
- Welcome amenity and your travel agent known to the general manager
Eligible preferred amenities are applied wherever available, subject to the property at the time of stay, and are confirmed in your proposal.
Location
Zermatt, Switzerland
Catered chalets in winter, lakeside hotels in summer, and the same mountains in both.
Questions
- How do I get to the hotel from Zermatt station?
- Zermatt is car-free. Visitors leave their car in Täsch and take a shuttle train that runs every 20 minutes to Zermatt. The hotel is a ten-minute walk from the station, and collection by electric bus can be arranged.
- Can the hotel arrange a horse-drawn carriage pickup?
- Yes. The hotel's Lipizzan horses, Gaetana, Herceg and Krabbe, can collect guests from Zermatt station between 1pm and 5pm. Advance booking is recommended.
- What restaurants and bars are on site?
- The hotel lists Alpine Gourmet Prato Borni, Lusi Brasserie & Lounge and Saycheese! among its restaurants, along with the How do You do? Bar Lounge Cafe, the Smokers Lounge, the Stars Bar and room service.
- What room categories does the hotel offer?
- Rooms are presented as Classic Rooms and Luxury Suites under the hotel's Sleep section, with a Deluxe Double Room category also referenced in seasonal stay offers.
- How old is the Grand Hotel Zermatterhof?
- The hotel states it has welcomed guests to the Matterhorn since 1879. It was built between 1876 and 1879 as a community project by the families of Zermatt, and the Burgergemeinde, the burgher council, has run it since 1920.
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