A palace for winter, a pool for autumn

Badrutt’s Palace, St. Moritz

htr reported on 16 September that Badrutt’s Palace placed 36th in the 2026 World’s 50 Best Hotels list, alongside recognition for hospitality. That is a reason to look again at the address, not a review of an individual room or a promise of September availability.

The decisive detail is the hotel’s operating calendar: its listed summer season ended on 7 September; winter runs from 3 December 2026 to 30 March 2027. Treat this selection as a winter preview. Before comparing quotations, ask for the exact room category, outlook and balcony provision. A hotel’s reputation cannot resolve those differences, and a stay between operating seasons is not an option suggested here.

Hotel Adula, Flims Waldhaus

Adula offers a more immediate reason to plan around the hotel itself. The operator describes a 1,200 sq m spa with a 20-metre indoor pool and an outdoor saltwater pool. The age rules matter for families: the fitness, saltwater and sauna areas are for guests aged 16 and over; younger children use the indoor pool with an accompanying adult. This is useful detail when deciding how much of a day everyone can spend together.

For a later visit, La Muña’s programme announces a 26 September event combining its Japanese-Peruvian cooking with producer presentations and tastings. It is a preview beyond this edition’s week, and a restaurant programme at an established hotel, not a new opening. Ask the hotel about the event reservation separately from the room. The published programme does not establish a package price or room availability.

The distinction between the two choices is temporal as much as stylistic: a December hotel enquiry in St. Moritz, or an autumn stay in Flims organised around a pool and a particular evening.