The Dolder Grand
Hotel · Sonnenberg ·
Art collection, spa, Michelin dining, and panoramic lake/mountain views
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Art collection, spa, Michelin dining, and panoramic lake/mountain views
"High above Zurich’s center with spectacular lake views, this hotel is home to what feels like a true urban oasis and the most renowned spa in the area. The 43,000-square-foot space, designed by Sylvia Sepielli in 2004, is packed with multiple indoor and outdoor pools, saunas, a solarium, a snow room, and an outdoor sun terrace that invites long sessions of swimming, soaking, and unwinding. The spa is built around four pillars—relaxation, vitality, beauty, and detox—which you can experience through La Prairie facials, body treatments, regular Pilates and yoga classes, or even forest bathing sessions. Both hotel guests and day-pass visitors can spend hours here, capping it all off with a drink at the spa café before heading back to their room feeling genuinely rejuvenated." - Rana Good
"The grand dame of Zurich, this Old World-made-modern hotel is the spot where well-heeled visitors roll up for a buzzy bar, serious wellness, and panoramic views of the city below. This isn’t a walkable heart-of-the-city type of spot. Rooms in the historic building go a bit cozier, with pops of tangerine and patterns, though there's a minimalism across all of the rooms with lots of ivory and dark wood details. In the new wings, though, expect a sleeker feel brought on by chrome details and white leather. If you don't visit the spa, you've really wasted a visit to the Dolder Grand. It's 4,000 square meters for starters, and you'll find a sauna, steam bath, foot bath, aroma pool, steam pots, plunge pool, snow room, and even an outdoor terrace. Look up as your car pulls into the drive—there’s a moment where it feels like you might fall off the edge of the world, in a fantastic way." - Stacey Lastoe
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) In David Fincher’s adaptation of the Swedish blockbuster novel, leather-clad savant Lisbeth Salander (Rooney Mara) is an unlikely guest at this hilltop fairytale castle of a hotel. Built in 1899 as a woodland retreat, it was extended over the decades until a rebuilding project in 2004 twinned the turrets with a super-modern glass-fronted circular annex. Lisbeth was in the top-end Masina Suite, which comes with butler service and a very fine view of Lake Zurich."
"Perched above Lake Zurich, The Dolder Grand is the recommended place to sleep off a chocolate-fueled day in Zurich and enjoy genuine Swiss-chalet-style luxury." - Travel + Leisure Staff
"Originally opened as a kurhaus in 1899 and dramatically reimagined with contemporary wings by Norman Foster in 2008, this landmark lakeside resort pairs historic, traditionally decorated rooms in the main building with ultra-modern marble-clad rooms in the new wing. The hotel is noted for an impressive permanent art collection and a Michelin two-starred restaurant where creative dishes pair game and alpine ingredients with refined desserts. The large wellness offering—about 43,000 sq ft—echoes its health-resort origins with a gym, mind-and-body studio, 17 treatment rooms, a center for medical procedures, diverse thermal experiences (saunas, steam baths, aroma pools), kotatsu footbaths and heated pebble beds designed to soothe and restore." - Adam H. Graham