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Photos: Gstaad Palace, used with permission.
Gstaad Palace
Gstaad (BE), Switzerland · from CHF 120
About
The spa of a large hotel in Gstaad, with mountain views and indoor and outdoor pools. The saunas are separate for women and men rather than mixed, there is a hammam, and a private spa with its own sauna can be booked; it opens for the winter and summer seasons.
Facilities
Saunas and steam
- Finnish sauna
The classic dry sauna, usually 80–100 °C.
- Bio sauna
A gentler sauna of about 50–60 °C with more humidity, also called sanarium.
- Steam bath
Around 45 °C with nearly 100 % humidity.
- Hammam (Turkish or Moroccan bath ritual)
The traditional ritual in stages: warm rooms or a heated marble slab, a body scrub with a kessa glove and a soap-foam wash, then rest.
Pools and baths
- Whirlpool or jacuzzi
A warm pool with jets of air and water bubbling around you, usually for several people.
- Indoor pool
An indoor pool to relax or swim in.
- Outdoor pool (heated year round)
An outdoor pool heated enough to use in winter too.
- Outdoor pool (seasonal)
An outdoor pool open in the warmer months only.
- Pool for swimming lengths
A pool with lanes, usually 25 or 50 m long, indoors or outdoors.
- Bubble loungers
Loungers under the water surface with bubbles rising from below.
Relaxing
- Indoor rest area
A quiet room with loungers to rest between sauna rounds.
- Outdoor rest area (garden or terrace)
A garden, terrace or lawn with loungers, to cool down and rest in the fresh air.
- Foot baths
Basins of warm, or hot and cold, water for your feet, often used between sauna rounds.
Treatments and fitness
- Massages
Massages you can book, usually at extra cost.
- Beauty treatments
Facials, manicures and other beauty treatments, usually at extra cost.
- Spa day packages (with treatment or meal)
A day package that adds a treatment, a meal or both to your entry, at a higher price.
- Yoga and wellness classes
Classes such as yoga, meditation or breathing exercises.
The place
- Setting
- Great views · Mountains
- Type of place
- Hotel spa
- Practical
- No time limit · Towels included
- Private
- Can be rented privately
Getting there
Palacestrasse 28, 3780 Gstaad (BE), Switzerland
Gstaad, Marktplatz · about 3 min walk (180 m)
Also nearby
The Alpina GstaadGstaad · 0.3 km away
- Hotel Gstaaderhof – Wellnessoase
Gstaad · 0.4 km away
Sportzentrum GstaadGstaad · 0.6 km away



