Gstaad is known as one of Europe’s most luxurious ski resorts, offering challenging slopes, gourmet restaurants and designer shops, and since opening in 1910, the Park Gstaad has provided the home base for the city’s glamorous visitors.

Gstaad Palace is one of the only family-owned and -operated hotels in Switzerland, and guests are treated like extended members of the family (big-names who have checked in here have included Louis Armstrong, Liz Taylor and Marc Chagall).

Entering a new chapter in its 145-year history, the Beau-Rivage recently unveiled a meticulous renovation, with modernized rooms and suites. The hotel's grand façade was painstakingly restored as were such historical details as frescoes and marble