Cresta Palace Hotel

Lovely hotel, you feel really spoilt here. It was an easy 3 minute train ride from St Moritz, and in my opinion a much more attractive place to stay. Room was spacious with a large bathroom (bath and shower), comfy beds and loads of storage. We ate in one of their restaurants - Asia 75 which was excellent quality if a bit pricey. As we were here in summer we got free travel pass which we used for the cable car and chair lift just over the road. Well worth a trip up the mountain. All together lovely and memorable stay.

Booked this trip as an anniverary present. The hotel is beautiful and well maintained and situated in a stunning surrounding. If you don't like to drive there: the station of Celerina is just a stone throw away. It has a lot to offer (pool, spa, 3 restaurants...), the staff is very attentiv and the little things make you very welcome: cake at 3pm with piano music, coffee/ tea available in the room, water from minibar, room service, included public travel pass (I checked off my bucket list with a trip to Muottas Muragl) and even a bottle of water for our journey back home... We enjoyed our stay very much. Ok, it isn't cheap, but hey, can you put a price on memories?

My wife and I stayed three nights to explore the Engadin region around St. Moritz. Celerina itself is a small and quiet town, more of a village, but convenient for train, bus, cable cars up the mountains, and hiking, very walkable to St. Moritz and Pontresina. The Cresta Palace is the "big hotel" in town, just a couple minutes walk from the main train station, and close to the other Bernina Line station. We very much enjoyed our stay! We had a large, very nice room facing the front with a balcony large enough for a couple chairs. (I suggest it's worthwhile springing for one of these bigger rooms with balcony.) The hotel building is an older classic, very nicely maintained and modernized - just the kind of place I like. Service was truly excellent, extremely helpful with all our various questions, even helping us out of a jam when we didn't have cash for a restaurant up in the mountains (they transferred money and just put it on our bill). Amenities were very good, including breakfast and other restaurants, and a nice pool (indoor). The Engadin Pass that provides pre-paid access to all local transport is a wonderful perk (included with a two-night stay or more). Not too expensive (at least in the summer) for what is a luxury full-service experience.

We stayed for a week in a double room classic with balcony (2nd floor), and had an excellent experience. The views from the north-facing room of the Trais Fluors are amazing. Breakfast was very good, and the hotel service was excellent. The room was sufficiently large, and the bed was comfortable. The bathroom had a bathtub, and there's a minibar in the room. It's possible to enter and exit the hotel through the back door that leads to the parking lot and to the Celerina-Marguns gondola (using the room key/card). The gondola is around a five-minute walk from the hotel. The pool is very nice (what looks like a jacuzzi near the pool doesn't have hot water...). Some downsides: 1. If the window is open, during the day the train can be heard (not very loud). At night it's completely quiet. Probably not an issue in the south-facing rooms 2. There's only under-floor heating in the bathroom, and it's not warm enough 3. There's no underground parking 4. The in-room safe is too small for a laptop

From check-in to suggestions, meals and spa treatments, were all of the highest and unpretentious standards of attention and service. Highly appreciated were the room upgrade and friendly sincere greetings from the room service to the front desk, making one feel at home always. The decor is relaxing and à propos in every area.

This is the second time we stayed at Cresta Palace and I can only highly recommend this hotel. The newly renovated rooms are excellent, at par with most 5 star hotels in St. Moritz, and the service is exceptional, be it in the restaurant or in the reception. It's walking distance to the Celerina cable car, so no need to move the car or take a shuttle, which is not the case for most of the other hotels.

I absolutely loved my stay at the Cresta Palace and would highly recommend the hotel to anyone who is looking for a perfect stay in the St Moritz/ Celerina area. The whole team were World Class; professional, knowledgeable, helpful and welcoming. They went out of their way to make my stay memorable. The hotel is very grand and in the perfect location for skiing/ mountain biking/ walking and of course relaxing; with its large gardens and numerous bars and restaurants. The train station is a two minute walk and the gondola just 5 minutes. The facilities are exceptional- with a dedicated spa and gym (with great exercise/yoga classes) and a wonderful pool with jacuzzi, jets and sun-loungers. I stayed for 5 weeks and the whole team really made me feel at home. Special mention to the wonderful Front Office team; Luca, Nicklas, Vanessa (et al) and the fantastic breakfast team; Antonia, Alessandra, Cosmo…. And Mario, and Liv, and Uwe…and the fabulous house-keeping team and the delightful Sabrina at the Thai restaurant (which serves top-notch authentic Thai)…and so many more (sorry I can’t remember everyone’s names). I travel regularly and have never been treated so kindly. Everyone seemed so genuine in their hospitality. I believe it is the people who make a hotel successful. Just to add; if it is your first time in the Engadine region, St Moritz may be the most well known town, but I would definitely recommend Celerina as the much prettier town with far more soul and beauty than St Moritz. Thank you for the five star service and five star kindness! From Rockford and Pamela x

It’s all magic! Stunning location. Beautiful village with Mountain Views all around. Fantastic walks. Hotel charming. Staff friendly, hard working and multi lingual. Swimming pool so inviting. One odd thing. Afternoon Tea is available. Cakes free but 18 SF for three cups of tea! I thought that a bit mean. Would love love love to go again.

The Cresta Palace has several restaurants. We didn’t stay at this hotel but just came for having some dinner. One of the hotel restaurants by the name “Dine around” has a beautiful terrace and a garden lounge at which we dined during a lovely summer evening. The staff is super friendly and the food very good. Wiener Schnitzel was tasteful, so was the red wine Chianti from Tuscany. The desert Vanilla crème brûlée was outstanding and not too sweet. All together a dining great experience.