BELAROSA CHALET || Where Elemental Design Meets High-Altitude Serenity
Some hotels stop you in your tracks with their beauty. Others make you breathe differently.
At 1,800 metres above sea level, BelArosa Chalet, in the Swiss resort of Arosa does both, presenting an architectural retreat where air, light, and material converge in perfect stillness.
Built on the site of the former Hotel Alpina, the all-suite chalet reimagines Alpine living through a contemporary lens of serenity and craft. Conceived by Martin Mattersberger of Passion M and realized by architect Jürg Kunz, BelArosa, a member of The Aficionados, combines the precision of modern design with the warmth of Neu Grisons heritage. Its ten mountain residences, five crowned with cantilevered Sky Infinity Pools, hover like quiet observatories above pine forests and peaks, inviting guests to inhabit the rhythm of the landscape.
The exterior of BelArosa Chalet juxtaposes reclaimed timber and raw stone with contemporary concrete forms, blending tradition and innovation against the Arosa skyline.
Inside, the experience is intimate yet elemental. Each residence frames cinematic Alpine vistas through six-metre-high windows, with vaulted ceilings amplifying the play of light and shadow. The interiors, by Passion M, are a masterclass in tactile harmony: raw spruce and aged oak meet Aosta stone, velvet upholstery, and handcrafted ceramics. Every detail is deeply intentional, from hand-forged ironwork by Thomas Lambert to the constellation of 81 hand-blown STARGLOW lights by ELOA that shimmer softly like alpine embers after dusk.
What defines BelArosa is not spectacle but silence, the kind that sharpens the senses. Guests wake to an à la carte breakfast of over one hundred locally sourced items, delivered on fine linens with fresh flowers. Days unfold at one’s own pace: a swim in the sky pool framed by the mountain ridges, a Finnish sauna infused with pine resin, a glass of vintage wine from Jörg Bucherer’s cellar savoured fireside. Each gesture feels personal, unhurried, and quietly luxurious.
Each residence features a private wellness zone, complete with a Finnish sauna and rain shower framed in stone and glass.
Inside, natural materials—stone, oak, and linen—create a tactile calm. The double-height living space invites connection between architecture, craft, and the Alpine landscape beyond.
The materials tell their own stories. Ancient spruce and 200-year-old oak recovered from historic structures have been given new purpose, while church stones from the fifteenth century now frame fireplaces that glow with renewed life. Local artisans, from carpenters to glassblowers, have infused the architecture with human warmth, ensuring that modern comfort never overshadows cultural memory.
Suspended above the valley, the infinity pool offers sweeping views of Arosa’s peaks, an experience that captures BelArosa’s essence: quiet, elevated, and breathtakingly elemental.
Perched just above the village, BelArosa’s vantage point offers a rare equilibrium: connected yet cocooned, elevated yet grounded. Arrival by the Rhaetian Railway feels like entering a moving postcard tracing ravines, meadows, and the famed Langwieser Viaduct before the train slows into stillness. Here, Alpine heritage finds its future in a language of restraint, craft, and quiet wonder.
BelArosa is the ideal getaway for those seeking a moment of pause at a high-altitude sanctuary that reminds us how deeply beauty resides in stillness. Visit the website to plan and book your stay.
Photo Credits: Courtesy of The Aficionados and BelArosa
