This is the second year in a row that our family has stayed at the Schlosshotel Hotel in Tarasp. We will be back next year. The hotel is the finest we have stayed in during our thirty years of vacationing in Switzerland. The hotel has been in the Pazeller family for 21 generations (500 years, previously a farm), and the family takes great care to make sure that in all respects it delivers the highest quality and most responsive service in incredibly comfortable rooms. Here there are none of the many detractions that characterize so many Swiss hotels, things large and small. The rooms are all very nice sized with beautiful light traditional woods. The bathrooms are modern with standalone showers as well as tubs, and the finest granite counters. The rooms are well lit. The towels and other linens are first class and plentiful. There are plenty of electrical outlets and in most rooms the wireless is quite good. Small things which can be so irritating to a non-European visitor are well-covered (we are from Texas). For instance there are large wastebaskets, with plastic bags. The rooms are airy, and provide a very relaxed feeling.
The hotel is situated immediately below the famous Tarasp Castle. The town is quiet and friendly, and has easy access to an Olympic size swimming pool. The hotel has its own spa, which is small but very nicely done. The access to hiking and other outdoor activities of every degree of challenge is excellent, and there are endless walks and rambles starting from the property to be had. Importantly, one does not feel that one is overwhelmed, or hardly impinged on, by a horde of tourists, and that makes the area especially nice.
The restaurant, like the hotel, is Relais & Chateaux, and the food is superb, both breakfast and dinner. We prefer to eat less formally, and were able to without sacrificing the quality or presentation of the wonderful, very high end meal--a gourmet meal after a long day’s hiking without having to spend hours in the restaurant.
Most importantly, the present members of the Pazeller family, led by Gian, insure that everything is taken care of and well done, very flexibly responding to all of their guests’ needs.
We could not more highly recommend a vacation hotel in Switzerland than the Schlosshotel in Tarasp.