Kulm Hotel St. Moritz

Where alpine tourism began, and grand weddings still happen

The Kulm Hotel St. Moritz has a particular claim on history: when hotelier Johannes Badrutt bet four English guests in 1864 that St. Moritz in winter was as beautiful as in summer, it was the Kulm's terrace they looked out from, and alpine winter tourism — and eventually the whole concept of the ski holiday — grew from that wager. The hotel has been at the centre of St. Moritz life ever since, its silhouette recognisable on the ridge above the lake, its Festsaal and Corviglia Hall hosting a century and a half of celebrations in one of the world's most concentrated luxury destinations.

For weddings, the scale is genuine: the Corviglia Hall, at 550 m², is described as one of the largest event rooms in the Engadin and seats 360 for a dinner. But the hotel's best quality for couples is range — the ability to start with an open-air ceremony on the Events Lawn with views of the lake and peaks, move to cocktails in the Sunny Bar, and close the night in the Festsaal with the whole hotel's resources behind the event. Seven restaurants, 150 rooms, and the Kulm's own ski school, country club, and spa complete the picture of a venue where a wedding weekend can expand to fill as much time as a couple wants to give it.