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Nothing says ‘welcome in from the cold’ quite like a stonkingly good ski hotel spa. Aching legs? Back stiff as a snowboard? Goose bumps won’t go away? Pamper your way from slopeside excitement to evening apres ski with first rate wellness facilities. Locals have been harnessing the goodness of mountain springs and Alpine air for generations.
The resulting spas? Near miracles. Now picture them moments from your bedroom door... We're talking Alpine hotels where the spa amenities impress as much as the epic views outside. From luxury ski lodges promoting personalised spa treatments to ski-in/ski-out wellness retreats, every detail is designed to soothe your body and mind.
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Best Ski Hotels with Spas
| Hotel | Rating | Resort | Country | Rooms | Features |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotel Adler | 5 | Ortisei | Italy | 110 | Indoor & outdoor pools, subterranean rock salt lake & grotto, steam rooms, saunas & more |
| Hotel Kulm | 5 | St Moritz | Switzerland | 172 | Kulm Spa St Moritz with panoramic indoor pool, whirlpool, saunas, salt grotto, kneipp & more |
| Hotel Altapura | 5 | Val Thorens | France | 88 | 1000m2 spa with indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, hammam, jacuzzi |
| Club Med Val Thorens Sensations | 4 | Val Thorens | France | 384 | Relaxation spaces, Hammam, Spa |
| Hotel Lac Salin | 4.5 | Livigno | Italy | 65 | 900m2 spa with sauna, steam room, whirlpool, relaxation area & indoor pool |
| Hotel Koh I Nor | 5 | Val Thorens | France | 63 | Spa with 2 pools, sauna, hammam, salt wall, ice fountain & more |
| Spa Hotel Jagdhof | 5 | Neustift | Austria | 70 | 3000m2 jSPA with indoor & outdoor pools, 20 types of baths, steam baths saunas, waterbeds, whirlpool & more |
| Four Seasons Resort Whistler | 5 | Whistler | Canada | 273 | Heated outdoor pool, whirlpool, steam room, in-room spa treatments |
| Hotel Tirolerhof | 4 | Zell am See | Austria | 81 | Spa facilities including pool, jacuzzi, saunas & steam rooms |
| Romantik Hotel Schweizerhof | 5 | Grindelwald | Switzerland | 48 | Pool, steambath, saunas, Kneipp & more |
| Hotel Alexander | 4 | Livigno | Italy | 57 | Spa centre with saltwater lagoon, steam room, sensory showers & more |
| Kempinski Hotel Grand Arena | 5 | Bansko | Bulgaria | 157 | Excellent value ski & spa hotel, indoor & outdoor pools, saunas, experience showers, digital detox area & more |
| Waldhotel National | 4.5 | Arosa | Switzerland | 124 | 1100m2 Aqua Silva Spa with indoor pool, sauna, steam room & separate adults-only Spa Salus |
| Trofana Royal | 5 | Ischgl | Austria | 111 | 2500m2 spa with indoor & outdoor pools, whirlpool, relaxation areas & more |
| Hotel Heliopic | 4 | Chamonix | France | 4 | Spa with indoor pool, tepidarium, ice grotto, plunge pool, steam room & more |
| Das Central | 5 | Sölden | Austria | 125 | 3 floor Venetian themed spa with, pool (featuring an original gondola), saunas, steam rooms & grottos |
| Hotel Beausite Park & Jungfrau Spa | 4 | Wengen | Switzerland | 42 | Spa Jungfrau with indoor pool, sauna, whirlpool, steambath and more |
| Sport Hotel Hermitage | 5 | Soldeu | Andorra | 120 | 5 floor Sport Wellness Mountain Spa with pools, saunas & outdoor hot tubs |
| Salzburger Hof | 5 | Zell am See | Austria | 80 | 3500m2 spa with heated outdoor pool, natural bathing pool, 2 indoor pools, saunas & steam baths, tepidarium & more |
We update this list often but facilities can change, so if any specific feature is essential to your trip, make sure you ask us to confirm the details before you book your holiday.
Why book a ski hotel with spa facilities?
Even if you've yet to don your first robe and slippers, it's easy to see that spas and skiing go well together. Whether you opt for a soothing muscle-melter or a brisk, injury-averting rub, spa treatments get you in peak condition for the slopes - they aren't all mud masks and manicures.
Ski optimising massages:
Lava shell massage: For when you're feeling tender. Heated shells allow deeper penetration into those aching muscles.
Sports massage: A no-nonsense rub down focusing on areas relevant to snow sports. Releases tension, reduces aches and restores range of movement so well, it's favoured by winter Olympians.
Swedish massage: Good old fashioned massage. Long, sweeping strokes boost blood flow, and stretches decrease muscle toxins while improving flexibility– no more creaky knees.
If you know your Swedish massage from your Shiatsu
With age-old treatments, cutting-edge equipment and views that alone banish stress (check out the Hotel Josl's panoramic rooftop saunas) - there are reasons people come this far and don't leave their hotels. Opt for a place with serious spa credentials, and we're talking special detox menus, trickling waterfalls, floating water beds and nutrient rich body wraps, so that you return home with those chakras aligned (see if the Lac Salin Mountain Spa and Resort still has rooms based on which of your 7 chakras needs work...).
SNO the rules: Speedos, swim caps and "naked" saunas...
A lot of swimming pools in France are strictly speedos-only – but hotel spa pools are usually more relaxed. Pack a pair just in case, we suggest, or if you're strictly boardies over budgies, ask us to check the current rules and regs in your chosen hotel.
In Italy, swimming caps are the essential wear. If our hotel pages don't specify whether or not caps are needed, ask our experts to check.
You may have heard that in Austria there isn't a dress-code as such; most native spa-goers opt for their birthday suits... It's proper form to sit kit-off on a towel in many saunas and steam rooms here.
These hotel's saunas didn't allow swimsuits last time we checked: Hotel Alpbacherhof, Hotel Eiger
Not always, mind you… Many hotels let you choose between nude and ‘textile' areas – last time we checked, these included: Hotel Tyrolerhof, Hotel Neuhaus, the Alpinresort and the Tauern Spa Kaprun.
If you're not quite comfy with your kit off, ask our team to find you somewhere that won't require you to strip off to steam, like the Hotel Gotthard, Hotel Vancouver, Alpin Resort Sport & Spa, Hotel du Golf and Hotel Sonnschein.
Alternatively, look for a chalet with a sauna where you can set your own rules.
Child and teen treatments
To keep the pool peaceful most hotel spas have, at minimum, a 15 + policy - but we know of family-friendly properties that give teens and children special treatment.
Almost all Club Meds provide teen treatments – for ages 11 and up and last time we checked. Kalinda in Tignes recently offered youngsters glitter manicures and chocolate body wraps before letting them splash about in a child-only pool. The Hotel Pulverer had an under-14s menu of gentle cleansing facials and aromatherapy massages, and the largest spa in Chamonix in the Hotel Les Aiglons did special My First Spa package for 6-10s. Our favourite has to be the Family Resort Alpenpark, so pro-spa they're known to incorporate cucumber eye masks in their childcare regimes...
Often you'll find adult only spa areas (with their own pool and sauna) kept separate from children's ones, or an arrangement like the Hotel Piolets or the Princesa Parc and Diana Hotel which usually open their spas to sprogs for a set number of hours.
Ski spa hotels with all the trimmings
There are about as many saunas as there are aching glutes in the mountains, but in special hotels they're also accompanied by the likes of steam baths, hammams, tropical showers, treatment rooms, and gyms.
Access to super special facilities - like flotation chambers and solariums - may involve paying a little extra and treatments are almost always on top, but most facilities are a luxurious addition to your stay – which you can float in and out of as you please.
Sometimes you'll even find fitness programs and yoga sessions in the price of your package. The Hotel Alpin Juwel in Hinterglemm is known to have a yoga master from Sri Lanka, while classes at Hotel Eiger have included yogalates, Jazzercise and Zumba in their wellbeing programmes in recent years.
Suddenly, a slush day's not looking so bad...
See the finest spa hotels in the mountains here.
Ski and spa hotel holidays FAQ:
Popular ski and spa hotels include Levintunturi Spa Hotel in Levi, Hotel Schweizerhof Gourmet & Spa in Saas Fee, Thermal Spa Hotel Pulverer in Bad Kleinkirchheim, Alpinresort Sport and Spa in Saalbach and Diana Parc & Spa Hotel in Arinsal. For the ultimate luxury spa hotel choose The Fairmont Chateau in Lake Louise, Salzburger Hof in Zell Am See, Hotel Edelweiss & Gurgl in Obergurgl, Hotel Taj-I Mah in Les Arcs or Hotel Adler in Ortisei.
Yes, you can! Spa hotels are abundant in ski resorts in Europe and North America. Most modern and luxury ski hotels now have a spa and wellness area for those skiers looking to recover from a long day on the mountain. We have a stunning selection of spa hotels in our package holiday collection. Ski and spa packages will include flights, transfers and your spa hotel accommodation.
Our ski and spa packages include flights, transfers and accommodation. Facilities and inclusions will differ in the choice of your spa hotel. Still, generally, your package will include access to the pool, hot tub, sauna, steam room (Hammam) and wellness area and then massages and beauty treatments will be at an additional cost. Luxury spa hotels may have additional facilities such as infrared cabins, sunbeds, herbal saunas, outdoor pools, cold water grottos and sea salt baths.
France Ski Hotels with Spa
The French love a bit of pampering - so it comes as no surprise that their Alpine hotels have all the latest refreshing spas with top-class brands for a spot of me-time and après-ski indulgence. Some of the best spa hotels in the French Alps are in Val Thorens. Our favourites in France include the Hotel Altapura with a 1000m2 spa with indoor/outdoor pool, sauna, hammam, jacuzzi and Club Med Val Thorens Sensations where the spa also offers treatments for kids.
Switzerland Ski Hotels with Spa
Swiss pampering dates back to Roman times, and today, their ski resorts blend invigorating slopes with soothing spa havens. Among the finest spa hotels in Switzerland are the Waldhotel National in Arosa which welcomes every generation with its soothing treatments. While at the Hotel Beausite Park & Jungfrau Spa in Wengen, the epitome of apres-ski relaxation awaits.
Austria Ski Hotels with Spa
Austrian spa resorts can trace their history back to Victorian times when the invigorating mountain air and bathing in the warm Alpine thermal springs promised health benefits. But be prepared for the local tradition of attending the sauna in the nude. The choice however is yours! Hotels like the Hotel Tyrolerhof, Hotel Neuhaus, the Alpinresort and the Tauern Spa Kaprun are some of the best spa hotels in the Austrain Alps that allow both nude and clothed saunas.
Italy Ski Hotels with Spa
Relax in true Dolce Vita style at an Italian ski hotel with a spa, capturing the laid-back essence of an Italian ski holiday. Some of the best spa hotels in Dolomiti Ski are nestled in the duty-free haven of Livigno. Choose Hotel Lac Salin for revitalising massages or Hotel Alexander for personalised spa treatments tailored to your après-ski desires.
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