Hotel Bernina 1865 in Samedan

The splendour of yesteryear has faded.

The hotel certainly had its heyday 100 years ago with its magnificent interior, sophisticated building and stunning architecture.

Unfortunately, only small glimpses of the old luxury and splendour remain.

The furnishings and rooms are crumbling and appear to have been thrown together without care, and are of poor quality. Rust and dirt are spreading. The lift is decaying and in need of restoration. Even the wallpaper inside the lift is coming off.

The spa area only opens at 2:30 p.m. and closes at 8:00 p.m.
Unfortunately, the staff are not particularly well trained and there was no warm and welcoming feeling of service and luxury.

The paint is peeling, which is a shame, because this used to be a gem. The owner should urgently invest love and money in his property before it falls into complete oblivion.

The hotel looked nice from the outside and the general areas, especially the breakfast room. The train station was easily accessible if needed, as well as 1 -2 restaurants within walking distance Unfortunately, a lot of things were inadequate. First of all, general things: we were not served at breakfast and only got a coffee after 30 minutes, while they served other people.. The selection was also not particularly good, here the room was much better than the actual offer. They spoke no german, which was fine for me, but might be something that is an issue for others. Parking was quite full when we arrived. However, extremely negative was the fact that we booked a suite for a lot of extra money for a special anniversary, but only got an much worse junior suite instead???? How is that even legal? As we arrived very late and the staff left at 10pm, we couldn't say anything about this either. Absolute rip-off! In addition, there was only one bathrobe and slippers in the room for two people, the sauna etc. could not be used without an early prior reservation, the bed was EXTREMELY hard (at home we have hard beds), the furnishings were not pretty, and it was very very stuffy - sure, the building is old & has no air conditioning and thats ok, but a fan could at least have been in there or the windows opened before we arrived. So we had to sleep with the windows open and it was very noisy due to the train and regular motorcyclists. And that with outside temperatures of 22 degrees. I don't want to know what it would be like at 30 degrees. Also, the bathtub and kettle were super dirty from the inside. Overall, it looked and smelled, like nobody was in there for a while and the room didnt really got prepared. We can't recommend this hotel, find something else.