IMAGES: BRECHENMACHER BAUMANN; DAVID MACHET; ANDREA FURGER


Best for intrepid


gourmets £ KRONE SÄUMEREI AM INN


Clockwise from top left: A junior suite in the Grace wing at Grace La Margna St Moritz; a guest room at Armancette; dessert at Krone Säumerei Am Inn with quince, buttermilk and lemon balm


In Switzerland’s Engadin region, American gooseberry, Szechuan pepper, Japanese myoga ginger and sea buckthorn grow at altitudes of up to 5,577 feet. This is the edible garden of well-travelled Brit James Baron, hotel manager and head chef at Krone Säumerei am Inn, housed in a 16th-century former farmhouse in La Punt Chamues-ch. His restaurant La Chavallera (Romansch for ‘trading merchant’), named after the pedlars who once stayed here while crossing the Alps on foot, landed a Michelin star for its modern Alpine cuisine just three months after opening in 2022. Four- to eight-course dinners surprise with unusual pairings such as cucumber, melon and caviar, or sturgeon with dried pear. ROOMS: From CHF 250 (£228). krone-lapunt.ch


Best for families £ £ ARMANCETTE


Set in the compact resort of St Nicolas de Véroce, five-star hotel-restaurant Armancette is prime real estate for families keen to tumble out of bed and onto grassy slopes. It has four new self-catering timber chalets sleeping eight to 14, with log fireplaces and spellbinding mountain views. Guests can arrange to receive a breakfast of baguettes and buttery croissants, freshly baked in Armancette’s on-site boulangerie. To experience the Haute-Savoyard village’s pastoral heartbeat, ask reception to direct you along hiking trails to Alpage de Porcherey, the summer pastures of third-generation farmer Julien Rigole; he milks his cows twice-daily, at 6am and 6pm, and makes cheese at 8am. ROOMS: Chalets from €1,200 (£950). almae-collection.com


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