From the editor
The details that make a week
A useful September stay begins with what is happening around it, and with the practical detail a photograph cannot show.
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AlpeanGlow · 11 September 2026
September, at a different pace
A week shaped by village processions, cultural evenings and the practical details of a longer stay. Eight accommodation reviews across Grisons, with clear distinctions between what is documented and what still needs asking.
Curated property sources
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- INTERHOME
- NEWHOME
- VRBO
The 11 September 2026 edition
Inside this issue
No. 01 · Just found
New & Unmissable
Recently verified stays, read against the changes shaping their destinations.
Flims and Pontresina
Two hotels, and reasons to arrive this week
FidazerHof joins a village celebration; Saratz offers a different base for Pontresina's museum night and changing road access.
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Flims
FidazerHof
A hotel in Fidaz for the Flimserstein descent, with materially different Pinut and Belmont room formats.
Pontresina
Hotel Saratz
A Pontresina hotel combining historic and modern wings, a substantial park and connected family-room arrangements.
No. 02 · Considered stays
Luxury Lodging
Hotels compared through architecture, spa, access and the trade-offs that matter.
Two ideas of a longer stay
Culture in Sils, water in Scuol
Parkhotel Margna and Hotel Belvedere Scuol offer contrasting reasons to settle in: a cultural week or a connected bathing base.
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Sils Maria
Parkhotel Margna
An 1817 house in Sils Baselgia, selected for its cultural setting and a spa organised across three floors.
Scuol
Hotel Belvedere Scuol
A serviced hotel stay in Scuol with connecting walkways to the mineral-bath complex, rather than a secluded retreat.
No. 03 · Stay and work
Workation Gems
Longer-stay candidates assessed for space, connectivity and the details still to confirm.
Surlej, Laax and Zuoz
A kitchen, a table and a working connection
Chesa Surlej F4, rocksresort and La Senda show three different workation compromises: compact privacy, resort space or shared working.
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Silvaplana
Chesa Surlej Ferienstudio F4
A small self-catering studio with a router and folding table, best treated as a workation candidate to test.
Laax
rocksresort holiday apartment
Self-catering apartments at the Laax Murschetg lift base, with equipped kitchens, free WLAN and optional hotel services.
Zuoz
La Senda
A self-check-in Zuoz hotel with a shared panoramic Livingroom for work, operator-stated high-speed internet and 24-hour refreshments.
No. 04 · Nature-led stays
Cabins in Nature
Nature-led stays where setting, access and exact accommodation type shape the choice.
Val Fex, Sils
A valley stay with a question about dinner
Hotel Fex offers a different relationship with the valley, but its September restaurant closure must shape any overnight plan.
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The Week Ahead
The Grisons calendar
11–17 September: dates worth planning around
The Friday edition's practical calendar, followed by a preview of village processions and museum nights on 18–19 September.
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Sources & Reading Notes
Sources and reading notes
How this edition was researched
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Where we look first
GR · 1775 m
Arosa
A high valley with connected skiing, forest walks and an unusually broad year-round programme.
GR · 1081 m
Flims
A wooded base for the Rhine Gorge, Lake Cauma and the Flims Laax mountain area.
GR · 1020 m
Laax
A compact Surselva village with freestyle infrastructure, lakes and apartment-led stays.
GR · 1822 m
St. Moritz
Upper Engadin's transport and cultural centre, with Corviglia above and lake country at the door.
GR · 1805 m
Pontresina
A stone-built Engadin village facing the Bernina massif, with glacier access and a public pool.
GR · 1809 m
Sils Maria
A quiet lake village between Lake Sils, the Fex Valley and the Corvatsch range.
GR · 1815 m
Silvaplana
A lake-and-mountain village where Corvatsch access meets reliable wind and water sports.
GR · 1714 m
Celerina/Schlarigna
A sunny Engadin village with direct Corviglia access and quick links to St. Moritz and the Staz forest.
GR · 1716 m
Zuoz
A preserved Engadin village with family skiing, cultural institutions and strong rail access.
GR · 1250 m
Scuol
Lower Engadin's thermal-bath centre, with Motta Naluns above and National Park country nearby.