If you’re toying with the idea of buying yourself a skiing retreat, let this be the inspiration you need. Spanish architect and designer Patricia Urquiola has turned her attention to the Swiss Alps, ...

Located just two hours from Zurich, the tiny town of Andermatt has not always been a well-known ski destination. But since the opening of The Chedi Andermatt hotel, the idyllic town in the Swiss Alps ...

On a cloudy day, Andermatt, Switzerland, can seem the end of the Earth. You have to take on trust that the highland valley enclosing the village extends half a dozen kilometres eastward before ...

I am stomping my way from my hotel to the nearby gondola station. It is really noisy and I feel like Godzilla, but that is how things go when you are wearing ski boots as a beginner and making your ...

It has been a hard slog, and the cold creeping its way into my jacket is letting me know I should have invested in neckwear, but finally, I’m picking up speed. However, so is a large Volkswagen ...

A Swiss developer is launching a luxury residential project in the Alps exclusively for Asian investors ahead of the winter ski season, as travel restrictions ease around the world with increasing ...

The Swiss village of Andermatt knows a lot about the abundant possibilities related to travel. Situated high in the Alps, narrow mountain passes head in four different directions and business ...

Though it's only 9pm when my train pulls into Andermatt, the streets are deserted. The falling snow muffles any sound and looks as though it hasn't stopped for days, if not weeks. Huge mounds have ...

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There are few better views in skiing than from the high point of a ski resort, looking down on a sea of clouds. In the Swiss resort of Andermatt that means we are standing at nearly 3,000m – and ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Gemsstock, a ski vantage point beloved by off-piste schussers high in the Alps, towers above the sleepy Swiss ...