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Andy Mossack reviews The Chedi Andermatt, and finds Asian influenced luxury in the Swiss Alps. CAM Rooms Grand Deluxe Room

The Chedi Andermatt. Discover stylish Alpine luxury.

It’s an early breakfast at The Chedi Andermatt, but this doesn’t faze my waiter as he gives my latte the full treatment. A mug of hot milk proudly held aloft as he pours in the coffee separating the white from the black. Pure theatre and I love it. And another surprise; the coffee mug is insulated, so no burning fingers as I take my first caffeine hit of the day.

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Andermatt. In the footsteps of James Bond

Admittedly I am driving a classic Morgan, but in my head it is an Aston Martin. Nevertheless I am hurtling down the twisty Oberalppass towards Andermatt, with the top down enjoying the hot summer sun and feeling distinctly like a secret agent. Actually I’m lying about the hurtling bit, you never hurtle in a Morgan, you just glide and make sure everyone can see you.

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Graubünden is not just for skiing. Many more great choices for non skiers.

It can be quite intimidating if you are the only person on the ski trip who doesn’t ski, but fear not because Graubünden offers plenty of exciting alternatives, so it seems Graubünden is not just for skiing.

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Climbing the Eiger by train. Discover an umissable adventure. JB 008 Tunneleingang

Climbing the Eiger by train. Discover an umissable adventure.

The Eiger’s north face was looking particularly sinister today as I peeked out at it from the window of the Jungfrau Wengernalp, the world’s longest cogwheel railway, as it climbed closer, the peak invisible, surrounded by cloud cover. Climbing the Eiger by train was in my view infinitely more healthy than attempting it on foot, after all, there is a pretty lengthy list of climbers who tried and never made it back alive.

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Andy Mossack enjoys Swiss fine dining at the Le Grill Rotisserie in the Gstaad Palace.

Le Grill Rotisserie at Gstaad Palace. Enjoy refined fine dining in Gstaad.

Walking in to Le Grill Rotisserie, the Gstaad Palace’s 16 point rated Gault Millau fine dining restaurant, you instantly realise you’re not walking into a restaurant, you’re entering a destination. Restaurant royalty some might say. After all, this is an establishmentwith history. A mighty long line of previous suitors who have come here not just to eat and see, but to be seen eating. This is Gstaad after all.

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Glorious Gstaad Palace Hotel

The Gstaad Palace has been looking down at the residents of Gstaad from her lofty hilltop perch for over a century, like a well to do matriarch protecting her flock. This is a proper grand hotel, from a golden age when luxury European hotels were seen as iconic establishments, the haunt of the glamorous and well heeled from all over the world.

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