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7132 Hotel marries architectural artistry with snow-capped scenery in Switzerland’s unassuming eastern village of Vals. Some of the world’s most noted building-designers have carefully considered every curve and cranny of this offbeat bolthole, with futuristic foundations that blend with the valley’s natural shape, and stress-suppressing rooms which wed a minimalist look (with Japanese and Scandi influences) with terraces for tête-à-tête that frame views straight from a Segantini painting. Beyond, you’ll find four restaurants, vintage wines and a spa with storied hot springs that make leaving this pioneering pad all the more challenging.
11.30am; check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.
Prices
Double rooms from £622.00 (CHF710), including tax at 3.8 per cent. Please note the hotel charges an additional local city tax of CHF6.00 per person per night on check-out.
More details
Rates include an à la carte and buffet breakfast, served daily at Silver.
Also
Unfortunately, 7132 Hotel isn’t equipped to accommodate guests with limited mobility.
Please note
A couple of the hotel’s restaurants close at different points in the year; Silver shuts up shop from 7 April until 8 May, and again between 1 and 19 September 2024, and DaPapá is closed from 14 to 24 April and 9 to 27 June 2024.
At the hotel
Private thermal baths, gym and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, iPad, free minibar, tea- and coffee-making kit, bathrobes and slippers and Espa bath products.
Our favourite rooms
If you’re here to heal, we’d suggest bagging one of the Spa Deluxe rooms for their blissful bathrooms, each fitted with a double walk-in steam shower and freestanding valley-ogling bath tub. Those seriously splashing out should book the Penthouse Suite, designed by Kengo Kuma and tricked out with an onsen in the bedroom and free helicopter transfers.
Poolside
With six sprawling thermal baths you shouldn’t struggle with finding somewhere serene to soak; five are set within the spa, and you’ll find the last outside bordered by the valley’s undulating peaks.
Spa
Designed by Peter Zumthor and built entirely from locally sourced stone, this calming complex (open from 7am) is decked out with seven treatment rooms, a network of curative thermal baths drawn straight from St Peter’s hot springs, and a pore-opening steam room. If you’d rather your sweat be sport-induced, there’s an open-all-hours gym.
Packing tips
As long as you’ve got your snow-ready Moon Boots, you’ll be good to go.
Also
The 60,000 quartzite slabs used building each of the thermal baths are so rare that the spa has since been declared a protected heritage site.
Pet‐friendly
Fido can join for CHF30 a night, and he’s welcome to roam everywhere except the Silver and Red restaurants, and the spa. See more pet-friendly hotels in Vals.
Children
Welcome; there’s a kids’ club to keep little Smiths entertained, and babysitting can be arranged for younger tots. Extra beds can be added to all but the Double Rooms for CHF150 each, a night (free for under-sixes).
Sustainability efforts
The group behind Swisstainable are working hard to ensure Earth-kind travel is a priority for hotels around the country, and 7132 Hotel is among them. It’s recognised for a commitment to minimising its environmental impact through rigorous recycling schemes, minimised waste, and energy-consumption cuts with the installation of solar thermal systems.
Secure a seat by the front window at Silver and you’ll be dining with picture-perfect views of the Hörnli and Piz Tomül mountains.
Dress Code
Keep things casual at DaPapà and Red, but bring your best for evenings at Silver.
Hotel restaurant
There are four restaurants here. If you fancy something with a little flash, the young team of chefs at Silver have won Michelin stars for their seasonal Alpine fare, made with ingredients handpicked every morning, and standout wine pairings. Red evokes a traditional French brasserie, where crêpes are flambéed tableside, while Italian eatery DaPapà is a little more laidback with a pizza menu and top-tier Tuscan wines. Breakfast is served at Silver; but for lighter eats, stop by the Coffee Shop for oven-warm pastries and rich coffee blends from 10am.
Hotel bar
Negronis and valley views steal the scene at the Blue Bar, where a lengthy list of classic cocktails and light bites are served under sculpted copper ceilings.
Last orders
Silver and Red both open for dinner from 6.30pm until 10.30pm (Silver serves Thursday to Sunday, and Red dishes up Wednesday to Sunday). DaPapà is open from 5pm to 11pm, and Blue Bar pours till midnight.
Room service
There’s a separate room service menu that's available round-the-clock.
7132 Hotel is in the small Swiss mountain village of Vals, in the eastern Graubünden canton that’s famed for its sylvan rail routes, crisp-air trails, and scenic thermal springs.
Planes
The closest international airport is in Zürich, which is a little over two hours away by car. And there are two regional airports nearby: Engadin Airport in St Moritz and St Gallen-Altenrhein, both around a two-hour drive. Private transfers start from CHF800 each way.
Trains
Direct trains run from Switzerland’s major cities (including Zürich and Geneva) to the region’s Ilanz station, which is a 25-minute drive from the hotel.
Automobiles
If you’d rather be behind the wheel, there’s free valet parking onsite. Otherwise, the hotel has a fleet of Mercedes S-Class cars that’re ready and waiting to whisk you between slopes and sights.
Other
The hotel has their own seven-seater helicopter, which can pick you up from any helipad within Switzerland. Helicopter transfers are free for guests staying in the Penthouse suite, otherwise, you can request one for an extra charge.
Worth getting out of bed for
7132 Hotel is in the small village of Vals, 1,250 metres above sea level in the Swiss Alps, meaning (you guessed it) skiing is one of the main events at the first sign of snow. But if you’ve come to experience Switzerland without a set of poles in tow, there’s still plenty else to dig your crampons into; sledging is a great alternative for taking in the scenery while still whizzing down pistes, or hop onto one of the gondolas up to Gadastatt, where snowshoeing trails (or hiking routes, come summer) guide you to Lake Zervreila. The hotel can also arrange for horse-drawn sleigh rides to take you around Arosa, and helicopters to fly you southeast to St Moritz. If you prefer your days a little less pulse-racing, Vals is storied for its hot springs and their healing properties make for a restoring break from slope-sliding days.
Local restaurants
Small-scale Restaurant Ganni sits at the top of Leis, a mountaintop hamlet that’s just over a 10-minute drive away. Locals have raved about its friendly staff and made-from-scratch meals since it opened, and dishes are even more palate-pleasing when you learn their ingredients haven’t travelled further than the land in sight.
Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this design-forward den in Switzerland and unpacked their salopettes and swimsuits, a full account of their mountain-top break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside 7132 Hotel in Vals…
Say Switzerland, and you think skiing – the two may as well be synonymous. But we’re here to shout about some of the Swiss spots that are more than just a place to rest your head after a day on the slopes; among them, 7132 Hotel. Set in Vals, and cryptically named after the village’s coordinates, this architectural powerhouse has been designed by four of the field’s leading names. Thom Mayne starts strong, leaving his creative mark before you’ve even stepped through the front door, with his curvaceous skylight that welcomes lashings of natural light. Inside; Tadao Ando and Kengo Kuma have brought their Japandi mastery to fourth-floor suites (we’re talking onsens steps from the bed and notched oak accents); and Peter Zumthor is to thank for this retreat’s pièce de résistance – a sybaritic spa made from more than 60,000 slabs of local quartzite and built around the region’s healing hot springs. And don’t worry skiers, there’s a little something for you too, with an on-your-doorstep string of pictorial pistes.
