Hotel · Crans-Montana

Hostellerie du Pas de l'Ours

Name: Hostellerie du Pas de l'Ours
Address: Crans-Montana, Valais, CH
Price range: Very high

15-room Relais & Châteaux boutique hotel (1988) in Crans-Montana pairs alpine cuisine with Valais wines in Michelin-starred L'Ours + rustic Bistrot des Ours.

What to do there

AdventureMichelin dining overlooking Valais vineyardsLe Pas de l'Ours holds a Michelin star and the region's deepest Valais wine cellar. Chef Franck Reynaud pairs alpine ingredients with wines from the very slopes visible from the dining room. The wine-food connection here is arguably Switzerland's most profound.

Wineries nearby

Winery Piste des Vignes - the world's only ski run THROUGH working vineyards World's only ski run descending THROUGH active Valais vineyards—140km of slopes kiss the vines at 1,500-3,000m.
Winery Bisse du Ro - walk a medieval water channel carved into a cliff face above vineyards Medieval irrigation aqueduct carved directly into a 600-meter cliff above Crans-Montana vineyards — a 70m hanging bridge with wine tastings at trailside caves makes this a vertical wine walk.
Winery Cave du Chevalier - family winery ON the Crans-Montana slopes since 1958 Family winery rooted in the Crans-Montana slopes since 1958 — produces Alpine wines in a region where ski runs and vineyards share the same southern exposure.