Hotel Arc-en-Ciel Gstaad
A private spa retreat at Gstaad's Hotel Arc-en-Ciel: a sauna, steam bath, and pool tub for up to four, bookable for exclusive use.
Not every spa wants to be a grand, communal affair, and at Hotel Arc-en-Ciel in Gstaad, the appeal is precisely the opposite. The hotel’s spa area is a private one, reserved for guests and built around the idea that the most restful wellness is also the most exclusive.
The space accommodates up to four people, which makes it ideal for a couple or a small family who’d rather not share their relaxation with strangers. For those who want the experience entirely to themselves, it can be booked for exclusive use with a surcharge: a worthwhile indulgence on a quiet Alpine afternoon.
Within, the essentials are all present and well judged: a sauna, a steam bath, and a pool tub, the classic Swiss sequence of heat and water that does such reliable work on tired, mountain-weary muscles. Massages and beauty treatments are available on request, so the experience can be as simple or as comprehensive as the day demands.
What Arc-en-Ciel offers, in short, is privacy as the headline luxury. There’s no scheduling around other guests, no negotiating the temperature of a shared room: just an unhurried, self-contained retreat that belongs, for the time you’ve booked it, entirely to you.
For travellers in Gstaad who count solitude among the finer luxuries, the spa at Hotel Arc-en-Ciel is the gentle, private way to unwind: a small, well-appointed sanctuary, and the perfect counterpoint to a brisk day in the Bernese Alps.
