Hostellerie du Pas de l'Ours "Relais et Chateaux"

Hostellerie du Pas de l'Ours "Relais et Chateaux"

Fifteen rooms, three floors, one Michelin star: Hostellerie du Pas de l'Ours in Lens, Switzerland, is small enough that the fireplace in each guestroom and the private furnished terrace outside it are not marketing but standard. Rooms carry jetted bathtubs, designer toiletries, flat-screen televisions, and complimentary Wi-Fi. The hotel wears the Relais & Chateaux plaque and sits close to Golf Club Crans-sur-Sierre and the Montana-Cry d'Er Gondola, so a day can run from golf or skiing straight into the property's own ski storage and rental without a car in between. What separates it from the other alpine addresses nearby is L'Ours, chef Franck Reynaud's dining room, awarded one Michelin star and 18 points in Gault et Millau, plus the more casual Bistrot des Ours for guests who want the same kitchen without the occasion. The spa covers massage, sauna, steam room and solarium, and there is both an indoor and an outdoor pool for the days the weather does not cooperate. A business centre and conference space handle work groups, while babysitting and a family suite cover children, though a fifteen-room house built around a Michelin table suits couples and serious eaters more naturally than it suits a big family reunion. Pets are welcome for a fee, breakfast is included, and check-in runs from 3pm with checkout at noon. Anyone who wants a lobby to hide in should look elsewhere; here, staff learn your name by the second breakfast. That trade, intimacy for anonymity, is the whole point of staying. Fifteen rooms in Lens, Switzerland, built around a one-Michelin-star restaurant, ski storage, and an indoor-outdoor pool, all under the Relais & Chateaux name. It suits couples and food-focused travellers more than families chasing space or anonymity. Check-in from 3pm, checkout at noon, pets welcome for a fee.