BEAUTIFUL GRAND CHALET WITH STEAM ROOM, SAUNA AND JACUZZI

14 guests|1 bedroom|7 bathrooms

Chalet in Zermatt, Switzerland. Sleeps 14 in 1 bedroom and 7 bathrooms. From $10,128 per night. Key features: Hot tub, Mountain view, Garden.

“Go take your lessons from nature,” the Mona Lisa creator evasively replied to those who came to seek advice—often from far and wide. He crossed the Alps many times, inspired by the imperious mountains surrounding the Mattertal Valley at the border to Italy. There, where the highest peaks in Switzerland overlook impassable glaciers, where coniferous forests seem to stretch to infinity, where nature offers man a captivating spectacle that both humbles and alters the meaning of our existence. Here, nature is invited to enter inside the chalet—a place that emphasizes wood and harmonious symmetrical furnishings. Under the high ceilings, delicate lighting plays games with light and shade, complementing the fire’s orange glow. The flames envelope the lounge in soft warmth that vanishes as soon as we step out onto the large terrace facing full south. Each bedroom invites guests to admire the mountains, to meditate on the proud summit as it fades into cloudy mist, and the snowy slopes where tall conifers appear almost insignificant. The dizzying panoramas that unfold behind each window give the Florentine master’s lesson new meaning, thoroughly engaging the senses. Here, at nearly 1,600 metres above sea level, nature affects people and alters their perceptions of the world, becoming, in the words of Carlo Goldoni, the “universal and reliable teacher for the one who observes.”