The hotel is located at the highest point in the village of Surlej, just 5 kilometres from St. Moritz. As a result, the hotel offers ski-in ski-out to the slopes
With a spectacular view of the Engadine Valley, and located right by one of the region?s best ski and hiking mountains, Nira Alpina is a hip hotel to inspire the soul – and palate
The Nira Alpina is not actually in St Moritz, and is all the better for it. It?s in a location that is far more dramatically connected with the landscapes of the Engadine valley, ten minutes? drive away, in the village of Surlej.

The village is by a deep blue lake of the same name, and the hotel itself is connected to the lift station for Corvatsch, the area?s most challenging mountain. You avoid St Moritz town centre, which is not as pretty as it should be, while enjoying easy access to everything.
Nira Alpina offers views of untouched natural scenery and is suitable for both summer and winter adventures

We arrived there one sunny summer evening and immediately were whisked to the rooftop bar, at sunset. Sunsets at sea get a lot of love, but this mountain sunset was quite astonishing in a completely different way. The Nira Alpina is high on the valley?s eastern edge, just below the forest that coats the slope as it rises up towards the peaks.

As the sun lowered over the opposite side of the valley we had an astonishing array of colour, from rose snow on the peaks, to green-blues of the valley air, thick with forest resin...