The kitchen garden at the hotel entrance, together with the culinary herb exhibition on the south side of the hotel, includes a large number of around 350 species and varieties of various medicinal and useful plants. They are not only used by our kitchen staff for your convenience, but are also available for your own viewing or as a guided event (culinary herb aperitif). You can also feast on the variety of our 6-course herbal menu.

The parts of our garden, which are located directly at the Art Nouveau Hotel Schatzalp, are combined in our so called Art Nouveau Garden. These include the 2 large beds at the east and west solariums, the small lady’s slipper garden, the long hotel beds and of course the round bed with the historical Iris varieties (Iris Hybrids). In this part of the garden we prioritise cultivated types, plants that have been artificially bread. As in all lower parts of the garden, entry is free.

If you would like to find out more, visit our tour on wednesdays.

The historical Alpinum was first mentioned in a newspaper article in 1907. At that time the hotel building was used as a sanatorium for Tuberculosis suffers. This part of the garden was used by the patients for local recreation. Here they could marvel at the variety of the adjacent Strela mountains and use it for recovery. Today, this part of the garden, which can be visited free of charge, is the heart of the lower part of the garden, together with the Big Five Garden. Visit our Wednesday guided tour.

If Wednesday is not an option for you, but you are interested in a private booking, look here or write to us.

You can find our other program here or simply contact alpinum@schatzalp.ch.