Once Upon a Time
and precisely during the Belle Époque, a small hotel located in a picture-perfect valley in the middle of the Swiss Alps opened for business. The legend says that an old lady sat at a top window, assessing the wealth of new guests by their luggage, then signalling down a suitable price for them to be charged. Imagine the elegant ladies, the carriages, the wood- panelled rooms, and crackling fires. The hotel quickly became known as the Grande Dame of Engadine.