Chalet Eugenia Explained

Chalet Eugenia
Founded by Baron Bentinck
Map Type:Switzerland
Map Alt:Switzerland
Altitude:1,179 m (3,868 ft)
Building Type:Chalet
Architectural Style:Swiss Alpine Chalet
Location:Klosters Graubünden
Switzerland
Owner:Rolf Theiler
Coordinates:46.8932°N 9.8833°W
Start Date:1958
Renovation Date:2014
Top Floor:5
Floor Area:12500square feet
(300 m2 Spa Facility)
Architect:Bentinck
Parking:8 cars (Underground)

The Chalet Eugenia is a chalet in Klosters[1] [2] which has been used by members of the British royal family for over three decades.[3] [4] [5]

History and background

Chalet Eugenia was built after World War II and was completed in 1958 by Baroness Thyssen-Bornemisza. It was subsequently bought by the Bentinck family and later sold in 2012 to the Swiss businessman Rolf Theiler.[6]

Style and interior

The chalet's interior design dates from the 1950s, and has been largely retained.[7] [8] [9] The drawing room has a central pillared stone log fireplace leading onto an oak beamed and paneled dining room. The second dining room is equipped with the original wood fired oven.[10] [11] Most rooms have their own balconies and terraces with views of the Gotschna mountainous region.[12] In 2006 Tom Robbins described the chalet as "the poshest pad in the Alps".[13] The chalet overlooks the village of Klosters,[14] described by Harper's Bazaar as "the ski resort beloved of the royal family".[15]

Skiing

Chalet Eugenia has a 'Ski in & Ski out' children's Heid Ski Lift[16] directly next to the northwesterly side of the chalet, allowing access to the T-bar lift powered slope.[17] [18] [19]

Klosters and society

The Klosters ski resort has long been a winter destination for the British royal family. Prince William and Prince Harry learnt to ski in the village.[20] Other celebrities who have vacationed at the resort include Paul Newman, Audrey Hepburn, Diana, Princess of Wales, Winston Churchill, Howard Hawks, William Wyler, John F. Kennedy's sister Patricia Kennedy Lawford, Kenneth More, Major Hugh Lindsay, Vivien Leigh, Lauren Bacall, Stavros Niarchos, Carol Thatcher, Georgina Fitzalan-Howard, Duchess of Norfolk, Gregory Peck, Yul Brynner, Kay Kendall, Juliette Gréco, Roger Vadim, David Niven, Robert Capa, Prince Edward, Duke of Kent, Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon, Greta Garbo and Gene Kelly, who danced on the tables in the hotel bar of the Hotel Chesa Grischuna where Rex Harrison discussed his musical notes for "My Fair Lady" with the hotel pianist.[3]

Producer of 'Gone with the wind', David O. Selznick and his wife Jennifer Jones along with Julie Andrews, Peter Sellers and Britt Ekland were all regulars in the sixties. Irwin Shaw had a street named after him. Billy Wilder came to ski and party in the village every winter, Julie Andrews wrote; "I could have danced all night!" Baroness Joanna von Schenk's chalet has the following quote carved into the wood; "If you were very good in a previous life, God will give you Klosters in the next." Peter Viertel described Klosters as "Hollywood on the Rocks" in his autobiography 'Dangerous Friends' and in 1960 he married Deborah Kerr in the village.[3] [21] [22]

More recent visitors include Peter Mandelson, billionaires Nathaniel Rothschild,[23] and Peter Munk[24] Benjamin Wegg-Prosser, Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, Sir Simon Robertson, Rupert Everett, John Fairchild,[25] Nicholas Wheeler, Chrissie Rucker[26] and Swiss movie producer Marc Forster.[27] In 2009 and 2010 Prince Andrew rented Chalet Eugenia during the Davos World Economic Forum, [28] [29] hosting Lord Mandelson and George Osborne during his first visit.[30] [31]

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The most expensive chalet holidays in Europe . premiumeurope . 2014-08-15 .
  2. News: Five Best: Luxury Ski Chalets . . 2014-08-15 . 3 December 2005.
  3. http://www.chesagrischuna.ch/uploads/presse/pdfs/Vanity-Fair-March-2013.pdf "High Altitude Society"
  4. Web site: The best luxury chalets in the Alps . ski-concierge.com . 2014-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814180919/http://ski-concierge.com/blog/the-best-luxury-chalets-in-the-alps/ . 2014-08-14 . dead .
  5. Web site: chalet eugenia klosters . Leotrippi.com . 2014-08-04 . 2014-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140815002607/http://www.leotrippi.com/luxurytravelblog/2014/08/04/our-little-gem-with-gloria-theiler/ . 2014-08-15 . dead .
  6. Web site: Catered Ski Chalet Klosters: Chalet Eugenia . https://archive.today/20140814141352/http://www.leotrippi.com/en//p_1154/switzerland/klosters/luxury-ski-chesa-eugenia-for-rent.html . dead . 2014-08-14 . Leotrippi.com . 2014-08-15 .
  7. Web site: How to spend a million . Telegraph . 2003-02-04 . 2014-08-15.
  8. Web site: Klosters and Davos: Conan Doyle and the height of cool . Telegraph . 2014-08-15.
  9. Web site: Luxury Ski Chalets & Hotels . Ultimate-ski.com . 2014-08-15.
  10. Web site: Luxury Ski chalet Chalet Eugenia - Luxury Chalets Klosters - The Oxford Ski Company . Oxfordski.com . 2013-01-01 . 2014-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141123151859/http://www.oxfordski.com/properties/eugenia/ . 2014-11-23 . dead .
  11. Web site: Fair . Vanity . Princess Firyal's Friends Defend Her Against Gold-digger Accusations . Vanity Fair . 21 August 2009. 2014-08-15.
  12. Web site: Royal-Group - Chalet Eugenia . Royal-group.fr . 2014-08-15.
  13. News: Tom . Robbins . Tom Robbins: Inside the poshest pad in the Alps | Travel | The Observer . The Observer . Theguardian.com . 29 January 2006. 2014-08-15.
  14. Web site: Chalet Eugenia in Klosters, Switzerland . White Blancmange . 2014-08-15.
  15. Web site: Chalet Eugenia, Klosters, Switzerland | Harper's Bazaar . Harpersbazaar.co.uk . 2010-08-11 . 2014-08-15.
  16. Web site: Meeting Points/Times – Skischule Klosters . Sssk.ch . 2013-10-17 . 2014-08-15.
  17. Web site: Children's ski paradise Davos Klosters . Davos.ch . 2014-08-15.
  18. Web site: View image: Chalet Eugenia with Princess Diana & Prince Will . Postimg.org . 2014-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140817222904/http://postimg.org/image/w9e16ggph . 2014-08-17 . dead .
  19. Web site: Isabelle . Raphael . Growing Up Royal: Childhood Photos of William, Harry, the Queen, and More . Parade.condenast.com . 2014-08-15.
  20. Web site: Bird . Simon . Klosters remains a ski holiday resort that's fit for a king - Mirror Online . Mirror.co.uk . 2013-12-17 . 2014-08-15.
  21. Web site: Hollywood on the Rocks Davos Klosters . Davos.ch . 2014-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141005163326/http://www.davos.ch/en/stay/davos-klosters/history/hollywood-in-klosters.html . 2014-10-05 . dead .
  22. Web site: Royal playground Davos Klosters . Davos.ch . 2014-08-15 . 2014-08-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140809205745/http://www.davos.ch/en/stay/davos-klosters/portrait-image/royal-playground.html . dead .
  23. Web site: Nathaniel Rothschild . Forbes . 2014-07-30 . 2014-08-15.
  24. News: Peter Munk: A mining magnate nears the end of his golden reign. 15 March 2014. The Globe and Mail.
  25. Web site: Meryl. Gordon. John Fairchild, Fashion's Most Angry Fella . Vanity Fair . 10 August 2012. 2014-08-15.
  26. Web site: Klosters, Switzerland: inside the White Company's ski chalet. Lisa. Grainger. 19 January 2015. The Telegraph.
  27. Web site: Tara Palmer-Tomkinson's Klosters . Simonseeks . 2009-12-11 . 2014-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140811010437/http://www.simonseeks.com/travel-guides/tara-palmer-tomkinsons-klosters__119036 . 2014-08-11 . dead .
  28. Web site: Felice . Hardy . Royal resorts - Travel - Life & Style - London Evening Standard . Standard.co.uk . 2010-12-01 . 2014-08-15.
  29. Web site: Boniface . Susie . Prince Andrew represents UK at Davos despite trade envoy role axe over friendship with sex offender - Mirror Online . Mirror.co.uk . 2012-01-29 . 2014-08-15.
  30. Web site: Royal ski resorts: Share a chair with royalty . OnTheSnow . 2012-11-20 . 2014-08-15.
  31. Web site: World's Sexiest Resorts in Hotel on . Concierge.com . 2014-08-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140814175525/http://www.concierge.com/ideas/hotels/tours/1312?page=11 . 2014-08-14 . dead .

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