Holiday in a Paradise ... a spell which has been repeating for more than hundred years. It was the Belle Epoque and Grand Hotel Victoria was living its maximum splendour.

The great English, German, Russian families came down from Engadina followed by huge trunks, luggages, and hat-boxes in big coaches which stopped in the service area in front of the hotel.

The domestic staff was lodged in a special wing, while the rest of the building received guests with its luxurious wide stair-cases, its liberty-styled chandeliers, its rooms decorated with stucco works and golden decorations. It was the beginning of a long holiday season, which lasted even three or four months for some rich families and during which the holiday idleness alterned with sport and excursions.

Today wind-surfing and water skiing have taken the place of old rowing boat-races, but at the Grand Hotel Victoria the atmosphere of a hundred years ago is still present, thanks to a shrewd renewal work, which has faithfully preserved the style. The building offers 53 rooms (wereas a part of the hotel is used as a residence) were you can stay having pleasure in the ospitality of the staff.