Grand Hôtel des Rasses & Wellness
Pool, spa and skis at the door above Sainte-Croix
About this hotel
The Grand Hôtel des Rasses & Wellness sits at 1200 metres in the hamlet of Les Rasses, close enough to the Sainte-Croix-Les Rasses lifts to reach on foot with skis over a shoulder. Ski storage by the entrance keeps boots and gear out of the room between runs, and a ski school connection makes it a workable base for beginners and families as much as confident skiers. Once the lifts close, the indoor pool, spa and fitness room take over, all a short walk from the slope rather than a drive back down to Sainte-Croix. Belle Epoque, the hotel's restaurant, serves traditional Swiss dishes from local ingredients on a panoramic terrace facing the same ridge that frames the ski area, with balcony rooms above offering a private version of the view over Lake Neuchâtel on clear days. The mood is straightforward rather than polished, a three-star property built around proximity to the snow and a proper wind-down after it, in a hamlet with few other options of this kind.
- Ski-in proximity
- Indoor pool & spa
- Ski storage room
- Balcony mountain-view rooms
Our take
This suits skiers and families who want the ski area, a pool and a real restaurant within a short walk of each other, without the scale or price of a big Alpine resort hotel. Couples rate the location especially highly, and the quiet, low-key setting works in their favour too. Travellers chasing steep, technical terrain or a lively resort nightlife scene should look toward the bigger Valais or Bernese resorts instead, since Les Rasses stays gentle and quiet by design, not by accident.
- Book a balcony room facing the ridge if the Lake Neuchâtel view matters to you, the village-facing rooms are cheaper for a reason.
- Drop your skis in the storage room every evening rather than the lobby, it is a few steps from the entrance and saves a lot of hassle.
- Reserve a Belle Epoque table ahead in peak weeks, the panoramic terrace draws outside visitors as well as hotel guests for dinner.
Why we love it
- Ski storage and lifts both a short walk away
- Indoor pool and spa for the après-ski wind-down
- Balcony rooms looking over Lake Neuchâtel
- A proper restaurant terrace, not just a bar menu
Why guests love itTravellers with young children staying here found the ski storage room by the entrance solved most of the daily gear chaos, boots and skis dropped off dry each evening instead of piling up in the room. The short walk to the Sainte-Croix-Les Rasses lifts meant less time spent getting a tired child from door to slope, and the indoor pool gave the group somewhere warm to land once lessons finished for the day, without needing to drive anywhere else in the Jura cold.