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| The Romantik hotel (center), and the Swiss mountains in the Engadine region. - Photo : rke |
Quoi de plus banal ? Voilà, l’endroit est atteignable
seulement par funiculaire et, parvenu au sommet (à ces 2'456 m), le
« bahn » s’arrête pile-poil dans l’hôtel ! Unique au monde cette
affaire ! Je n’ai en effet jamais vu un funiculaire (un funiculaire, pas
une benne) amener des touristes jusqu’à la réception de l’hôtel.
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| The solar-funicular. - Photo (c) : Daniel Martinek |
Watt ‘Or 2012
Premier constat : la fraîcheur. Ça sent le neuf et le
bois frais… Mhhh, ça chatouille les narines et aère déjà les idées. Le bâtiment
est âgé (construit en 1890 par l’ingénieur Robert Wildberger de Coire), mais il
a été rénové et lustré tout récemment par le bureau d’architecture Fanzun, de Coire. C’est en fait la station
d’arrivée du funiculaire et en même temps le début des pistes de pistes de ski.
L’édifice, rustique, est complété par un concept énergétique (solaire et
géothermie) parfaitement intégré au lieu. Et le complexe (tout en bois) de
forme rectangulaire jouxtant le bâtiment de gâche en rien le style
architectural de la contrée. Bref, une optimisation parfaite de la
construction. Ce n’est donc pas pour rien que l’entreprise a reçu pas moins de
quatre prix, dont l’un des nombreux trophées du Watt
d’Or 2012.
Romantique Romanche
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| Photos : (c) Dani Gerber |
Je me suis donc installé dans l’une des chambres simples de
l’hôtel où, de la fenêtre, j’aperçois à cent mètres, les pistes. A l’intérieur,
tout y en quasi-boisé, même le sol, avec des planchettes identiques au reste
des meubles, dont le lit, la table de nuit et les armoires. Sauf les quelques
plaques de marbre de la salle de bains qui offre un cachet vraiment romantique
à la Romanche.
C’est l’heure du souper. Je ne parle pas du restaurant, avec une cuisine
gastronomique servie avec respect, gentillesse et convivialité. Ouhhh la, la.
On se régale dans un coin-bois vers une fenêtre avec plongée dans la vallée
d’Engadine. Eh, qu’est-ce qui se passe ? Les lampes s’éteignent tout à
coup. Non, non, ce n’est pas pour continuer à la lueur de la bougie, comme au
bon vieux temps, mais bien parce qu’il y a une panne ! Ben oui,
l’électricité solaire s’éteint aussi. Seulement, le problème est que les
fusibles ne sont pas les mêmes. Le courant ne passe plus aussi vite… Dans le
fond, ce n’est pas si mal à la bougie… |
| L'hôtel avec l'arrivée du funiculaire. - Photo : Daniel Martinek |
Gold and sunshine in
Romantik Hotel-funicular
Brrr ... cold and dry ! It’s so at an high of 2'456 meters, specifically in Muottas Muragl, this end of January. In Engadine, at approximately 80 km from Davos (by car), where now stands the famous forum, which we do not talk much here. Minus -25 degrees C., the night at this altitude, it’s still the norm. I check in a room in the Romantik Hotel (town of Samedan), which has everything to be ... romantic. I’m invited there for a trip. Mission possible given for « my » mag, Swiss Engineering RTSwhere I installed my mobile neighborhoods. What could be more common place ? So, this place is reachable only by funicular, and reached the top (these 2'456 meters), the « Bahn » stops short-hair in the hotel ! Unique this business, no ? I have never seen a funicular (cable car, not a dump) bring tourists to the hotel reception.
Watt d'Or 2012
First observation : the freshness. It smells new and fresh wood ... Mhhh, it tickles the nostrils and aerates the ideas already. The construction is old (built in 1890 by engineer Robert Wildberger, in Chur), but it has been renovated recently and gloss by the architectural firm Fanzun, Chur. This is actually the end station of the funicular at the same time the beginning of ski slopes. The hotel is in a rustic design to do and is complemented by an energy (solar and geothermal) fully integrated instead. And the complex (in wood) of rectangular shape adjacent to the building detract from the architectural style of the country. In short, a perfect optimization of construction. So it's not for nothing that the company received no less than four awards, including one of the many trophies of the Watt d’Or 2012. A spicy specal Swiss price .
Romantic Romanche
So I I settled down in one of 16 rooms of the hotel, where,from the window, I can see a hundred meters the ski slopes. Inside, everything in almost woody, the floor boards are identical with the rest of the furniture, including bed, bedside table and cabinets. Except a few patches of marble of the bathroom that offers a truly romantic character to the Romanche. (the fourth Swiss language ). It's dinner time. I don’t mean the restaurant, with gourmet cuisine served with respect, kindness and friendliness. Ouhhh la, la. We enjoy in a corner window with a timber to dive in the Engadine Valley. Eh, what's going on ? The lamps are going switch-out suddenly. No, this is not to continue with the candlelight (like the good old days), but indeed ‘cause there is a breakdown ! Yeah, solar electricity goes out, too. But the problem is that the solar-fuses are not same than usually-fuses. The current no longer flows as fast ... Basically, it's not so bad by candlelight ...
Brrr ... cold and dry ! It’s so at an high of 2'456 meters, specifically in Muottas Muragl, this end of January. In Engadine, at approximately 80 km from Davos (by car), where now stands the famous forum, which we do not talk much here. Minus -25 degrees C., the night at this altitude, it’s still the norm. I check in a room in the Romantik Hotel (town of Samedan), which has everything to be ... romantic. I’m invited there for a trip. Mission possible given for « my » mag, Swiss Engineering RTSwhere I installed my mobile neighborhoods. What could be more common place ? So, this place is reachable only by funicular, and reached the top (these 2'456 meters), the « Bahn » stops short-hair in the hotel ! Unique this business, no ? I have never seen a funicular (cable car, not a dump) bring tourists to the hotel reception.
Watt d'Or 2012
First observation : the freshness. It smells new and fresh wood ... Mhhh, it tickles the nostrils and aerates the ideas already. The construction is old (built in 1890 by engineer Robert Wildberger, in Chur), but it has been renovated recently and gloss by the architectural firm Fanzun, Chur. This is actually the end station of the funicular at the same time the beginning of ski slopes. The hotel is in a rustic design to do and is complemented by an energy (solar and geothermal) fully integrated instead. And the complex (in wood) of rectangular shape adjacent to the building detract from the architectural style of the country. In short, a perfect optimization of construction. So it's not for nothing that the company received no less than four awards, including one of the many trophies of the Watt d’Or 2012. A spicy specal Swiss price .
Romantic Romanche
So I I settled down in one of 16 rooms of the hotel, where,from the window, I can see a hundred meters the ski slopes. Inside, everything in almost woody, the floor boards are identical with the rest of the furniture, including bed, bedside table and cabinets. Except a few patches of marble of the bathroom that offers a truly romantic character to the Romanche. (the fourth Swiss language ). It's dinner time. I don’t mean the restaurant, with gourmet cuisine served with respect, kindness and friendliness. Ouhhh la, la. We enjoy in a corner window with a timber to dive in the Engadine Valley. Eh, what's going on ? The lamps are going switch-out suddenly. No, this is not to continue with the candlelight (like the good old days), but indeed ‘cause there is a breakdown ! Yeah, solar electricity goes out, too. But the problem is that the solar-fuses are not same than usually-fuses. The current no longer flows as fast ... Basically, it's not so bad by candlelight ...
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