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  "name": "Riffelalp Resort, Zermatt: Which Room to Book (2026-27 Ski Season)",
  "headline": "Riffelalp Resort, Zermatt: Which Room to Book (2026-27 Ski Season)",
  "description": "At Riffelalp Resort above Zermatt, book the Matterhorn Deluxe Junior Suite: 65 square meters with a Matterhorn balcony, from CHF 880 a night with breakfast. Skip the Natur rooms, which promise no Matterhorn. Checked November 8, 2026.",
  "url": "https://gowithcarmen.com/trips/ski-zermatt-riffelalp-which-room",
  "inLanguage": "en",
  "dateModified": "2026-11-08",
  "author": {
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    "name": "Adam Nathan",
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  "about": {
    "@type": "Hotel",
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    "name": "Riffelalp Resort",
    "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/",
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      "addressLocality": "Zermatt"
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  "answer": "Book the Matterhorn Deluxe Junior Suite: 65 square meters with the Matterhorn from the bed and a balcony, from CHF 880 a night with breakfast. Per its page, it is the largest room built for two. Riffelalp sits at 2,222 meters on a south slope facing the Matterhorn, and the hotel describes itself as facing directly toward the mountain, so a Matterhorn room puts it straight ahead.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "id": "answer",
      "heading": "Which room should you book at Riffelalp?",
      "text": "Book the Matterhorn Deluxe Junior Suite: 65 square meters with the Matterhorn from the bed and a balcony, from CHF 880 a night with breakfast. Per its page, it is the largest room built for two. Riffelalp sits at 2,222 meters on a south slope facing the Matterhorn, and the hotel describes itself as facing directly toward the mountain, so a Matterhorn room puts it straight ahead.\nFor less, the Matterhorn Superior is 40 square meters with a balcony and a direct line of sight to the Matterhorn, from CHF 680. That is the room I'd book for a couple out skiing all day.\nThe hotel is open December 11, 2026 to April 4, 2027, per its own page."
    },
    {
      "id": "table",
      "heading": "How do the Riffelalp rooms compare?",
      "text": "From riffelalp.com, checked November 8, 2026. Prices are the hotel's \"from\" rate a night, breakfast included.\nCategory | Size | Matterhorn | Balcony | From\nNatur Classic | 26 to 30 m² | Not promised | Not stated | CHF 480\nMatterhorn Classic | 30 to 37 m² | Yes | Small | CHF 580\nMatterhorn Superior | 40 m² | Yes | Yes | CHF 680\nCosy Junior Suite | 45 m² | Not promised | Not stated | CHF 680\nMatterhorn Junior Suite | 48 m² | Yes | Yes | CHF 780\nMatterhorn Deluxe Junior Suite | 65 m² | Yes | Yes | CHF 880\nMonte Rosa Suite | 75 m² | Yes | Yes | CHF 1,280\nMatterhorn Suite | 104 m² | Yes | Yes | CHF 1,480\nThe rate includes breakfast, the spa and the hotel's guided skiing."
    },
    {
      "id": "skip",
      "heading": "Which rooms would you skip?",
      "text": "The Natur rooms, unless the price is the deciding factor. Their pages do not promise the Matterhorn, and at a hotel you reach by mountain railway for the view, the CHF 100 step to a Matterhorn Classic is the one to take."
    },
    {
      "id": "family",
      "heading": "Which room for a family?",
      "text": "The Monte Rosa Suite for two children, the Matterhorn Suite for older ones. The Monte Rosa Suite is 75 square meters with a Matterhorn view and a separate bunk-bed room. The Matterhorn Suite is 104 square meters for four adults, with a second bedroom. The hotel runs a supervised kindergarten in winter, Sunday to Friday from 3pm to 10:30pm, which covers dinner."
    },
    {
      "id": "ski",
      "heading": "How does skiing work from Riffelalp?",
      "text": "You ski from the door: the run from Gornergrat down to Zermatt passes the hotel. Per the winter page, you can ski across to Cervinia in Italy, and the hotel's guides lead skiing four days a week from the ski room at 9:15am. Every room comes with a ski locker.\nThe catch is the evening. Riffelalp is reached only by the Gornergrat Railway and an 8-minute walk, and there are no trains from about 7:24pm to 9:50pm, with the last at 11:30pm, per the arrival page. Plan dinners in Zermatt around the train, or eat at the hotel."
    },
    {
      "id": "next",
      "heading": "What else should you read before booking Zermatt?",
      "text": "For a hotel in the village with a Matterhorn suite and a fireplace, compare the Omnia room guide. The ski hotel room list has the other resorts."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "its page",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-deluxe-junior-suite/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Matterhorn Superior",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-superior/"
    },
    {
      "label": "its own page",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Natur Classic",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/natur-classic/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Matterhorn Classic",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-classic/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Cosy Junior Suite",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/cosy-junior-suite/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Matterhorn Junior Suite",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-junior-suite/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Monte Rosa Suite",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/monte-rosa-suite/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Matterhorn Suite",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-suite/"
    },
    {
      "label": "the winter page",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/things-to-do/in-winter/"
    },
    {
      "label": "the arrival page",
      "url": "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/about/arrival-and-departure/"
    },
    {
      "label": "Omnia room guide",
      "url": "https://gowithcarmen.com/trips/ski-zermatt-the-omnia-which-room"
    },
    {
      "label": "ski hotel room list",
      "url": "https://gowithcarmen.com/trips/ski-which-room-to-book"
    }
  ],
  "citation": [
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-deluxe-junior-suite/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-superior/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/natur-classic/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-classic/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/cosy-junior-suite/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-junior-suite/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/monte-rosa-suite/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/rooms-and-suites/matterhorn-suite/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/things-to-do/in-winter/",
    "https://www.riffelalp.com/en/about/arrival-and-departure/"
  ],
  "editorialMethod": "https://gowithcarmen.com/about"
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