Dive into Gstaad, where Switzerland's most exclusive Alpine retreat ... celebrity guests who come for the privacy and a village center that hasn't changed its tune in centuries.

When I first visited Gstaad in 1955 it was a small village that looked like a winter ... Austria, France, and Switzerland being the three most popular places for downhillers, and, of course ...

The Swiss singer, Hedi Donizetti ... affording birdseye views of the celebrity village. The majority of Gstaad’s population is now engaged in the tourism industry, but farming and cheese ...

Switzerland has always been on my list to visit after admiring pictures of my mother and older sister when she was a baby stood outside a large chalet shop front with her new snow boots.