Goldene Rose Karthaus
Certosa, Italy
★ Verified by our editors · September 2026
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The verdict
In 1326 Henry, Count of Tyrol, founded a Carthusian monastery at about 1,327 m in the Schnalstal. After it was dissolved in 1782, farmers and merchants bought the buildings and made a village inside it, Karthaus, where Stefania and Paul Grüner now run the Goldene Rose: twenty-nine rooms, eight residence suites 150 m away, a spa with a glass pavilion and a fire, and a six-course menu of silence inspired by the monks. One MICHELIN Key.
Walkers in summer and skiers in winter who want a small, thoughtful house and a village with a story.
You want a big resort or a lake: this is a small village in a narrow high valley, closed from early November to late December and from late March to May.
Spend a night in the hotel's customs house at the Bella Vista refuge, at 2,845 m, and walk the Via Monachorum, the silence trail that starts at the door.
The rooms
Twenty-nine rooms in six categories from about 25 to 68 m², the Penthouse and Junior Suites with their own saunas, and eight residence suites with tea kitchens in the Residence Weißkugel, 150 m away.
The setting
In Karthaus (Certosa), at about 1,327 m in the Schnalstal (Val Senales), a side valley west of Merano; a ski bus runs up to the Schnalstal glacier.
The food
The Josef Stube serves lunch and dinner, and SILENTIUM, a six-course menu inspired by the Carthusian monks; half board comes with a dine-around.
Getting there
Merano is about half an hour by car and Naturno station ten minutes. Bolzano airport is 55 km away, Innsbruck and Verona about 200 km.
Good to know
The Karthauser Bad has saunas, whirlpools, a heated outdoor pool and the Gloriette, a glass pavilion with a fireplace; the hotel makes its own GLACISSE products. A Small Luxury Hotels of the World member.
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