Villas in Arosa

About Arosa

Arosa is a resort village spread around two small lakes, the Untersee and the Obersee, with the station at about 1,775 metres. It began as a health resort in 1883, built its first ski lifts in 1938 and opened the Weisshorn cable car in 1956. Nearly every home we list is within about a kilometre of the centre, mostly small apartments, some with a sauna. The local slopes cover over 60 km, and the Urdenbahn, built in 2013 from the Hörnli ridge, joins them to Lenzerheide. In summer there is a water organ show on the Obersee, and the Arosa Bärenland, opened in 2018 as Switzerland's first bear sanctuary. Numbers drop sharply after winter: the population falls from about 4,600 in January to about 2,500 in May.

Is Arosa right for you?

Best for

Skiers and hikers wanting a compact resort at the end of a railway

Not for you if

You want a quick drive in, as the road up from Chur is slow and steep.

Near Arosa

• Lenzerheide

  Reached by the Urdenbahn cable car from the Arosa Hörnli; together the two form a 225 km ski area with 43 lifts.

• Chur

  Graubünden's capital and reputedly the oldest town in Switzerland, with a medieval old town and the main Rhaetian Railway station.

• Langwies

  One of the few regular stops on the Chur to Arosa line, beside the Langwies viaduct, one of the railway's largest structures.

Getting to Arosa

Zurich is the nearest airport; trains from Zurich take about three hours, changing at Chur. The Rhaetian Railway line up from Chur runs about hourly and takes just over an hour. Driving, allow at least an hour for the 31 km from Chur, so the train is the easier choice in icy weather.

When to go to Arosa

Winter is the main season, and the village is at its fullest in January. Summer is a walking and mountain biking season, with the Schanfigger Höhenweg and the tame squirrels on the Tschuggen path; overnight guests have ridden the Arosa lifts free in summer since 2003. The Arosa ClassicCar hill race runs each September. May is the quietest month, when the population roughly halves.

Arosa villa holidays: questions answered

Nearby towns to Arosa

• Lenzerheide (140)
• All of Mittelbünden