Restaurant Talvo

The Talvo became famous in the 1960s and 1970s when the international Jet set discovered St. Moritz and its surroundings as their favourite winter destination.

People like Gunther Sachs, Brigitte Bardot, Gianni Agnelli and the Shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, were regular visitors of the Talvo.

[1][2] The large former farm house which is now known as the Talvo, (Romansh language in the idiom Putèr: barn), was built in 1658.

[1][3] The biggest change in the history of the house occurred when the property was sold to the gynaecologist Dr Eduard Morger from Rüschlikon on the west shore of Lake Zurich.

[1] With a substantial amount of money, Dr Morger converted the Chesa Walther into the Restaurant Talvo in 1954.

Dr Morger, also a passionate art collector, furnished the Talvo with works of art from his own collection, among others with pictures of Ferdinand Hodler, Alexandre Calame, Pietro Chiesa (1876–1959), Gottardo Segantini (1882–1974) and Hermann Gattiker (1865–1950).

Roland Jöhri became one of the most famous chefs in Switzerland and again, the Talvo became one of the most celebrated restaurants in the area of St. Moritz.