Beau-Rivage Palace

Historic hotel on 10 manicured acres beside Lake Geneva; the hotel turns 147 this year.

Score 88.57
Stats 169 rooms; 3 restaurants; 2 bars.
Competitive Edge Old-school elegance with an innovative vibe: the Miyako Lausanne sushi bar opened last fall.
Rooms to Book Suites in the Palace Wings with 10-foot ceilings and large lakefront balconies.
Don't Miss A 90-minute Japanese bath, papaya scrub, and Balinese massage treatment at the globally inspired Cinque Mondes spa.
Cost Doubles from $410.
Contact 17-19 Place du Port
800/223-6800 or 41-21/613-3333

www.brp.ch

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Water Activities Fishing Kids' Program    

“The oldest hotel management school in the world is in Lausanne, and its graduates often stay around, which explains the superb service at the majestic Hôtel Beau-Rivage Palace, considered by many to be the finest hotel in Switzerland. (Coco Chanel, a woman who knew a thing or two about taste, lived in one of the 29 suites in this grand old dowager.) When you order champagne, it arrives perfectly chilled moments after you hang up the phone. Any of the...” MORE»

—Vicky Lowry
“Swiss Sensation” in Travel + Leisure, Sep 2004