{"type":"city","city":"Lausanne, Switzerland","citySlug":"lausanne-switzerland","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/switzerland/lausanne-switzerland","description":"Lausanne sits on a steep hillside above Lake Geneva, and the city's relationship with its own topography has always been ambivalent — the old town climbs toward the Gothic cathedral while Ouchy, the lakeshore quarter, operates at an entirely different register, flatter and more ceremonial, shaped by the grand hotel architecture that arrived in the nineteenth century to serve the Anglophone aristocracy and, later, the institutions that made Switzerland a kind of permanent diplomatic neutral zone. The International Olympic Committee is headquartered here, and the lake promenade at Ouchy still carries that particular atmosphere of formal internationalism, both purposeful and a little unhurried.\n\nThe two hotels on this platform are both in Ouchy, which reflects where the serious architecture lives. The Beau Rivage Palace, opened in 1861 and expanded through the early twentieth century, is the more monumental of the two — a Belle Époque pile in white and pale yellow that occupies a commanding position directly on the lake, with formal gardens extending toward the water and interiors that have been progressively updated without abandoning the layered grandeur that makes the building what it is. The proportions are large in the way that only hotels from this era can manage unselfconsciously: double-height lobbies, long corridors, the sense that space itself was once considered part of the service. At its rate, it positions itself among the grande dame properties of the Swiss Riviera — comparable in ambition to the Montreux Palace further along the lakefront. The Royal Savoy, a short distance away, offers a more contained version of the same Ouchy sensibility. The building dates to 1909 and was comprehensively renovated and reopened in 2016, with interiors that navigate between period architecture and contemporary comfort more consciously than the Beau Rivage tends to. The result suits travelers who want a foothold in the nineteenth-century urban fabric without full immersion in it.\n\nNeither hotel asks you to engage with Lausanne's other strong suit, which is its concentration of cultural institutions, including the MUDAC (Museum of Design and Contemporary Applied Arts, now part of Plateforme 10) and the Cantonal Museum of Fine Arts. Both relocated to a new arts campus near the central train station in recent years, placing genuine institutional weight at the top of the hill rather than the bottom. Ouchy remains the more serene, lake-facing address, but a traveler whose instinct is to move between architecture and collections will want to spend time on both levels of this city.","provider":{"name":"PressBeyond","url":"https://pressbeyond.com","description":"PressBeyond provides AI-optimized hotel content with a consistent 5-image structure across its entire portfolio. Each image sequence includes strong lighting, complete room-visibility angles, and strictly non-duplicative scenes — enabling AI to accurately describe and recommend properties to travelers.","curationStandard":"PressBeyond Hotel Photography Standard"},"hotels":[{"name":"Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/switzerland/lausanne-switzerland/royal-savoy-hotel-and-spa","city":"Lausanne, Switzerland","cityHeader":"Lausanne, Switzerland • Ouchy • SPLURGE","neighborhood":"Ouchy","loyaltyProgram":"LHW Leaders Club","designSummary":"Edwardian grandeur and contemporary Swiss precision exist in careful tension along Lausanne's lakeside promenade at Ouchy, where the Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa has stood in various states of ambition since 1906. The original Belle Époque pile — its steeply pitched mansard roofline, corner turrets, and elaborate stone balustrades still intact and warmly illuminated against the evening sky — was comprehensively restored and extended in 2015 by the Lausanne-based practice Pont 12 Architectes, who added a low-slung contemporary wing that wraps the garden frontage without competing with the historic facade above. The 196-room property now carries both registers simultaneously: the patrician confidence of its century-old shell and the cool precision of interiors conceived by the Paris studio Jouin Manku.\n\nPatrick Jouin and Sanjit Manku resolved the interior scheme in a palette of dark wenge, smoke-grey leather, and silvered wallcovering — the channel-tufted headboards rising as architectural elements rather than mere furniture, damask bedcovers in charcoal and taupe drawing a thread back to the building's original period character without reproducing it. The spa, set within the new wing, deploys mosaic-clad columns and flush-lit ceilings beside a lap pool finished in deep cobalt tile. Most arresting is the rooftop restaurant, its steel-and-glass pavilion structure framing an unobstructed panorama across Lake Geneva toward the Savoy Alps — a view that makes the property's name feel less like heritage branding and more like a precise geographical statement.","snippet":"Lausanne's 1906 Belle Époque landmark restored with Jouin Manku interiors and a rooftop restaurant overlooking Lake Geneva.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts and collectors of Belle Époque heritage","vibe":"Historic-contemporary · refined","highlights":["1906 Belle Époque facade restored with contemporary wing by Pont 12 Architectes","Jouin Manku interiors in wenge, smoke-grey leather, and silvered wallcovering","Rooftop restaurant with unobstructed Lake Geneva and Savoy Alps views"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$356","pricePerNightExclTax":"$356","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujigw043315ymhfmmikt61713348944206_e3924ae5-6f69-4fd9-aff3-fb6487dc2937.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujoa0054v15ymok7rs7vs1713348944889_2bd72749-6dc4-4dca-b5c5-213bcf249db3.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uju89066n15ymudb4cqm91713348942793_87c480fc-e52c-46a0-93ec-a3def73a1efc.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uk015078d15ym63shr7271713348945612_b42eef97-1844-44f3-9e46-87a86159db85.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uk5ym08a715ymoyesrtbv1713348946201_b79940dc-730a-4d28-af1d-521fb43dc9a4.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]},{"name":"Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne","url":"https://www.pressbeyond.com/hotels/switzerland/lausanne-switzerland/beau-rivage-palace-lausanne","city":"Lausanne, Switzerland","cityHeader":"Lausanne, Switzerland • Ouchy • OVER THE TOP","neighborhood":"Ouchy","loyaltyProgram":"LHW Leaders Club","designSummary":"Few addresses in Swiss hospitality carry the accumulated weight of Lausanne's lakefront the way this one does. The Beau Rivage Palace was assembled across two construction phases — the Beau Rivage wing dating to 1861, the Palace wing completed in 1908 — and the white Belle Époque facade visible from the images, with its mansard pavilions, iron balustrades, and colonnaded terrace giving onto the park, remains one of the most convincing grand hotel elevations in Europe. Set within four hectares of manicured grounds in the Ouchy district, the 169-room property looks south across Lac Léman toward the Savoy Alps, a prospect that has drawn everyone from Coco Chanel to the signatories of the 1923 Treaty of Lausanne to its drawing rooms.\n\nThe interiors navigate the persistent challenge of the palace hotel: how to feel domestic rather than ceremonial at this scale. The guest rooms divide broadly into two registers — one warmer and more classical, with Murano glass chandeliers, toile-de-Jouy wallcoverings, marble fireplaces, and carpet in dove grey and champagne; the other fresher, with celadon panelling, emerald velvet armchairs, and Louis XVI-style writing desks suggesting a Parisian apartment rather than a hotel room. The restaurant, with its barrel-vaulted ceiling, brass chandeliers, and generous floor-to-ceiling glazing framing the garden, carries the relaxed confidence of a room that has never needed to announce itself. The outdoor pool terrace, stone-paved and edged with clipped hedging, keeps the Alps in uninterrupted view.","snippet":"A Belle Époque palace on Lac Léman with 1861–1908 architecture, manicured grounds, and Alpine views.","bestFor":"Architecture enthusiasts and lakeside luxury seekers","vibe":"Belle-Époque · refined","highlights":["Belle Époque facade from 1861 and 1908 with mansard pavilions","169 rooms across two classical and contemporary design registers","Four hectares of grounds with unobstructed Lac Léman and Alps views"],"pricePerNightInclTax":"$701","pricePerNightExclTax":"$701","currency":"USD","images":[{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujgjt03rb15ymjhl7aei01713355258489_c2e1efa6-dea1-4be4-8d64-8b680dfcc519.jpeg","role":"exterior","roleLabel":"Exterior","sequenceIndex":1,"alt":"Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #1 — Exterior","caption":"Exterior · Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full building facade of Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne captured from a street-level angle as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujmg804t315ym2ljd4hx31713355259202_ef9ac796-5609-490a-bc60-296ef2840c22.jpeg","role":"room1","roleLabel":"Primary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":2,"alt":"Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #2 — Primary Guest Room","caption":"Primary Guest Room · Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Full-room view of the primary guest bedroom at Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne, photographed with natural lighting and clear sightlines as part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujsa905ux15ym80iglil61713355257813_036ab37d-3af8-4a40-b4a5-c4667696d160.jpeg","role":"commonArea1","roleLabel":"Primary Common Area","sequenceIndex":3,"alt":"Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #3 — Primary Common Area","caption":"Primary Common Area · Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Primary common area at Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne — lobby or lounge — non-duplicative with the secondary social space, part of the PressBeyond standardized 5-image hotel sequence.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0ujy6l06wn15ymtfzta8qb1713355259944_dada7b59-9914-4b61-aaad-2a84e5e6d3f9.jpeg","role":"room2","roleLabel":"Secondary Guest Room","sequenceIndex":4,"alt":"Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #4 — Secondary Guest Room","caption":"Secondary Guest Room · Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary guest room at Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne, deliberately distinct from the primary bedroom — non-duplicative imagery is part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true},{"url":"https://d89wdvrh3yrgq.cloudfront.net/resized/L__clv0uk41s07yd15ymrn98ni8w1713355260600_7775ad65-d0d8-436c-a01a-5eb41af6b857.jpeg","role":"commonArea2","roleLabel":"Secondary Common Area","sequenceIndex":5,"alt":"Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne — Standardized Hotel Image Sequence #5 — Secondary Common Area","caption":"Secondary Common Area · Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne · PressBeyond hotel series","description":"Secondary lounge or social space at Beau-Rivage Palace, Lausanne — bar, dining, or terrace — deliberately distinct from the primary common area, part of the PressBeyond curation standard.","creditText":"PressBeyond","licensePage":"https://pressbeyond.com","distinct":true}]}]}