A Belle Époque palace on the Ouchy shore, a boutique hotel on the Riviera or a spa resort above the Lavaux vineyards: tell our travel advisors about your trip, and from the luxury hotels on Lake Geneva we will pick the one that truly suits you. Book through suitespot for benefits such as breakfast for two, a room upgrade subject to availability, hotel credit and VIP service – depending on the hotel, worth around €500 on average for a two-night stay.
Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne · ParkAll eight luxury hotels on Lake Geneva occupy historic buildings, and each suits a different trip. For food lovers and spa fans we recommend the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne in Ouchy, with three Michelin Keys, Anne-Sophie Pic’s two-star cuisine and the Guerlain Spa. Families and music lovers book the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace on the lakefront in Montreux, with a kids' club in the summer and school holidays and live music in Funky Claude’s Bar.Lausanne, Vevey or Montreux? Which of the best hotels on Lake Geneva suits you depends above all on location. Here are the best-known addresses at a glance, with location and suitespot score. Our tip: for starred cuisine and a spa on the shore, stay at the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne; if you travel with children, book the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace with its kids' club in the holidays.
| Hotel | Location | suitespot score | Price from |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne | Park | ★ 4.9/5 | 446 € |
| Fairmont Le Montreux Palace | shore | ★ 4.8/5 | 288 € |
| Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne | Sous-Gare/Ouchy | ★ 4.5/5 | 420 € |
| Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey | – | ★ 4.5/5 | 301 € |
| Lausanne Palace | Lausanne | ★ 4.7/5 | 334 € |
| Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey | Vevey | ★ 4.3/5 | 476 € |
| Le Mirador Resort | City centre | ★ 4.2/5 | 321 € |
| Château d’Ouchy Lausanne | City centre | ★ 4.2/5 | 243 € |
Hand-picked by our travel experts: every hotel on Lake Geneva with the benefits that are included when you book through suitespot, its nightly rate and our Score.
4.9Leaders ClubPlace du Port 17, Lausanne, 1010, Switzerland
4.8ALL (Accor)Av. Claude-Nobs 2, 1820 Montreux, Switzerland
4.5Leaders ClubAvenue d'Ouchy 40, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland
4.5Rue d'Italie 1, 1800 Vevey, Switzerland
4.7Leaders ClubRue du Grand Chene 7-9, Lausanne, 1002, Switzerland
4.3Leaders ClubRue d'Italie 49, 1800 Vevey, Switzerland
4.2Leaders ClubChemin de l'Hôtel Mirador 5, 1801 Chardonne, Switzerland
4.2Sandoz HotelsPlace du Port, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland
Since February 2024 the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne has welcomed guests to its Guerlain Spa: 1,500 m² with hammam, sauna, ice cave and a spa suite for two with a Japanese bath. The rooms have been refreshed too: Pierre-Yves Rochon redesigned the Palace wing in 2014 and the Beau-Rivage wing in 2020.
Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey · VeveyIn Vevey the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey was reorganised in February 2026. The 5-star hotel now has 34 rooms, and every one of them looks out over the lake and the Alps. Next door, the more relaxed La Résidence des Trois Couronnes has opened; both share the restaurants and the Puressens Spa.
Among the luxury hotels in Lausanne, the Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne has made a fresh start too: after five years of work with the heritage authorities, the Art Nouveau palace reopened in November 2015 with a new contemporary wing, and the Spa du Royal followed in 2016. High above Vevey, Le Mirador Resort gained a new wing with 45 junior suites in 2009.
Lausanne, indoors and out: At the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne you have a heated indoor pool in the Guerlain Spa and a heated outdoor pool in the gardens, plus a summer beach on the shore from May to September. The Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne heats the indoor and outdoor pools of its Spa du Royal to 31 °C. In the city centre, the Lausanne Palace has a spa covering 2,100 m², with a heated indoor pool, hammam and a private spa suite for two.
Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne · Sous-Gare/OuchyOn the Riviera: For a big spa at a 5-star hotel on Lake Geneva, look to Montreux as well: the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace has a 2,000 m² Fairmont Spa with indoor and outdoor pools. In Vevey you swim in a 24-metre indoor pool right by the water at the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey, or from May to September in the heated garden pool facing the lake and the Alps at the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey.
Above the lake and by the harbour: At Le Mirador Resort the 17 x 8 metre pool sits beneath a glass dome, heated to 26–27 °C all year, with a hot tub and panoramic terrace. Le Mirador Spa by Alpeor covers 1,750 m², with eleven lake-facing treatment rooms and a Day Spa Suite with private jacuzzi. At Ouchy harbour, the outdoor pool of the Château d’Ouchy Lausanne opens beneath old trees from May to the end of September.
Two stars, twice: At the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, Anne-Sophie Pic has been cooking French haute cuisine with Swiss terroir at the two-Michelin-star Pic au Beau-Rivage Palace since 2009. Up at the Lausanne Palace, Franck Pelux serves contemporary French cuisine at La Table du Lausanne Palace with views across the rooftops to the lake and mountains, also with two stars.
Lausanne Palace · LausanneVevey: At the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey, Guy Ravet serves a four- to five-course menu by the fireplace with lake views at EMOTIONS par Guy Ravet, rated 17 out of 20 by Gault&Millau in 2024. At the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey, Alastair Long cooks seasonal Japanese kaiseki cuisine at Kaiseki by Manabu, and the Bar Anglais pours Chasselas from Lavaux.
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More relaxed in Montreux and Lausanne: At the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, the Montreux Jazz Café captures the spirit of the festival, and Funky Claude’s Bar has live music Thursday to Saturday. On the roof of the Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne, The Sky Rooftop serves Italian cuisine with views over Lake Geneva, and at the 57° Grill of the Château d’Ouchy Lausanne dishes are grilled before your eyes.
Pic opens Tuesday to Saturday, La Table Wednesday to Saturday, and EMOTIONS for dinner only from Wednesday to Sunday. If you are planning a gourmet evening at a 5-star hotel on Lake Geneva, tell us your preferred date and our travel advisors will request the table together with your room.
As early as 1842 the Monnet family in Vevey turned the Château des Belles Truches into a lakeside palace, today’s Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey. Tchaikovsky and Charlie Chaplin stayed here, the Aga Khan married in the hotel, and Henry James set his novella “Daisy Miller” here. In 1868 Ernest Burnat built the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey on the same Rue d’Italie, where princes and writers such as Henryk Sienkiewicz came to stay.
Fairmont Le Montreux Palace · shoreIn Lausanne the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne opened on the Ouchy lakefront in 1861; the Treaty of Lausanne was signed here in 1923. Next door on Place du Port, the Château d’Ouchy Lausanne stands around a tower built around 1170 for the bishops of Lausanne; Jean-Jacques Mercier had Francis Isoz build the neo-Gothic hotel between 1889 and 1893. The Art Nouveau palace of the Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne followed in 1909, and on 19 June 1915 the Lausanne Palace opened in the centre, later the residence of three IOC presidents.
Grand Hotel du Lac VeveyIn Montreux the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace by Eugène Jost opened in 1906. The 1936 Montreux Convention was signed in its ballroom, and Vladimir Nabokov lived here for the last 17 years of his life. On Mont-Pèlerin the Mon Repos medical centre had already been built in 1904, where Maurice Ravel stayed in 1934; it became a hotel around 1952 and has been called Le Mirador Resort since 1970.
Accolades: Michelin Keys rate the hotel as a whole, not the restaurant. Three Keys, the highest distinction, go to the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, which also holds four stars in the Forbes Travel Guide. The Lausanne Palace and the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace each hold two Keys.
The Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne and the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey each hold one Key; the Vevey hotel is also a member of Relais & Châteaux. It belongs to Swiss Deluxe Hotels, an association of Swiss 5-star hotels, as do the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, the Lausanne Palace and the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace.
Trains and paddle steamers link the towns on the north shore, and from Geneva Airport you reach Lausanne in about 40 to 45 minutes and Montreux in around an hour. So choose your luxury hotel on Lake Geneva by where you want to spend your evenings: in the city, above the vineyards or on the Riviera promenade.
Le Mirador Resort · City centreLausanne-Ouchy by the lake: The Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne sits in about ten acres of gardens right on the shore, with tennis and padel courts. Next door on Place du Port stands the Château d’Ouchy Lausanne with its teak lakeside terrace. From both you can walk to the Olympic Museum and the boat piers.
Château d’Ouchy Lausanne · City centreLausanne, city centre and Avenue d’Ouchy: The Lausanne Palace is close to the Esplanade de Montbenon, 500 metres from the station and right by the Lausanne-Flon metro stop. Halfway between the centre and the shore you stay at the Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne, set in a 5,000 m² park with Japanese gardens.
Vevey and Mont-Pèlerin: On Rue d’Italie in Vevey you find the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey by the marina and the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey, five minutes' walk from the old town. Above them, on Mont-Pèlerin in the municipality of Chardonne, stands Le Mirador Resort; the funicular down to Vevey leaves two minutes' walk from the hotel.
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Montreux: The Fairmont Le Montreux Palace stands on Avenue Claude-Nobs in the heart of town on the lake, facing the Alps. Walk along the shore to Chillon Castle, or take the cog railway up to the Rochers-de-Naye.
Combine two places: two nights in Lausanne for starred cuisine and the old town, then two nights on the Riviera in Vevey or Montreux, travelling between them by paddle steamer along Lavaux. Our travel advisors coordinate rooms, tables and the crossing for you.
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Lausanne Palace · Lake GenevaPoints in Lausanne: The Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, the Lausanne Palace and the Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne belong to the Leaders Club of The Leading Hotels of the World. Because suitespot books directly with the hotel, you keep earning points and elite nights.
Personal luxury travel adviceOur travel advisors personally accompany your booking – 365 days a year, from the first offer to late check-out. Reach the suitespot VIP service via email or WhatsApp.Phone: +49 30 81452346 · hotel@suitespot.comPoints on the Riviera: You also find the Leaders Club at the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey and at Le Mirador Resort, while your nights at the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace count with ALL (Accor). The Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey is an independent hotel without a chain loyalty programme. At hotels without a points programme, the suitespot benefits come on top.
Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne · Lake GenevaWhen to go: In spring the gardens bloom along the quays, in summer the outdoor pools and lake terraces open, and in July Montreux is all about jazz. In autumn the Lavaux winemakers harvest, and in winter the Savoy Alps lie snow-covered across the water, perfect for long spa days.
How long to stay: Two to three nights are enough for one town and a trip into Lavaux. If you want to combine Lausanne and the Riviera, plan four to five nights at two of the luxury hotels on Lake Geneva.
On Lake Geneva the most widely represented programme is the Leaders Club of The Leading Hotels of the World, in Lausanne as well as in Vevey and on Mont-Pèlerin. At the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace you earn with ALL (Accor). As suitespot books directly with the hotel, points and elite nights keep counting and your status benefits remain. At hotels without a points programme, the suitespot benefits come on top.
6 of the 8 hotels on Lake Geneva belong to a hotel loyalty program, spread across two programs. The other 2 hotels are independently run – there you receive the suitespot benefits without a loyalty program.
| Program | Hotels | Examples on Lake Geneva |
|---|---|---|
| Leaders Club | 5 hotels | Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne, Lausanne Palace … |
| ALL (Accor) | 1 hotel | Fairmont Le Montreux Palace |
Which hotel on Lake Geneva suits you often comes down to a few questions: is there a pool or a spa, how old is the building, when was it last renovated, and has the hotel received an award? The overview answers them for all eight hotels at a glance.
8 of the 8 hotels are housed in historic buildings. The oldest is Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey, welcoming guests since 1842. 8 hotels have a spa, 8 a pool. 5 hotels hold a Michelin Key, and one is listed in the Forbes Travel Guide.
✓ = available, – = not available, blank = no information.
| Hotel | Opened | Renovated | Pool | Spa | Michelin Keys | Forbes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne | 1861 | 2024 | ✓ | ✓ | 3 Keys | 4 stars |
| Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne | 1909 | 2015 | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Key | |
| Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey | 1868 | 2006 | ✓ | ✓ | 1 Key | |
| Fairmont Le Montreux Palace | 1906 | ✓ | ✓ | 2 Keys | ||
| Lausanne Palace | 1915 | ✓ | ✓ | 2 Keys | ||
| Le Mirador Resort | 1952 | 2009 | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey | 1842 | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Château d’Ouchy Lausanne | 1893 | ✓ | ✓ |
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It depends on your trip. For starred cuisine and a spa on the shore we recommend the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, for families and music lovers the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace in Montreux, and for couples the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey. Our travel advisors listen to your wishes and personally suggest the right hotel.
On the Riviera the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey and the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey, in Lausanne the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne and the Lausanne Palace, and in Montreux the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace. All except the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey belong to Swiss Deluxe Hotels, the association of Swiss hotels with five stars.
The Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne has a heated indoor pool (31 °C) in its Spa du Royal. At Le Mirador Resort you swim all year beneath a glass dome at 26–27 °C, and at the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey in a 24-metre indoor pool by the lake.
In Lausanne, twice with two Michelin stars: Anne-Sophie Pic’s Pic au Beau-Rivage Palace at the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne and Franck Pelux’s La Table du Lausanne Palace at the Lausanne Palace. In Vevey, Gault&Millau rates EMOTIONS par Guy Ravet at the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey 17 out of 20.
The Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne holds three Keys, the Lausanne Palace and the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace two each. The Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne and the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey hold one Key each.
The Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, with a kids' club for ages 3 to 12 in the summer and school holidays and a babysitting service. The Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne also has a kids' club and babysitting, plus gardens with tennis courts and a summer beach on the lake.
Yes. In Lausanne the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, the Lausanne Palace and the Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne belong to the Leaders Club, and two more hotels on the Riviera do too. At the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace you earn with ALL (Accor). Because suitespot books directly with the hotel, points and elite nights count.
In Lausanne-Ouchy for lake and city (our pick: the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne), in Vevey for the old town and the quay (Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey), on Mont-Pèlerin for views and quiet (Le Mirador Resort) and in Montreux for the promenade and jazz (Fairmont Le Montreux Palace).
At several, yes, for example the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne, the Royal Savoy Hotel Lausanne, the Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey and the Hôtel des Trois Couronnes Vevey. Our travel advisors check the conditions with the hotel before you book.
No. This page covers the Swiss north shore between Lausanne and Montreux. We present the luxury hotels in Geneva on a page of their own, and the French south shore around Évian is not part of this selection either.
You reach Lausanne by car or direct train in about 40 to 45 minutes and Montreux in around an hour. For Le Mirador Resort, take the train to Vevey and the funicular up to Mont-Pèlerin from there.