The 5 Best Luxury Hotels in Lucerne

In town: If you stay in Lucerne itself, you relax without a pool but with a view. At SPA Bellefontaine in the Mandarin Oriental Palace Lucerne, therapists work with Biologique Recherche products, and there is a sauna, a steam bath, experience showers and a relaxation room with heated loungers. At the Radisson Blu Hotel Lucerne, the sauna and relaxation room look out at Pilatus.Radisson Blu Hotel Lucerne · Central stationSwimming above the lake: If you want a 5-star hotel with a big spa, head up the Bürgenstock. The Alpine Spa at the Bürgenstock Hotel spreads over three floors and 10,000 m², with five pools, including a heated infinity pool that runs from indoors to the open air. Add saunas, steam baths and 15 treatment rooms, open daily from 8 am to 8 pm. Families are welcome from 9 to 12 and from 5 to 7 pm, when it gets livelier; in summer a lagoon-style outdoor pool opens as well.

Health as a program: At the Chenot Palace Weggis, the spa is the reason for the trip. Across 5,000 m² it combines precision medicine with traditional Chinese medicine, with a cryochamber at minus 110 degrees, an altitude chamber, hydrotherapy, a hammam and a sauna. You swim in a 20-meter indoor pool of Alpine natural stone, and from the private beach you can step into the lake in every season.

In town, prices start at 226 € at the Radisson Blu Hotel Lucerne. The AMERON Lucerne Hotel Flora starts at 328 €, the Mandarin Oriental Palace Lucerne on the lake promenade at 486 €.

High above the lake, the Bürgenstock Hotel starts at 1,029 €, and for the Chenot Palace Weggis with its week-long programs our travel advisors will quote you the price on request. The table sorts all five by setting; what your dates cost today and which rooms are free is shown in the hotel list further down.

What's included: At the Mandarin Oriental Palace Lucerne, the Bürgenstock Hotel and the AMERON Lucerne Hotel Flora, breakfast for two is included daily, at the Mandarin Oriental in MOzern Brasserie. On top come an upgrade on arrival plus early check-in or late check-out, subject to availability. The same applies at the Radisson Blu Hotel Lucerne, where breakfast is included from the Premium Room category up.

With hotel credit it pays to look closely: the AMERON Lucerne Hotel Flora adds 100 US dollars. At the Mandarin Oriental Palace Lucerne it is 100, in suites 200 US dollars, split between food and drink and the spa; at the Bürgenstock Hotel 100 US dollars. At those two the credit depends on the rate. The Chenot Palace Weggis gives you a 100 franc credit and fresh fruit every day, with benefits from seven nights.

Points and status are available at three of our luxury hotels in Lucerne and on the lake: Radisson Rewards at the Radisson Blu Hotel Lucerne, Fans of Mandarin Oriental at the Mandarin Oriental Palace Lucerne and the Leaders Club of The Leading Hotels of the World at the Bürgenstock Hotel. Because suitespot books directly at the hotel's own rates, points and status nights are credited as usual.

When it's loveliest: From spring to fall the terraces on the quay are busy and the excursion boats are out on the lake. In summer Lucerne Festival brings concerts to the KKL, in winter the peaks wear snow and the Old Town is calm, and before Lent Lucerne celebrates its Fasnacht carnival. Book early for the festival weeks and Fasnacht.

How long to stay: Two to three nights is what we recommend for a 5-star hotel in Lucerne – one day for the Old Town and the Chapel Bridge, one for the boat and a summit. At the Chenot Palace Weggis, plan a full week.