BEAU-RIVAGE PALACE LAUSANNE
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Place du Port 17-19,
CH-1006 Lausanne-Ouchy, Switzerland.
Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne has built a reputation for being one of
Europe's favourite hotels for its service and high quality. 24 March 1861
marks the inauguration of the Beau-Rivage Hotel in the lakeside village of
Ouchy. 47 years later, in 1908, opens the second part of the hotel, the
Palace wing. Built in a different style, neo-baroque, the Palace was
connected to the Beau-Rivage wing by its beautiful and impressive
masterpiece "La Rotonde".
Room Facilities
AM/FM Alarm Clock
Hairdryers Available
Mini Bar
Modem Lines in Room
Room Service
Safe Deposit Box
Hotel Facilities
Babysitting/Child Services
Concierge
Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
Laundry/Valet Services
Dining & Entertainment
Bar/Lounge
Restaurant
Sports & Leisure
Pool
Fitness Center or Spa
Tennis
Check-in time 1400hrs
Check-out time 1200hrs
Ratings Five Stars
Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne
Located in 10 acres of parkland, on the banks of Lake Geneva in Lausanne,
the elegant belle époque buildings of the Beau-Rivage Palace Lausanne
command breathtaking views across the lake to the majestic French Alps
beyond.
LOCATION MAP
Historic Hotel 1999: The Hotel Beau-Rivage in Ouchy on the lakeside of
Lausanne was constructed in the middle of the last century on the initiative
of a private company. After two years of construction, Lausanne opened its
first grand hotel on 24 March 1861.
The hotel façade was built in what was a new architectural style for
hotels at that time, using palaces and castles as a model. The extension,
the palace of 1908, looks like an imposing, six-storey castle with a curb
roof in neo-baroque style. The transformation in architectural language from
the mid-19th-century style that looks back to the Italian renaissance to the
liveliness of the neo-baroque form around the turn of the century is rarely
better seen and admired than in this hotel where the two feature side by
side.
To date, thanks to several phases of renovation, the Beau-Rivage has always
managed to keep up with the latest developments in both technology and hotel
business requirements. Architects and owners have gone to astonishing
lengths to preserve the historical evolution of the structure and draw
attention to the essence of the building. An understanding for the original
building that has never been seriously questioned, its recent rescue and the
hotel's own esteem for its grandiose past that flows through its almost
140-year history like a leitmotif are the main reasons that moved the jury
to award it a prize…
