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Burgenstock Hotels & Resort Lake Lucerne named Switzerland’s best hotel

Published: 26 Apr 2021 - 09:47 am | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 08:49 am
Burgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne.

Burgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne.

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Doha: Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne named best hotel in Switzerland with a total score of 100 out of 100 points by the leading hospitality magazine in the DACH region, Falstaff TRAVEL. 

The Falstaff Hotel Guide consists of an exclusive selection of first-class hotels that have been rated in six different categories by experts with a total of 100 points. A democratic overall rating was created from these ratings, which guarantees a unique selection of top hotels in Austria, Germany, Switzerland and South Tyrol as well as international insider tips. 

Falstaff reaches over 850,000 readers in the extended readership with an awareness level of 65 percent in the overall population. Included in the list is Kulm Hotel St. Moritz, Grand Resort Bad Ragaz, Badrutt’s Palace, The Dolder Grand, The Chedi Andermatt, Parkhotel Vitznau and Beau-Rivage Palace.

Bürgenstock Hotel’s history harks all the way back to 1873 and its heyday in the 1950s and 1960s when it was a magnet for the European rich and famous, including Hollywood stars such as Sophia Loren and Audrey Hepburn. Reopened officially back in September 2018, 

Bürgenstock Resort perched atop the Bürgenberg mountain ridge, some 500 meters above Lake Lucerne and its part of The Bürgenstock Selection headquartered in Zug, Switzerland. The resort comprises a total inventory of 383 rooms spread across four hotels: The Bürgenstock Hotel & Alpine Spa, the Palace Hotel & Conferences, the Waldhotel Health & Medical Excellence with a Health & Medical Center and the Taverne 1879. 

In addition, the resort boasts ten restaurants, a 10,000 sqm (108,000 sqft) Alpine spa and a wide range of leisure activities. For a location that’s steeped in 145 years of history, Bürgenstock Hotel is richly modern in design. 

Floors in dark walnut parquet, structural ceiling featuring a pattern of the Swiss national flower Edelweiss, curved wall panels in bronze, plush mauve and cream velvet upholstery, a spiral staircase inspired by Switzerland’s Hammetschwand lift, and a contemporary funnel-shaped central fireplace, tie the space together.