Ten MICHELIN Keys are shared by six hotels between Lausanne and Montreux, on the Swiss shore of Lake Geneva. Three of them belong to the Beau-Rivage Palace in Lausanne, promoted from Two Keys this year and the only Three-Key hotel on that stretch. Two palaces hold Two Keys, the Lausanne Palace and the Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, and three hotels hold One: the Hôtel Royal Savoy Lausanne, Le Mirador Resort & Spa above Vevey and the Grand Hotel du Lac in Vevey. Across the water, the Hôtel Royal at Évian-les-Bains holds One Key in MICHELIN’s list for France, and the seven have 1,009 rooms between them by our count. The Swiss tiers come from MICHELIN’s 2026 list for Switzerland, published in German on 18 September, and the Évian line from its complete list for France. The winter markets open on 20 November.
From Lausanne to Évian: the seven hotels on the Lake Geneva list
Towns are as MICHELIN’s lists print them, and room counts come from the header of each hotel’s MICHELIN page.
| Keys | Hotel | Town | Rooms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three | Beau-Rivage Palace (promoted) | Lausanne | 168 |
| Two | Lausanne Palace | Lausanne | 146 |
| Two | Fairmont Le Montreux Palace | Montreux | 235 |
| One | Hôtel Royal Savoy Lausanne | Lausanne | 196 |
| One | Le Mirador Resort & Spa | Chardonne | 64 |
| One | Grand Hotel du Lac Vevey | Vevey | 50 |
| One | Hôtel Royal Evian | Évian-les-Bains (France) | 150 |
The Montreux Palace is the largest, with 235 rooms, and the Grand Hotel du Lac the smallest, with 50. Lausanne is the only town with a hotel in each tier.
Lausanne: the Beau-Rivage Palace, the Lausanne Palace and the Royal Savoy
The Beau-Rivage Palace, at Place du Port 17-19, sits in ten-acre grounds “pressed up against Lake Geneva”, and MICHELIN calls it “One of the last of Europe’s traditional grand hotels”. Its exteriors “remain faithful to the 1861 conception and the 1908 addition”. It has 168 rooms. The views run over the lake to the French Alps, and the most sought-after rooms are on the lake side, with private balconies. “The Guerlain Spa offers a moment of wellness”, alongside an indoor pool, a seasonal outdoor pool and a tennis court. The fine-dining room is Pic Beau-Rivage Palace, with the cuisine of Anne-Sophie Pic and the chef Jordan Theurillat, while the Café Beau-Rivage, the Japanese restaurant Kaigan and The BAR complete it.
Up the hill, the Lausanne Palace, at Rue du Grand-Chêne 7, was inaugurated in 1915, according to the hotel. “This monument of a hotel stands high on Lausanne’s terraced hillside streets”, MICHELIN writes, and “It’s neither a museum piece nor a pale modern recreation”. It has 146 rooms, an Aveda spa with an indoor pool, and La Table du Lausanne Palace, run by Franck Pelux and Sarah Benahmed. One tip stands out. “Book a rear-facing room if you’re particular about the view”, the page says, since most of those rooms have balconies over the lake and the rooftops.
Down towards Ouchy, the Hôtel Royal Savoy Lausanne stands at Avenue d’Ouchy 40, between the lake and the city, and “this luxury hotel now has a new wing in addition to its historic building and garden”. “Luxury and modernity go hand in hand here”, the page notes. With 196 rooms it is the largest of the three Lausanne hotels, and its spa covers 1,500 square metres, “with both an indoor and outdoor pool”. La Brasserie du Royal is the restaurant.
Montreux and Vevey: the Montreux Palace, Le Mirador and the Grand Hotel du Lac
MICHELIN’s verdict on Montreux is short: “Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is the city’s biggest and grandest hotel”. It opened in 1906, according to MICHELIN’s German list, and its “sprawling Belle Epoque facade” stands at 100 Grand Rue. Its 235 rooms are split between lake and mountain views, “the best overlooking the lake rather than the mountains”, and “Some rooms open through French doors onto small private balconies”, while the hotel adds the Fairmont spa and the Montreux Jazz Café.
Le Mirador sits higher. From Chardonne, on Mont-Pèlerin, it looks over the lake from among vineyards that UNESCO has recognised, and “Le Mirador is not a large resort, but a rather intimately sized 64-room hotel”. The spa is by Alpeor, with “an indoor swimming pool topped with a glass dome”, a fitness centre with lake views and several tennis courts, and Restaurant Le Patio and the Mirador Lounge share the view. “Raise a glass of Chasselas and toast to your good health”, the page suggests.
In Vevey, at Rue d’Italie 1, the Grand Hotel du Lac is “a spectacularly well-preserved 1868-vintage example”, with “a mere fifty rooms and suites”. It is the smallest here. MICHELIN credits the Parisian designer Pierre-Yves Rochon with its renovation, the same name behind the interiors of the Sacher in our Vienna guide. Superior rooms and Junior Suites have balconies, and the page promises “the timeless views of Lake Geneva and the French Alps beyond its southern shores”. EMOTIONS by Guy Ravet is the fine-dining restaurant, and there is “a seasonal lounge and restaurant overlooking the marina”.
Across the lake: the Hôtel Royal at Évian-les-Bains
On the French shore, the Hôtel Royal is “An early 20th-century palace”, and “the Hôtel Royal stands above the lakeside spa resort” at 960 avenue du Léman. “It retains its Belle Époque grandeur”, MICHELIN writes. It has 150 rooms, an outdoor infinity pool, an indoor pool and a spa, and its restaurant, Les Fresques, holds one MICHELIN Star in the 2026 guide for France, under Art Nouveau frescoes by Gustave Jaulmes. Its tier is unchanged from 2025. For the ski resorts on that side of the border, our French Alps guide has the full list.
Winter on the shore: Montreux Noël, Bô Noël and Chillon
Both markets open together. Montreux Noël runs from 20 November to 24 December 2026, with more than 150 chalets on the quays, according to its website, and Lausanne’s Bô Noël runs from 20 November to 31 December, with its programme still to be published. Between the two towns, the Lavaux vineyard terraces have been on UNESCO’s World Heritage List since 2007, “stretching for about 30 km along the south-facing northern shores of Lake Geneva”. The Château de Chillon, beside the lake near Montreux, opens from 10:00 to 17:00 from November to February, with last entry at 16:00. It closes on 25 December and 1 January. For the Bernese Oberland, the GoldenPass Express links Montreux and Interlaken in “approximately 3 hours 15 minutes”, in 2nd class, 1st class or Prestige class, according to MOB, the railway that runs it.
The Luxury.it perspective
This is a grand-hotel list. Four of the six Swiss hotels carry dates from 1861 to 1915 on official pages, and the Beau-Rivage Palace’s promotion takes the stretch from nine Keys in 2025 to ten. Lausanne covers every tier in one city, from the Beau-Rivage on the water to the Lausanne Palace on the hill. For the markets, the Montreux Palace is the natural base for Montreux Noël, and the Lausanne three serve Bô Noël, which runs a week longer. In winter, look at the pools. Five of the seven list an indoor one, and Le Mirador’s sits under a glass dome above the vineyards. The restaurants are the variable, since MICHELIN presents its Swiss restaurant selection on 2 November in Andermatt, as in our calendar of the ceremonies. For the mountains, our Swiss Alps guide lists 46 ski hotels.
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