“Life is better at the Lake,” says Raphael Herzog, director of the Belle Epoque Hotel directly on Lake Lucerne, “we have adapted our concepts to the new needs and want to make the summer sweeter for our guests. Special features of the four-star hotel with only 53 rooms: chill out in the spa and in the beautiful hotel park, exciting restaurants, “drive-in” for hungry Bohemians, most beautiful sunset on the whole lake.

The hotel above the city of Lucerne is surprisingly different and very successful. Four or five stars? Both! Actually, the “Montana” is a four-star hotel. But on the top floor there is still the “Montana Penthouse” – 19 rooms and suites in a class of their own. Especially the spa suites are amazing, with a private whirlpool on the private roof terrace. A very luxurious hotel-in-hotel concept! The “Montana” vibrates, is also a hotspot for the people of Lucerne: Beach Club (rooftop bar), Jazz Club (Louis Bar), Day Spa, restaurant with great cuisine and dream terrace (“Scala”). The shortest funicular railway in Switzerland takes you down to the lake at the push of a button.

“Steep, steep, Stoos!” Up to the idyllic mountain village of Stoos we take the world’s steepest funicular. Up to 110 percent incline; that’s a world record. On the mountain birdsong instead of car noise, pure nature: from the Fronalpstock you can look out over ten lakes, into the Alps – and over to the Rütli! Top address: the Wellnesshotel Stoos: 1100 square metres of wellness & spa with outdoor whirlpool, swimming pool and sauna area. A paradise also for bikers & hikers: the ridge walk from Klingenstock to Fronalpstock is breathtakingly beautiful, in June and in July especially.