The Top 24 Hotels Near La Locandiera
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A grand belle époque hotel on the western shore of Lake Como, with views straight across to Bellagio and the Grigne mountains. The 90 rooms, two private villas, and five restaurants are draped in Como silk and tended by local artisans, and an immense botanical garden rolls down to the water's edge. It has been family-run from the start, which shows in the way the service feels unhurried rather than corporate.
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A neoclassical facade on the Lake Como waterfront in Menaggio, with the kind of ornate molding and chandeliers that make you feel underdressed just walking through the lobby. This hotel pairs that old-world bones with freshened interiors and modern furnishings, so it reads more lake house than museum. Balconies look straight out over the water, the spa is properly calm, and the pool is the sort you photograph before you get in.
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The original key racks are still in use, and the staircase still creaks, which tells you everything about how this grand hotel above Sils Maria thinks about progress. Five generations of the same family have kept it stately without turning it into a museum, and 140 rooms, a forest-fringed spa, and views across glassy lakes and snowy peaks make the case that not every Swiss hotel needs to be in St. Moritz.
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Floor-to-ceiling windows and private balconies mean the Engadin Valley does most of the decorating at this contemporary alpine hotel just outside St. Moritz. The building is deliberately low-slung, all glass and local timber, chosen over the usual chalet kitsch. Seventy rooms lean clean-lined and blond-wood calm, junior suites nearly double the space, and the spa throws in an underwater relaxation bed for guests who find hot tubs insufficiently dramatic.
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The carved wood ceiling in the lobby has been there since the hotel opened, and the staff behaves as though it always will be. This is a grand Alpine resort in St. Moritz, old-school glamour at altitude, with an ice-skating rink on the grounds and complimentary laundry for children under twelve, which tells you something about who stays here. The Hitchcock Suite is self-explanatory. Forbes Five Star and a spot on the World's 50 Best Hotels list.
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Every suite faces south, which means Lake St. Moritz and the Engadine mountains fill every window without exception. This Forbes Five Star hotel sits just outside the town center, all-suite throughout, with butler service and a 24-hour car on call. The Bel Etage, anchored by two historic fireplaces, is where guests gather before and after dinner while someone plays the grand piano, which is either charming or a lot, depending on your mood.
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The private ski lift says everything about this grand alpine hotel just outside St. Moritz. Inside, the old-world atmosphere holds firm: wood beams, coffered ceilings, an oak-paneled bar, a billiards room, and a dining room where children are required to dress for dinner. Rooms are classic and quietly luxurious. Breakfast is a lavish Swiss spread, and an indoor pool faces the mountains. The Michelin Guide awarded it two Keys.
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The natural ice bobsled run outside is the oldest still operating anywhere, which tells you something about the ambitions of the place. This grand Swiss alpine hotel has been the center of St. Moritz winter life for as long as anyone can remember, with an ornate lobby, seven restaurants and bars, a vast spa, and rooms with balcony views that make it hard to get dressed. It holds a Forbes Four Star.
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A palazzo-style grand hotel in St. Moritz, turrets and blue shutters and all, built over a mineral spring that still feeds the spa's pools and baths below. Chandelier dining, high tea with Swiss patisserie, and a gondola station directly across the street for the slopes. The Michelin Guide awarded it a Key. It's the kind of place where "popping out for a ski" feels like a completely reasonable sentence.
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Twenty-four rooms in an 18th-century villa on Lake Como, each one individually designed and stuffed with original frescoes, Murano chandeliers, and the kind of gilded mirrors that make you feel briefly aristocratic. The terraced gardens run seven acres down to the water, and a vintage orange Fiat 500 handles property transport. Ranked fourth among the World's 50 Best Hotels, Passalacqua wears its grandeur lightly, the food is simple and seasonal, and the spa hides in a subterranean vault.
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Three Neoclassical villas, a boathouse, and six acres of lakeside gardens make this Forbes Five Star resort feel less like a hotel and more like an estate you've somehow talked your way into. The pool floats in the lake itself, the CO.MO lounge does aperitivo with the mountains behind it, and the original plaster moldings have been around since an opera singer owned the place. Everyone looks suspiciously relaxed by check-in.
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A 19th-century castle on the quieter side of the valley from St. Moritz, Hotel Schloss Pontresina plays the Romantic-atmosphere card without making guests earn it through draughty corridors. Rooms run Alpine-contemporary, with knotty cabinetry, red fabric accents, and oversized windows pointed at the Bernina glacier. The whole property leans into family travel, the spa runs year-round, and the slopes are five kilometers away.
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A floating pool moored on Lake Como is somehow not even the most dramatic thing about this grand hotel. Once a cardinal's summer retreat, later a princess's, Villa d'Este has been welcoming guests since the 1870s, its 152 rooms filled with art and antiquities from centuries of noble owners. George Clooney is a neighbor; the rest of the regulars are merely famous. Forbes Four Star.
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The original art deco bones connect to a newer glass-and-steel tower, and somehow the pairing feels like a statement rather than a compromise. This luxury hotel in Porta Nuova sits directly across from the central train station, which suits the business crowd that fills it without making it feel transactional. The interiors lean into Jazz Age decadence, all polished surfaces and considered proportions. A Forbes Four Star property.
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