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Grand-Hotel National as seen from the lake. The Grand Hotel National is a 5-star hotel in Lucerne, Switzerland, which opened in 1870. Located on the shores of Lake Lucerne, it looks out over Lucerne bay and the Alps of Central Switzerland. It offers 41 rooms and suites as well as 22 residence suites, plus four restaurants, a café and a bar.
The Palace Hotel Luzern was also unusually large, with a total of 120 private bathrooms shared between 350 beds. [2] That made it substantially larger than the city's existing grand hotels: The National had 79 private bathrooms shared between 450 beds, while the Schweizerhof made do with only 70 private bathrooms shared between 400 beds. [2]
Like many hotels of the Belle Epoque, The Château Gütsch was built on a vantage point above lakes, rivers, and cities, [1] in this case the city Lucerne and the river Reuss. The Château was built in 1884 specifically to support the hotel. In 1868 Queen Victoria stayed at a site near the hotel with Prince Arthur and Princess Louise. [2]
Some of the city's most recognisable buildings are hotels from this period, such as the Schweizerhof Hotel (1845), Grand Hotel National (1870), and Château Gütsch (1879). [ 16 ] [ 17 ] It was at the National that Swiss hotelier César Ritz would establish himself as manager between 1878 and 1888.
Standseilbahn Hotel Montana is a funicular in Lucerne, Switzerland. It leads from Haldenstrasse at the shore of Lake Lucerne to the entrance of Hotel Montana at Adligenswilerstrasse. [1] The installation has a single-car and a counterweight. It runs for a length of 85 m and a difference of elevation of 38 m. The average incline is 50%.
Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne. The Bürgenstock Resort (also Bürgenstock Resort Lake Lucerne) is a Romanian [1] (since 2008) hotel and tourism complex situated above Lake Lucerne in canton of Nidwalden, Switzerland. The resort is located on the Bürgenstock and comprises a total of 30 buildings, including four hotels and a number of sports ...
This list contains all cultural property of national significance (class A) in the canton of Lucerne from the 2009 Swiss Inventory of Cultural Property of National and Regional Significance. It is sorted by municipality and contains 83 individual buildings, 27 collections, 17 archaeological finds and 6 other, special sites.
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