Name: Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern
Address: Lucerne, CH
Price range: From $582

Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern, LucerneHotel Schweizerhof Luzern in Lucerne, Switzerland has a corrected score of 3.4 ± 0.6 (thin evidence, no platform scores), ranked 19 of 47 hotels we score in Lucerne. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 4.6 before correction. Rooms from about $582 a night (cached, not a live quote).Hotel Schweizerhof Luzern is a five-star, family-owned hotel housed in a Neoclassical building on the northern shore of Lake Lucerne, in Lucerne's Old Town. It sits a short walk from the city centre and the train station, and the Hauser family's fifth generation still runs it. Rooms are spacious and elegant, many looking out over the lake towards the Alps, and guests have a spa area, a restaurant, a bar and a gym at their disposal. Families are welcome, pets are allowed, and there is valet and secure parking for those arriving by car. Rates start high, from around $582 a night, and a few guests report occasional minor room temperature issues.What stands out

Walk to train station and Old Town

Spacious rooms with lake and Alpine views

Fifth-generation family ownership

Spa, restaurant, bar and gym on site

Watch out for

Occasional room temperature complaints

Expensive, from about $582 a night

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