Name: L Imperial Palace
Address: Annecy, FR
Price range: From $740

L Imperial Palace, AnnecyL Imperial Palace in Annecy, France has a corrected score of 3.6 ± 0.4 (thin evidence, 1 of 4 platforms), ranked 8 of 39 hotels we score in Annecy. Its platform ratings, normalised to 0-5, average 3.5 before correction: Google 3.5. Rooms from about $740 a night (cached, not a live quote).L Imperial Palace is a four-star Belle Epoque hotel on the shore of Lake Annecy in the French Alps, about a mile from the town centre. Opened in 1913, it has 90 rooms and 14 suites, three restaurants and bars including a Louis XVI-style dining room, a spa with massage services, a casino, gardens and seminar facilities. Interiors were updated in 1990, and guests rate the breakfast buffet, lake and mountain views, and staff highly. It suits travellers wanting a full-service lakeside base, including families and business groups. Facilities can feel crowded at busy times, and rates start high at around $740 per night.What stands out

Lakeside setting with lake and mountain views

Spacious, comfortable, clean rooms

Friendly, helpful staff

Spa, casino and three restaurants

Watch out for

Facilities can feel crowded

Expensive, from $740 a night

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