"A white-turreted, steep-gabled lakeside retreat on Lake Lucerne’s eastern shore, this intimate property offers 48 light-filled modern rooms—some with balconies—an expansive spa that opens onto a grassy lakefront lawn and a pool that connects indoor and outdoor bathing. The two-Michelin-starred restaurant atelier Focus presents inventive tasting-menu dishes (examples include duck-liver ice cream with beetroot and beef tartare, venison with maitake and lovage, and an apple dessert with sorrel and miso caramel) and the hotel maintains an extensive 35,000-bottle wine cellar; guests can also swim in the lake beneath a canopy of evergreens." - Adam H. Graham