"On the shores of Lake Lugano is the Hotel Splendide Royal, a proper old-world classic that’s been updated just enough to preserve its retro charm. What’s been changed is mostly subtle — the rooms and suites, still antique in style, are full of modern luxury-hotel comforts, and the restaurants, with their astonishing views of the lake, are still the very picture of upright high-end elegance. It’s in the modernist spa where the 21st century is allowed the greatest influence — and, as you can expect from a Swiss luxury hotel, the offerings border on the extravagant." - Tablet Hotels