Fairmont Le Montreux Palace

Fairmont Le Montreux Palace, 'The Pearl of the Swiss Riviera', is located on the shores of Lake Geneva with magnificent views of the lake and the Alps.

Built in 1906, the hotel offers a traditional and elegant atmosphere combined with the latest in technology. All rooms and suites have been recently refurbished. Several restaurants and bars, as well as the terrace at the lake side, delight you with exquisite and tasty food and drinks.

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Rooms: 235
Rate: 229 - 1209 CHF
Hotel chain: Fairmont Hotels & Resorts

Situated on the fabled shores of lake Geneva and overlooking the lake and Alps, Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is a jewel of the Belle Epoque architecture. Built in 1906, the hotel offers a traditional and elegant atmosphere where each guest can experience a personalized service with attention to detail.

Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is just 45 minutes from Geneva International airport, 2 minutes on foot from the Montreux railway station, and easily accessible from all major European cities by rail or road. It is centrally located, close to shopping, restaurants and offers a large variety of outdoor activities.

The 235 rooms and suites of Le Montreux Palace, all recently renovated, combine elegance, refined decoration, comfort and modern technology, so that each guest, (leisure or business) can have an exquisite experience.

For your meals, choose from one of the four restaurants of Le Montreux Palace. The gourmet restaurant “Jaan” offers you a refined French cuisine enhanced by exotic Asian flavours, La Brasserie du Palace will delight you with tasty food from 11.00 am to 11.00 pm, take advantage of the Terrace du Petit Palais in the Summer, offering grills and a buffet of salads or enjoy dinner with jazzy melodies at the Harry's New York Bar.

Come and discover well-being at the Amrita Wellness Centre, an exclusive top-of-the-line complex with a surface of 2000 m2 as well as an underground parking facility for 175 places. Besides its in-door and out-door swimming pool, fitness center, saunas, hammam, Jacuzzis and steam baths, the Amrita Wellness will provide a vast choice of therapies, treatments and massages… all offering an integrated approach so that the body, mind and soul are in perfect harmony.

Our 12 multi purpose function rooms offer up to 25’000 sq ft of meeting space. The majestic traditional ballrooms of Fairmont Le Montreux Palace or the modern function rooms located in our conference center “Le Petit Palais,” offer you a vast choice, whether it be for a grand gala dinner or a high tech meeting from 10 – 900 guests.

Fairmont Le Montreux Palace has 235 rooms and suites, most of which overlook the lake, and thus offer a fabulous panorama of the vigour and freshness of nature, all drenched in light. Most of the rooms have a balcony or veranda--ideal spots to take advantage of the first rays of sunlight or the warm summer nights. Spacious and light, decorated in warm colours such as burgundy, royal blue or eggshell, the rooms have an elegant and classical feel. A few pieces of antique furniture--desk, chest of drawers or wardrobe--enrich a decor recently renovated in the Belle Epoque spirit. Yet behind the sophisticated atmosphere lurk all the conveniences of the modern world:
Standard rooms: all standard rooms have mountain view and overlooking rather Montreux or the Vineyards. approx. 20 - 25 qm
Superior rooms: all superior rooms overlooking the lake and have a balcony or a veranda. approx. 25-30qm
Deluxe rooms: all deluxe rooms overlooking the lake and have a balcony or a veranda. approx. 30-35 qm.
Junior Suite: All junior suites are spacious and overlooking the lake. They have balcony or a veranda. approx. 35-45 qm

*Jaan'’s cuisine is inspired by modern french cooking enhanced by delicate and exotic flavors and scents from asia. In Jaan, the finest products from the region’s rivers, lake and land are used. The menu card changes each season.the extensive wine list also offers carefully chosen wines by the glass to complement each dish. Jaan ‘s design is contemporary and minimalist. The large windows of the restaurant have panoramic views over the new gardens of fairmont le montreux palace as well as lake geneva and the alps of the “ haute savoie ”. Open Tuesday through Saturday from 7 pm
*La Brasserie, decorated in Belle Epoque style, offers a typical cuisine of Parisian brasserie as well as the best Swiss specialities. In our wine card you will find a wide range of specialities of the region and abroad.
Open every day from 9 am, hot dishes served between 11.30 am until 10.30 pm

*La Terrasse du Petit Palace: A haven of peace with a breathtaking view on the lake and the Alps. Open during the summer between noon and 11 pm, hot dishes served from noon until 2 pm and 7 pm until 10 pm

*La Palmeraie: Breakfast buffet restaurant open daily from 6:30 am to 10:30 am

* Harry's New York Bar: The meeting point for international clientele and Montreusiens! Hundreds of cocktails, a menu until late in the night and an unforgettable environment with live music every evening except Sunday. Sundays to
Thursdays: 5 pm - 2 am; Fridays & Saturdays: 5 pm - 3 am

Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva and overlooks the Swiss and French Alps. Still called the "Pearl of the Riviera", the hotel benefits from a particularly mild and pleasant climate in the Montreux area, thanks to its privileged location.

The diversity of excursions, by bus, train or boat, and of sports (water sports, tennis, golf, horse-riding, hiking) as well as of entertainment offered by the region, allows each and everyone to spend their time ideally.

There is always something happening on the Swiss Riviera; whether it be the international events punctuating the year, the Jazz Festival in July, And the theatre performances, classical music concerts and the Christmas market in the winter season.

Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is located about one hour from the Geneva international airport and scarcely 20 minutes from the Lausanne train station, with direct connections by TGV to Paris.

By plane
Geneva International Airport (90 km)
Zürich International Airport (200 km)

By train
Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is a five-minute walk from the train station, you can take a taxi or ask our chauffeur to pick you up.

Geneva airport - Montreux: 1h10 min
Cisalpino - Milan - Montreux : 3h00 min
TGV - Paris - Lausanne - Montreux : 4h30 min


By car
From Geneva: 60 minutes
Head towards Lausanne on the A1 motorway. Take the Lausanne interchange to the A9 direction Simplon-Grand St-Bernard. Exit at Montreux, go down to the lake and turn left. Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is about 500 meters along this road.

From Lausanne : 20 minutes
Take the A9 motorway in the direction of Simplon-Grand St-Bernard, exit at Montreux, go down to the lake and turn left. Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is about 500 meters along this road.

From Zürich : 2 hours
A1 motorway in the direction of Bern-Basel-Dietikon to the Geneva-Lausanne-Neuchâtel sign, motorway A12, interchange direction Vevey, motorway A9, Montreux exit, go down to the lake and turn left. Fairmont Le Montreux Palace is about 500 meters along this road.

Milan : 3 hours 30 minutes
Paris : 5 hours 30 minutes
Munich : 4 hours 30 minutes

* 1 fully equipped disabled room available
* Children's hours in the SPA: 14:00-17:00 hrs