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Chenot Palace Weggis
Weggis, Lucerne, Switzerland · Chenot · Core Luxury
Wilhelm Strässli opened Hotel Bellevue on the Hof Bächelen in 1875, and in 1912 Alfred Möri and Karl-Friedrich Krebs rebuilt it as the Belle Époque palace you still see from Lake Lucerne. The Egli family kept it through four generations. In June 2020 the shore reopened as Chenot Palace Weggis: 97 rooms, 52 of them in the old houses and 45 in a timber wing by Davide Macullo, set back so the lakeside face hardly changes. The door at Hertensteinstrasse 34 now says Chenot.
- 97 rooms
- Opened 2020
- Neighborhood: Hertensteinstrasse
- Architect: Davide Macullo
About Chenot Palace Weggis
- During the 1946 meeting on this peninsula that produced the Hertenstein Programme, the hotel housed Luigi Einaudi, later president of Italy, and Alcide De Gasperi, then the Italian prime minister.
- In 2006 the Brazilian national team stayed here before the World Cup in Germany. The NZZ noted Ronaldinho in the Rachmaninoff suite, in the years when the sign still read Park Hotel Weggis.
- In 1899 the annex gained corner turrets, carved balcony rails, and white paint, and Weggis started calling it the Schlössli. That small building still carries the name.
History
Wilhelm Strässli built Hotel Bellevue in 1875 on the Hof Bächelen, about 50 beds, almost all toward the lake. Alois Egli bought it in 1907 and in 1912 had Alfred Möri and Karl-Friedrich Krebs rebuild it, raising the house a storey and the beds from 70 to 160. The Egli family kept it into the fourth generation, sold in 1997, and the hotel reopened in 2007 as Park Hotel Weggis, then Park Weggis in 2012. Sold again in 2017, it closed and reopened in June 2020 as Chenot Palace Weggis, with Davide Macullo's timber wing set back from the lakeside facade. Ninety-seven rooms: 52 in the old buildings, 45 in the new wing.
The setting
Hertensteinstrasse 34, 6353 Weggis, at the southwest edge of the village where the Hertenstein peninsula begins. A park and a beach sit between the Belle Époque house and Lake Lucerne, under the Rigi. The hamlet of Hertenstein itself is farther along the road.
Experiences
- Prevention & Ageing Well programme — Advanced Detox-based programme with cold and light therapies, hypoxia and neuromuscular stimulation; minimum seven nights.
- Chenot Diet — Fast-with-food approach of three plant-based, reduced-calorie meals a day (850 kcal per day as printed).
- Whole-body cryotherapy — Medically supervised exposure to minus -110°C in the cold chamber for a maximum of 3 minutes.
- Hypoxic exercise training in the altitude room — Exercise in a chamber simulating elevation of up to 3,000 metres by reducing oxygen levels.
- Personal training sessions — Personalised fitness training with professionals, using a 20-metre indoor pool, yoga studio and Body Balance routines.
- Neurac treatments — Functional therapeutic exercises in a suspension sling for musculoskeletal pain and neuromuscular dysfunction.
Amenities
- 5,000-square-meter state-of-the-art medical spa
- Whole-body cryotherapy chamber (-110°C) and altitude chamber
- Metabolic and sports performance laboratory
- Private beach access on the shores of Lake Lucerne
- Plant-based detox restaurant serving the Chenot Diet®
- Anti-gravity technologies and epigenetic profiling diagnostics
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