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Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa
Lausanne, Switzerland · Independent · Accessible Luxury
The Royal Savoy opened on Avenue d'Ouchy on June 5, 1909, and its ballroom ceiling has rested on reinforced concrete since 1908, with no column in the room. Katara Hospitality brought the shuttered Art Nouveau palace back in November 2015. Maria Vafiadis of MKV Design fitted 101 rooms into the old wing and 95 into a new park wing, and a ceramic fresco by Jean Derval, who worked with Picasso and Cocteau, hangs in the restaurant. You are in Ouchy, about eight minutes on foot from the lake.
- 196 rooms
- Opened 1909
- Neighborhood: Ouchy
- Interiors: Maria Vafiadis, MKV Design
About Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa
- The Canton of Vaud lists the Royal Savoy as a historic monument. During the rebuild a painted fresco that had sat under plaster for more than forty years came back, in lake blue, vineyard green, and Lavaux ochre.
- The rebuild ran past 100 million francs. Katara Hospitality owns the house, which sits in the Bürgenstock Collection and in Leading Hotels of the World, with the Spa du Royal past 1,500 square meters and heated indoor and outdoor pools.
- La Brasserie du Royal holds 15 Gault&Millau points and a Michelin Guide listing. Sky Rooftop serves Italian dinners with the lake, the Alps, and the city in the same view.
History
The Royal Savoy opened on June 5, 1909, an Art Nouveau palace on Avenue d'Ouchy whose 1908 ballroom already used a reinforced-concrete ceiling with no columns. The Canton of Vaud lists it as a historic monument. A ceramic fresco by Jean Derval, dated 1925, was moved in a 1970s renovation and restored when the house came back. Katara Hospitality reopened the shuttered palace in November 2015 after a rebuild past 100 million francs. Maria Vafiadis of MKV Design kept 101 rooms in the old wing and put 95 in a new park wing. The Spa du Royal and the last of the rebuild followed in 2016.
The setting
The door is Avenue d'Ouchy 40, in Lausanne's Ouchy district, about eight minutes on foot from the lakeside promenade. The M2 metro stop Délices is the short public-transport hop, and the Olympic Museum, the cathedral, and the boats sit nearby. A Lausanne transport card comes with the stay.
Restaurants and bars
- Brasserie du Royal — Restaurant
- Sky Rooftop — Restaurant
- Lounge Bar & Japanese Gardens — Bar
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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