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Hôtel des Trois Couronnes
Vevey, Switzerland · Independent · Core Luxury
On 3 May 1842 Gabriel Monnet opened this house on the ruins of the Château des Belles Truches, bringing the sign of his family's inn to the water: Hôtel des Trois Couronnes, 49 rue d'Italie, drawn by Philippe Franel. Henry James set the first pages of Daisy Miller in the garden, with the Dent du Midi and the towers of Chillon in view. In 1863 the Quai Perdonnet put a street between the door and the lake, and the wings of 1890 turned a neoclassical hotel neo-baroque.
- 34 rooms
- Opened 1842
- Architect: Philippe Franel
About Hôtel des Trois Couronnes
- Seventy-one rooms make up the house, nine of them junior suites and sixteen of them suites, with a 24-metre indoor pool in the Puressens spa. About half the rooms face the lake.
- Le Temps, drawing on Fédia Muller's 1959 monograph, places Jérôme Bonaparte and emperors of Germany and Russia among the guests who came in the first decades.
- Two dining rooms now share the lake side: Manabu, a Japanese kitchen, and 3C, a Mediterranean brasserie. The canton listed the hotel as a monument of regional importance in 2003, after a full renovation in 2000.
History
Gabriel Monnet, who already kept an inn called the Trois Couronnes by the Porte de la Villeneuve, razed the Château des Belles Truches and opened this hotel on 3 May 1842. Philippe Franel drew the neoclassical plans. The Quai Perdonnet of 1863 separated the door from the lake. In 1890 a ballroom went up to the west and a residential wing to the east, and the facade became neo-baroque. A full renovation in 2000 was followed by a regional heritage listing in 2003. Henry James set the opening of Daisy Miller in the garden.
The setting
49 rue d'Italie, 1800 Vevey, just above the Quai Perdonnet and Lake Geneva. The Alimentarium, the food museum, is a short walk along the shore. The Dent du Midi and Chillon sit in the view James used.
Restaurants and bars
- Manabu — Restaurant · Japanese · Chef Alastair
- Le 3C — Restaurant · Mediterranean
Experiences
- Manabu (Japanese fine dining) — Fine Japanese dining at the hotel's restaurant Manabu, including Kaiseki by Manabu.
- Puressens Spa — Spa with an indoor pool, exclusive treatments and soothing panoramas.
- Le 3C brasserie — Stylish yet relaxed brasserie serving fresh Mediterranean flavours.
- Sunday Late Breakfast — Gourmet buffet on Sundays from 12:00 pm to 2:30 pm.
Amenities
- Gift shop
- Online booking
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