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THE VIEW Lugano
Lugano, Switzerland · Independent · Core Luxury
THE VIEW opened in October 2015 in a low wing of Emerald Living, the hillside complex Luca Gazzaniga built at the foot of Monte San Salvatore. IHD Interior Haut Design finished the eighteen suites like a yacht, naval teak underfoot, each one with a terrace toward Lake Lugano, and a deck of more than 600 square meters sits over the spa. The door is Via Guidino 29 in Paradiso. Planhotel developed the house.
- 18 rooms
- Opened 2015
- Neighborhood: Paradiso
- Architect: Luca Gazzaniga Architetti
- Interiors: IHD Interior Haut Design
About THE VIEW Lugano
- Forbes Travel Guide gave the house Four Stars in 2026, and the Michelin Guide gave it One Key in 2025. It is a Small Luxury Hotels of the World member.
- At the opening, restaurant Innocenti Evasioni was in the hands of Eros Picco and Tommaso Arrigoni, the chefs behind the starred Milan room of the same name.
- It opened as the first boutique hotel here to hand guests a complimentary electric Smart car and an e-bike for the run into town.
History
THE VIEW opened in October 2015 inside Emerald Living, a residential complex Luca Gazzaniga Architetti designed and built from 2011 to 2014 on the slope under Monte San Salvatore. Planhotel developed the hotel. Gianluca Lopes managed the project, Michele Zago directed the works, and IHD Interior Haut Design did the yacht-like interiors in naval teak. There are sixteen suites of about 50 square meters and two of about 100, a terrace past 600 square meters, and a spa of about 500 square meters with a pool. The house joined Small Luxury Hotels of the World.
The setting
The door is Via Guidino 29, 6900 Paradiso, its own town on the shore of Lake Lugano, beside the city people mean when they say Lugano. Monte San Salvatore rises behind the house. Lugano-Paradiso station is the walk down, and the LAC cultural center is about two kilometers off. The hotel has lent electric cars and e-bikes for that hop into town.
Restaurants and bars
- THE VIEW Fine Dining — Restaurant
Experiences
- Personalised room set-ups — Choice of room fragrance, amenities (Acqua di Parma, Argan, Ortigia, Trussardi), pillow type, bed linen, flower arrangements or a Romantic Set up with flowers in the bathtub and champagne.
- THE VIEW SPA — Spa decorated with KRION, a technical material; the document says it is one of the few spas in Europe using this material.
- Private Events — Private events for business, private celebrations and weddings, presented as a fashionable and elegant location.
- Open Events — Events and activities organized by the hotel that are open to the public; calendar available on the events page.
Amenities
- Open public events calendar organized by the hotel
- Private events organization (business, private celebrations, weddings)
- Meeting facilities
- Personalized in-room fragrance choice
- Amenities selection including Acqua di Parma, Argan, Ortigia and Trussardi
- Choice of memory foam or thermo-regulating pillow
- Linen or cotton bed linen (QUAGLIOTTI sheets in the rooms)
- In-room iPad to control temperature, lighting and other features
- TreCinqueZero Terrace
- Covered garage
- Personalization of hotel services in every room
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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