Swiss Diamond Olivelli Hotel on Lake Lugano, Switzerland

[lhbrown]

A couple of years ago, my husband and I spent 4 nights at the Swiss Diamond Olivelli Hotel on a Luxury Link package. What an elegant place. The Hotel is located on the shores of Lake Lugano in southern Switzerland. It belongs to the Preferred Hotels & Resorts group. Our room was beautifully decorated and had a comfortable, separate sitting area. The marble bathroom was grandiouse, to say the least, complete with tub and shower. The large balcony overlooked the lake and the village of Brusino. We were served a bottle of local wine and a wonderful cheese and fruit platter in the room, while Gault-Millau-lauded Chef Enz surprised us in their elegant roof top restaurant with innovative as well as classic international cuisine. As an extra bonus, the hotel chauffeur took us to a traditional swiss chalet restaurant on a nearby mountain top with a roaring fire in the fire place and we were served a memorable, traditional swiss meal with excellent local wine. We are avid bikers and Tour de France followers. We noticed a number of pictures of a biker on the wall. It turned out the owner of the restaurant wrote in the Tour de France placing 3rd some twenty years back and we got to meet him and had a wonderfull chat with him, even gave us his signed picture showing him on the podium at the end of The Tour in Paris.

We toured the lovely lake-laced region with a visit to the nearby artist enclave of Ascona, then crossed into Italy to visit beautiful Lake Como. We also toured Lake Lugano in the hotel's private boat, and we enjoyed the hotel's Venus Wellness Center, its Roman style pool and a wonderful massage.

We had so much fun at the Olivelli Hotel, that we still talk about coming back to it some day.

[curtiejoe]

Hi Liana

The Olivelli seems a superb hotel with great food and excellent service. The picture you so elegantly paint with your words makes me want to hop a plane to Italy just so my wife and could also enjoy the amazing and memorable experiences you had. WOW!

Curt

[two2go]

Hi L,

We also passed through Lugano last year whenwe went toLake Como. We did not stay there. We found it very pretty, and promised that when we would get a chance we would stay for a few nights in the future. We went in July. In which month were you there, and how was the weather?

two2go

[lhbrown]

Hi two2go,
The Olivelli Hotel was a most delightful place and the staff were very friendly and helpful. We spent 4 nights there after attending a wedding in Switzerland in early October. Weather was delightful, although the Lake often was covered with mist, almost like a "white-out". LL is still offering the property and I certainly can recommend it without reservation.