Hotel Villa Principe Leopoldo & Spa

This restaurant is a straight 10 with food and views that can only be described as magical. Something you’ll never forget! And, of course the sommelier and wait staff was excellent.

We have stayed in several Relais Chateaux properties and this was by far the worse. The hotel is in desperate need updating and repairs and the service needs attention.

a hidden gem. a small paradise to unwind and find peace surrounded by lush nature and the most beautiful view over the lake Lugano. I already gave my recommendation years ago, but I had the urge to write down some sentence again. Villa Principe Leopoldo is my „secret“ place to go, if I need a break, to slow down, to „breathe“. The whole team is from top notch. Any time I come back, it’s like coming home again. This quiet peace on earth is a heaven to me. The management is from such a high level but at the same time you just feel familiar. The hotel is surrounded by lush gardens, wonderful nature, beautiful coffees and restaurants, hiking trails and historical places. The beautiful rooms/ Suites are facing the most stunning and unique view over the lake Lugano, I spend hours just gazing at the horizon and get lost in this gorgeous landscape. (Highly recommend a Suite with Lake View and Balcony…) The restaurant does not only serve you at the highest level, I would say it will guide you to another world. It speak itself as a holder of Michelin star with a panorama view… Excellent service. —I fell in love with the grilled branzino! The spa… thank you Francesca! Your hands are golden! I highly recommend to try a treatment and don’t miss to get use of the privat spa experience to relax, refresh and revitalize. Thanks to Danilo who made my arrival just perfect and smooth, always leaving me with a little smile. Thanks you Aurora who leaves no wishes unseen and made sure I’ll experience my best time. You truly did! Thank you Arianna for your kindness and perfect organization, your help and everything. Thanks to Martina and Erik for your great service. I could name the whole team as everyone is in such a thrill to make the best and they truly do. Simply excellent. Thank you.

Truly we loved this place. Coming up the hill, on the narrow street and surprise, it opens up to the leopoldo and instantly you know you're somewhere special. And then the concierge meets you and the breakfast is incredible, the people are super the view out the back for dinner, Surprise, and live music is second to none. The rooms are special, they are set up so efficiently and so beautifully.

Don’t waste your money on this hotel. It certainly left a sour taste for us, especially on our last day checking out. We had to pay extra charges as we had a hotel credit but they failed to mention it was only for the bar. As I told them this was not specified when checking in. The check in staff did not care, quite disgraceful with there attitude. During breakfast I asked if they could make an eggs Benedict, they said sorry we don’t make those until 9am. What kind of luxury hotel is this? We asked if they had an extra phone charger for the stay, they wanted to charge us for that. I said forget it don’t bother. The pool was quite dirty and turned us away from going in also. This place treats you like a number, they simply don’t care. You are better off going somewhere.