Holiday Inn Lugano at Via Geretta

Great expectations have to be met, when a hotel is situated in a place called Paradiso, but the Holiday Inn in the Via Geretta of Lugano lives up to them. Formerly a neighbour community on the brink of Lake Lugano, Paradiso has by now grown into a suburb connected directly to the centre of the city by a picturesque lake promenade.

 

The Holiday Inn Lugano's four stars rating could easily be assigned to its delicious breakfast buffet alone, which consists entirely of fresh products, from various fruits to home-made pastries. Yet, it also shows in the comfortably furnished 92 rooms, the great 24 hour service, and the dinner served at Restaurant Nelson. Most literally on top of that, namely on the hotel's roof, an outdoor swimming pool and sun terrace awaits the guests and will dazzle them with the panorama outlook over the mountains and Lake Lugano.

 

If you should find this too distracting from doing you laps, there's still the indoor pool, as well as fitness facilities and a sauna for guests to use. An especially cosy atmosphere offers the Bar Gourmer Admiral, with its all-wooden, nautical design. Whether you are here on a holiday or business trip, don't miss out on exploring beautiful Lugano. Here, in the Italian part of Switzerland, the Mediterranean cannot only be felt in the climate: enjoy its vegetation during a walk through Lugano's Parco Civico, or find fashionable souvenirs while window-shopping along the Via Nassa.

 

For the more active vacation, Lugano is famous for its mountain bike tracks, and if you walk up the mountain San Salvatore from Paradiso, you'll find the fantastic swimming pool of Carona a welcome refreshing break along the way, not to mention the most rewarding view from the top, which can also be reached by an aerial tramway. How about a boat cruise on Lake Lugano, a visit to the modern art museum, or a night at the Casino? Or see Switzerland in a nutshell, in Lugano's miniature park.