Hotel Splendide Royal

Lugano, Switzerland. Located on the Riva Antonio Caccia at the southern end of Lugano, facing the lake on the grounds of the former Villa Merlina.

Hotel Splendide RoyalLugano, Switzerland

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Practical information

Address: Hotel Splendide Royal
Riva Antonio Caccia 7
6900 Lugano
Switzerland
Telephone: +41 91 985 77 11
Official website: www.splendide.ch
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88 rooms (55 with lake views), two junior suites and six suites.
La Veranda and I Due Sud restaurants, La Piazzetta lounge bar, the Belle Époque bar and the Il Forziere del Vino wine cellar.
Spa with pool, saunas and gym, and four event rooms for up to 300 guests.
Located on the Riva Antonio Caccia at the southern end of Lugano, facing the lake on the grounds of the former Villa Merlina.

7 dates, written by Grand Hotels of the World from the sources below.

19th century
The site is occupied by the Villa Merlina, famed for its magnificent gardens.
1887
After enlarging the Villa Merlina, converted by Augusto Guidini senior, Riccardo Fedele opens the Hotel Splendide.
1902 – 1903
Renovated by Paolito Somazzi, the 125-bed hotel becomes Lugano’s first hotel-palazzo, modelled on French Baroque châteaux.
Early 1900s
The hotel quickly wins a loyal clientele of wealthy Europeans, who come mainly in summer.
1977
The Fedele family sells the hotel to the Naldi family’s Italian hotel company; a new wing of 53 rooms follows.
Famous guests
Guests have included Igor Stravinsky, Arthur Rubinstein, Ella Fitzgerald, François Mitterrand, George H. W. Bush, Sophia Loren and Tina Turner.
Today
A member of The Leading Hotels of the World, the Splendide Royal is regarded as Lugano’s leading grand hotel.