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The Ameron Hotel Flora Lucerne is located at Seidenhofstrasse 5 and is less than a mile from the main railway station and the primary tourist pier. The Ameron Hotel Flora underwent extensive renovation in 2008 and presents a friendly atmosphere and excellent service. Its impressive mountain views, and its position on Lake Lucerne, have made the city a favourite holiday destination in Central Switzerland.
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 Parkhotel Delta is an attractive and upscale privately owned and managed 5 star family resort  in Ascona, Switzerland. The spacious 20-acre hotel site lies in a quiet, peaceful area on the shores of Lake Maggiore. There is sufficient space on the approximately 80.000 m² of parkland for any number of activities.
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This adorable hotel in the quiet residential area of Ascona in the Ticino is the perfect place to really unwind. Albergo Giardino is situated in the immediate neighborhood of the golf court.
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Majestically surrounded by 10 acres of private gardens, on the shores of Lake Geneva, the Beau-Rivage Palace offers breathtaking views of the Lake and Alps. Originally built in 1861, 47 years later, in 1908, opens the second part of the hotel, the Palace wing. Built in a different style, neo-baroque, the Palace was connected to the Beau Rivage wing by its beautiful and impressive masterpiece. It is the ideal place for business and social activities, and is only a five-minute walk from the Olympic Museum.
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Surrounded by vineyards and the spectacular background of snow-covered Alps, Montreux is the most frequented resort in French speaking Switzerland. Located on the edge of Lake Geneva, Montreux has a mild climate that gives it a Mediterranean feel. The city offers luxury hotels, high gastronomy and wines, a natural beauty and a wide choice of sporting and cultural activities.
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In recent years in Switzerland and other countries has become very popular, some foreigners to wander in the Alps dressed only in hiking shoes and sun-screen. In September, the police in Appenzell, a mountainous town, detained a young hiker, wandering with nothing, just with hiking boots and a knapsack. But they had to release him, because in Switzerland there is no law against hiking in the nude. With some Swiss legal experts arguing that banning nudity in public would be unconstitutional, the government has been hamstrung in responding to the hikers. Simply being naked without any sexual connotation is no longer illegal. First there is the danger of sunburn, and then there are ticks all over the place in the Alps.
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The future of European ski resorts may well be found in five eight-foot-high white geodesic-dome tents perched 5,600 feet up a mountain in the Switzerland Alps. The tents are accessible only on foot or on skis. They have no plumbing or electricity, but each has a highly efficient wood stove and are grouped around a restored 19th-century farmhouse that has a solar shower and generator-powered electricity for just a few hours each day.
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