Palafitte Hotel

The history of the Palafitte Hotel lies in the future. It opened its doors in the Spring of 2002 on one of the most prized sites of the Three Lakes Region, in Monruz, on the very edge of the Lake of Neuchatel, in Switzerland. Its state-of-the-art technology makes the Palafitte Hotel a vision of what a hotel should be while still meeting the rigorous requirements of a five-star establishment.

The Palafitte Hotel was originally the fruit of the co-operation between the Sandoz Family Foundation, the Lausanne Hotel School and Siemens and was designed by Kurt Hofmann, architects.

As the Palafitte Hotel is located in Monruz, in one of the most prized sites in the Three Lakes Region, on the outskirts of the city of Neuchβtel, it is easily accessible.

• By plane: The Hotel is situated 1,5 hours from Basle-Mulhouse Airport,1 hour from Bern-Belp Airport, 1,5 hours from Geneva-Cointrin Airport and 2hrs 20 minutes from Zurich-Kloten Airport.
• By Road: from the A5 Motorway Geneva-Lausanne-Yverdon-Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel-Monruz exit A1 Motorway Zurich-Bern-Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel-Maladière exit, then head for Neuchâtel-Monruz.
• By Train: to get to the Hotel by train you need 1hr 27 minutes from Basel, 31 minutes from Bern, 1hr 14 minutes from Geneva, 47 minutes from Lausanne, 1hr 44 minutes from Zurich and 4hrs 5 minutes from Paris

The Le Colvert Restaurant invites you on a marvellous culinary journey in a lakeside atmosphere. The Chef proposes a gastronomic tour of local specialities that changes with the seasons. From May to September, a menu of fresh food is served on the terrace, very close to the water's edge. the restaurants capacity is 80 seats and it is open daily from 07:00 to 10:30 from Breakfast, from 12:00 to 14:00 for Lunch and from 19:30 to 22:00 for Dinner.

The Le Bar is an elegant and cosy area where the atmosphere changes throughout the day and way into the night. Here both intimate conversations and business appointments can be drawn out in a magic atmosphere around the fireplace. Open daily from 10:30 to midnight.