La Muña restaurant at La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich.
In the second of our four part luxury travels view column, our editor-in-chief Darius Sanai discovers the elegant alpine charm of La Réserve Eden au Lac Zurich
Have you come across a La Réserve junkie" They are fans of one of Europe?s most distinctive and chichi luxury hotel groups, a kind of micro-version of the original Aman concept. There are La Réserves in Paris, Geneva and Saint-Tropez. The Geneva and St-Trop (in fact, Ramatuelle, on the coast just outside) properties have similarities. They?re both resorts, with delicious swimming pools ? Geneva?s is the city?s most bijou pool and spa, as well as an outdoor pool with a country-club feel for the summertime.
Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine So, I was interested when the owner of the La Réserve group, Michel Reybier, told me that he was opening a La Réserve in Zurich, not a city known for the quality or variety of its luxury hotels. But where would it be" Just outside town, on a greenfield site near the lake, like Geneva" Or a city centre hotel like Paris"
The view from one of the hotel bathrooms. Image by G Gardette
The answer is, a bit of both. The La Réserve Eden au Lac is, as its name suggests, set on the shore of Lake Zurich, a ten-minute walk or five-minute taxi ride from the heart of downtown. It is still in the city centre, a conversion of one of the city?s most celebrated properties, Hotel Eden, which had become a little neg...