Hotel stock: 4 properties, 3 in the MICHELIN Key selection, 577 rooms recorded
| Group | MICHELIN Keys | Grade | Rooms | Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beau-Rivage Palace | ◆◆ | 5★ | 168 | Sandoz Foundation Hotels |
| Lausanne Palace | ◆◆ | 5★ | 138 | Sandoz Foundation Hotels |
| Royal Savoy Hotel & Spa | ◆ | 5★ | 196 | independent |
| Hôtel Angleterre & Résidence | — | Unclassified | 75 | Sandoz Foundation Hotels |
Starred tables
Anne-Sophie Pic ★★ · La Table de Lausanne Palace ★★ · Le Berceau des Sens ★
Attractions on file
Musée Olympique (250 000, 2024) · Aquatis Aquarium-Vivarium (250 000, 2024)
Access
From Bern by rail: 1:06, fast intercity.
Geneva airport is forty minutes from Lausanne — in practice the canton is served by its neighbour. The lakeside line connects Lausanne, Vevey and Montreux at half-hourly intervals.
In Vaud
The strongest growth of 2025: +170,000 overnights, +5.8%, the region's best result in thirty years. Lausanne, Montreux and Vevey hold the lakefront, Crissier the three-star table, Villars and Leysin the winter part. The Olympic movement in Lausanne generates a separate, non-tourist flow.
- Seasonality
- Year-round
- Access
- Geneva airport is forty minutes from Lausanne — in practice the canton is served by its neighbour. The lakeside line connects Lausanne, Vevey and Montreux at half-hourly intervals.
- From Bern by rail
- 1 h 06, fast intercity
- Not counted in this canton
- Lavaux — a UNESCO site of vineyard terraces, freely walked
- Destinations nearby
- Musée Olympique, Montreux, Château de Chillon, Vevey, Lavaux, Villars-sur-Ollon, Leysin, Les Diablerets, Château-d'Œx, Nyon
- Events in the canton
- Festival International de Ballons (Jan), Cully Jazz Festival (May), Fête des Vignerons (May), Montreux Jazz Festival (Jul), Paléo Festival (Jul), Fête des Vendanges (Sep), Guide MICHELIN Suisse (Oct), Marché de Noël de Montreux (Dec)
- Other sites on file
- Château de Chillon (422 000), Glacier 3000 (300 000), Chaplin's World (300 000), Musée Olympique (250 000), Aquatis Aquarium-Vivarium (250 000)
- Starred tables in the canton
- Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville ★★★, Anne-Sophie Pic ★★, La Table de Lausanne Palace ★★
- Upper-tier stock
- 17 properties, 6 in the MICHELIN Key selection, 1 492 rooms recorded
Assembled from the same register as the master tables; verified 28 August 2026. Counts are matched on the town name, so a destination spread over several communes reads low here.