Vaud Hotels

It's a pleasure unique to Vaud to wake up, part floor-length sheers, and look out over Lac Léman to Mont Blanc. A series of 19th-century grand hotels with banks of balconied lake-view rooms were created to offer this luxury, yet there's no shortage of charming inns offering similar views on an intimate scale. The hotels of Lausanne and Montreux are long on luxury and grace, and low prices are not easy to find. Especially at peak periods—Christmas to New Year's and June to August—it's important to book ahead. Small auberges in the villages along the lake, and the vineyards offer traditional dishes and simple comforts.