Hotel Eden Roc Ascona review: sailing and luxury on Lake Maggiore

Enjoy the ultimate form of escapism at a Swiss lakeside five-star surrounded by mountains

Hotel Eden Roc Ascona has a beautiful setting
Hotel Eden Roc Ascona has a beautiful setting
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Whether it’s your first time, or you’ve lost count, nothing is quite like the extraordinary feeling of being in the Alps.

Ten years after my first visit, I returned to its southern reaches where Switzerland meets Italy on Lake Maggiore. This part of the Alps is as much about the water as the slopes, and there could be nowhere better to absorb everything the lake has to offer than the majestic Hotel Eden Roc in Ascona.

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