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Casa Casuarina Miami
Casa Casuarina was built in 1930 by Alden Freeman. Alden Freeman’s father, Joel Freeman was Treasurer of The Standard Oil Trust (also known as Rockefeller’s Company) and left Alden a fabulous wealth when he passed away. That gave the young and wealthy Alden the opportunity to retire at the age of 27 from being an architect and travel all over the world. Alden was also a descendent of the Mayflower on his mother’s side…
Royal Mansour Marrakech
The Royal Mansour can be counted amongst the few establishments in the world that defy hotel excellence. Just a few steps away from the famous Jemaa El Fna square beats the heart of the Marrakesh Palace, offering travellers the unique concept of a medina within a medina.
Each area has been designed to intuitively take guests on a sensory journey. Take a step into the secret and sumptuous history of one of the…
Cavo Tagoo Santorini
The exclusive Cavo Tagoo Santorini, twin of Cavo Tagoo Mykonos is located within walking distance from Fira and just a few kilometers from Oia, the resort offers luxurious suites, spectacular sunsets over the sea and a personalized service exceptional. All Suites are modern and feature a hot tub or private pool on the terrace style, design details, 43-inch LCD satellite TV, patio or terrace with stunning panoramic view…
Bawah Reserve
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Villa Principe Leopoldo Lugano
Live in a fairy tale, surrounded by prestige and nature. Imagine contemplating Lugano’s beauty in a princely residence. The former private home of German Emperor Wilhelm’s brother in law, the Villa is located on a picturesque promontory called the Collina d’Oro (Golden Hill), whose views and location are the best kept secret in town. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to live in a legendary home, a stay…
Mnemba Island Lodge
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Azulik Tulum
In the heart of the Mayan jungle, a revolutionary project is about to redefine human evolution. A new vision of the future that is guided by ancestral knowledge and creates community is beginning to shape up.The VILLAS of AZULIK Tulum are built in harmony with the Mayan jungle and the Caribbean Sea. With no electric light, A/C, or television, we present nature as our main amenity, setting the perfect mood for a…
Laucala Island Fiji
A private island refuge in the South Pacific, Laucala unites dramatic rainforest-laced landscapes and white sandy beaches with unparalleled levels of luxury and privacy. No expense has been spared at the exclusive tropical hideaway, where 25 Fijian-styled villas are set amid coconut plantations, beside deserted beaches and atop the island’s volcanic mountains, overlooking fertile coral reefs and endless jungle. Style and…
Il San Pietro Di Positano
The San Pietro di Positano is more than a hotel. It is a journey within a journey, where memories are created and never forgotten. A haven of peace, immersed in nature, this elegant home harmonises old-world traditions of hospitality with contemporary, understated luxury. Escape to this small slice of paradise suspended between the sea and sky. Carved into the cliff overlooking the mediterranean Sea, our rooms are a…
Villa Belvedere Taormina
Hotel Villa Belvedere is a delightful and charming boutique hotel, located at just a few minutes from Taormina’s lively town centre and from the world-famous Greek-Roman Theatre, which are both reachable by walking through the inspiring and panoramic Duca di Cesarò Botanic Gardens. The hotel benefits of wonderful views over the sea, the bay of Naxos and Mount Etna. The hotel has always been…
Il Sereno Como
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Piccolo Hotel Portofino
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Aria Hotel Budapest
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Gecko Hotel & Beach Club Formentera
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Juma Amazon Lodge
With its prime location in one of the most remote and preserved regions of the Amazon Rainforest, Juma Amazon Lodge is an intimate and inviting property harmoniously nestled into the forest environment which defines it. Juma Amazon Lodge features 19 intimate bungalows seamlessly nestled into the lush surroundings of the Amazon Rainforest. In order to accommodate the water levels of the wet season…
La Clef Champs-Élysées Paris
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Relais Borgo Santo Pietro
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Cocos Hotel Antigua
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Meneghetti Wine Hotel & Winery
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Château de La Chèvre d’Or
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Palazzo Navona Rome
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Cliveden House
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Kudadoo Private Island
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Immerse yourself in the world of “dolce far niente”: in the Ticino 5-star boutique hotel Villa Orselina high above Locarno with probably the most beautiful view of Lake Maggiore, you will find a paradise of relaxation in an elegant, Mediterranean ambience.
With 28 spacious, individually furnished rooms and suites, a wellness oasis La Spa, the heated outdoor pool, a tennis court and two restaurants, we offer you a unique setting for your perfect holiday.
A wellness oasis with a view of Lake Maggiore and Locarno, a gourmet hotel, a romantic retreat at the foot of the local mountain Cardada. A hotel where every detail is special.
High above Locarno and Lake Maggiore, we offer you a unique setting for your event. Whether for a small or large event, our hotel is available for up to 150 people. Are you looking for a special location for your event? We also rent out our hotel exclusively, depending on the season.
In our wellness oasis La Spa, our experienced team will pamper you with massage and cosmetic treatments. Swiss Made is a guarantee for the best quality. We work with the innovative Swiss beauty line NIANCE®, which is made with glacier water from the Corvatsch mountain.
Let yourself be carried away by genuine charm of Ticino and delight in some moments of bliss at the Panorama Boutique Retreat.
Panoramic views
In a unique location high above Locarno, with spectacular panoramic views of Lake Maggiore and the Ticino mountains, our elegant Swiss 5-star boutique hotel Villa Orselina awaits you. Orselina is a small village in the hills above Locarno. Locarno railway station is only 2 km away.
Only 50 metres separate you from the church Madonna del Sasso, the cable car to our local mountain Cardada-Cimetta and the funicular to Locarno. From our Villa Orselina you have the most beautiful view of the lake and yet you are in Locarno in a few minutes by car or train.
Our Villa Orselina is the most beautiful base for all those who prefer to spend a lot of time in nature. From spring to autumn, our garden, the heated outdoor pool, the various golf courses and of course the mountains and Lake Maggiore lure you outdoors. When does your wellness and activity holiday in Switzerland start?
Leisure
The region around Villa Orselina offers you countless opportunities to experience a varied break, such as golfing, hiking, biking, sailing or a trip to Como or Milan. We can help you with the organisation and provide you with tailor-made recommendations.
Did you know that you have free travel on public transport when you stay at the hotel? With the Ticino ticket you also get discounts on mountain railways, boat trips in the Swiss lake basin and main tourist attractions in Ticino.
Location & Journey
Our 5-star boutique hotel Villa Orselina is located just a few minutes above the centre of Locarno and is easily accessible by funicular Madonna del Sasso or by bus. We will be happy to pick you up at Locarno train station free of charge. Please let us know your arrival time in good time.
Our hotel has its own parking garage. You will receive your Ticino Ticket at the reception upon arrival. With this ticket you enjoy free travel on public transport in Ticino; you also receive discounts on mountain railways, boat trips in the Swiss lake basin and main tourist attractions in Ticino.
Rooms & Suites
Our Boutique Panorama Retreat offers 28 spacious rooms and suites, all with direct lake views as well as stylish, innovative interior design. Light colours and noble interior design create a comfortably elegant atmosphere that will make you feel at peace.
The ultimate highlight: The view from the private terrace or balcony. Our garden, the Ticino mountains and Lake Maggiore, everything is within reach. The amenities include a Nespresso coffee machine, hairdryer, scales, bathrobe and slippers, flat-screen TV/radio, free WLAN, direct-dial telephone, safe and minibar.
Two Bed Room Suite
Experience a magical family holiday in our Signature Suite in combination with a Charming Double Room. In addition to the wonderful view of the lake, this combination offers plenty of space and flexibility for every need.
Signature Suite
A cosy evening in front of the fireplace in the living room or a siesta on the panoramic balcony – in our 100 square metre Signature Suite you can celebrate “dolce far niente” with a spectacular view. Insider tip: Bathing under the starry sky. Hundreds of little stars twinkle from the bathroom ceiling.
Lifestyle Suite
Starry skies as far as the eye can see. In our large Lifestyle Suites you can experience the boundless starry sky over the lake from your balcony to the bathroom. Why bathroom? Let us surprise you. While you lie comfortably in the bathtub, hundreds of tiny stars shine above you. And maybe you will discover a shooting star
Style Double Room
Bright, quiet, open – that describes our spacious style double rooms. In the morning you will be woken up by the sunrise over the lake through the panoramic windows.
Restaurants & Bar
Your time out in our 5-star boutique hotel Villa Orselina will be unforgettable for one reason above all: because of the culinary delicacies at gourmet level.
Because not only our wellness area La Spa and the hotel’s own Mediterranean garden with lake view will give you well-being, but also the creations from the kitchen of our 5-star wellness hotel in Ticino.
Immerse yourself in an unforgettable active and wellness holiday in our boutique hotel in Ticino and taste the Mediterranean dishes! We are sure: you too will discover a new favourite dish that will particularly delight you.
Our Villa Orselina has a bar with a romantic loggia and two restaurants, both with fantastic panoramic views. Chef Riccardo Scamarcio and his team will spoil you with light Mediterranean dishes, regional wines and refreshing summer drinks.
Il ristorante di Villa Orselina
Our Il Ristorante di Villa Orselina stands for fine Italian cuisine and offers the most beautiful panoramic terrace in Locarno / Ascona with a breathtaking view of Lake Maggiore. The restaurant has direct access to our garden and is open daily for lunch and dinner.
Buon appetito
Chef Riccardo Scarmacio and his team will spoil you with fresh and light cuisine. We select our products carefully and pay attention to seasonality and regionality. Experience the perfect combination of Mediterranean flavours and Italian and Ticino cuisine. Enjoy the dishes with exclusive Ticino wines and nearby Italy.
La Pergola Restaurant
Idyllically set amidst subtropical gardens directly by the hotel pool, the “La Pergola” restaurant caters to healthy appetites with a delicious salad buffet, authentic pasta fresca, a variety of grilled dishes and more, to gratify all kinds of tastes.
Panorama Lounge & Bar
The elegantly furnished Panorama Lounge & Bar is the perfect place to round up an enjoyable day. Guests feel at home here – in a relaxed ambiance with a large assortment of selected drinks to tickle the palate. Your glance will be torn between the heart-warming chimney and the spectacular view of the lake and mountains.
Cantina
Discover merlot specialties from Ticino and the best products from Italy and France, all lovingly selected, in our wine cellar. Our sommelier will be pleased to host you for a private wine tasting.
Events
Our Villa Orselina is the perfect place for private parties and weddings. It is not for nothing that our region is called the sunroom of Switzerland.
From a relaxed aperitivo in the Mediterranean hotel garden with a dreamlike view of Lake Maggiore to an exclusive 5-course dinner: we will make your occasion an unforgettable memory. A large banquet hall offers you privacy and an enchanting setting for your celebration. We look forward to your enquiry.
Weddings
With a lot of cordiality in the midst of Mediterranean flair, we organise your dream wedding together with you.
What could be more romantic than a wedding ceremony under palm trees with a panoramic view of the lake and mountains? You don’t have to fly for that Miami feeling and a dolce vita lifestyle. That’s what we offer at Villa Orselina in Locarno.
Celebrations
High above Lake Maggiore, we offer you a unique setting for your private celebration. A birthday to celebrate in style or an occasion for a few close friends, our boutique panorama retreat offers you space to welcome about 150 people. We are gladly available for more information.
Banquets and meetings
Hold a meeting in a Mediterranean atmosphere with a view of the lake and mountains: the Villa Orselina has elegant and functional facilities that are ideally suited for banquets and conferences.
Seminars, workshops and business events
Our light and modern meeting room, with state-of-the-art technical infrastructure and all-round service courtesy of a motivated team, accommodates up to 25 persons.
La Spa
We are proud and delighted to introduce you to our La Spa with unique and all-embracing pampering programs. With best-qualified professionals, we are pleased to provide an extensive range of offers that leave no wishes open.
Our program combines carefully selected cosmetic and therapeutic products of the utmost purity and effectiveness with an exquisite service designed to balance your inner self and to give you new strength and vitality.
Our focus is your beauty and well-being. Enjoy this experience with all your senses. Our Spa Team is pleased to compose a personal and individual pampering program to suit all your needs.
Treatments and massages
Our program combines carefully selected cosmetic and therapeutic products of the utmost purity and effectiveness with an exquisite service designed to balance your inner self and to give you new strength and vitality.
Saunas and pools
Our focus is your beauty and well-being. Enjoy this experience with all your senses. Our Spa Team is pleased to compose a personal and individual pampering program to suit all your needs.
Sport & Activities
“Il dolce far niente”, or sweet idleness, is celebrated in the Villa Orselina, but if you’re a sports enthusiast, you’ll get your money’s worth as well.
Our fitness room and heated outdoor pool with idyllic sunbathing areas are available to you, and both have a dream view of Lake Maggiore and the mountains of Ticino. If the view alone is not enough for you, you can scale the surrounding hills on foot or with one of our mountain bikes.
Hiking: Ticino is famous for its countless well developed hiking routes. Whether it’s a leisurely ridgeway with a panoramic view over Lake Maggiore or an adventurous trail run, we’ll be happy to give you advice.
Golf: In the immediate vicinity of the Villa Orselina are two 18-hole golf courses in Ascona and Losone that are open year-round. We’ll be happy to organise a day of golf for you.
Biking: We provide test bicycles free of charge for you to explore. Mountain bike routes through Ticino’s Alpine world with fantastic views start right at the hotel. Water Sports: You can water-ski or ride a jet-ski, sail or rent a motor boat on Lake Maggiore. We’ll be delighted to put together a programme for you.
Tennis: Villa Orselina has an outdoor tennis court that was completely renovated in 2020. The location of the clay court is fantastic. It is located below the hotel with a view of Lake Maggiore, the famous Madonne del Sasso pilgrimage church and is surrounded by palm trees and chestnut trees.
Things to do in and around Locarno
The region around the Orselina Villa provides countless and varied possibilities for taking a break. We will help you with organisation and can look after you with tailored recommendations.
Cardada/Cimetta
Could you have imagined that right above Locarno there be an easily accessible vantage point from where you can see the lowest (river delta at Ascona) and the highest (Dufour summit, Monte Rosa) points in Switzerland?
Located just a few minutes from Villa Orselina is the Cardada cable car, designed by Ticino’s star architect Mario Botta. A range of activities such as hiking or walking are available for visitors, both in summer and winter, for example Nordic walking, mountain biking, paragliding, snowshoeing and skiing.
Valle Maggia, 1254–1289 m
No two days are the same in the river landscape of the Valle Maggia. Countless waterfalls, the highest peaks, deserted low-lying pastures, unforgettable villages and tributary valleys. Here you can enjoy the good feeling that goes with being free to do nothing but able to do everything.
There are many reasons to discover the valley – art, nature, architecture, sport or simply a leisurely swim in the river. Then let the day draw to a close in one of the cosy grottos.
Valle Verzasca
The Valle Verzasca is undoubtedly one of those Ticino valleys that give a true impression of the history of this Alpine region south of the Gotthard.
These traces of the past, reflected in the harmony and simplicity of the dwellings tell of the tough lives of the inhabitants, forced by a sometimes harsh nature to make their livelihood in places that today seem so idyllic that they warm the hearts of visitors.
All this awaits sensitive and observant visitors – the valley in all its stature and natural glory before their very eyes, welcoming them in.
Madonna del Sasso, 346 m
The famous pilgrimage site of Madonna del Sasso re-opened in April 2012. Its viewing terrace overlooks the town of Locarno, the mountains and the shimmering blue Lago Maggiore. A wealth of art, architecture, history and spirituality has been carefully restored and enhanced.
The present site of the ochre-coloured, richly adorned pilgrimage church, Santa Maria Assunta, dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries. The original Franciscan church itself underwent some significant changes between 1900 and 1925.
A “must see” and the main attraction of any visit is the Bramantino altarpiece, “Flight into Egypt” (around 1520). Following the footsteps of the pilgrims, visitors can retrace the ancient stations of the cross to Locarno in a journey taking roughly 40 minutes and passing two pilgrimage chapels.
Brissago Islands
The beautiful Isole di Brissago are reached by boat from Locarno and Brissago. The Brissago Islands are the botanical garden of Ticino. The smaller island (or Isola di Sant’Apollinare) is covered in spontaneous vegetation primarily originating in Insubria and left to grow naturally.
The Isola Grande (or Isola di San Pancrazio) has been open to the public since 1950 and has mainly been planted with subtropical species of the northern and southern hemisphere.
In 1885, Baroness Antoinette Saint-Léger made the islands her home and frequently entertained painters, sculptors, musicians and authors as her guests. The large island was turned into an exotic garden.
In 1927, the new owner Max Emden, a businessman from Hamburg, had the present island palazzo, the harbour and the Roman bath built and extended the cultivation of exotic plants. The botanical garden offers a fascinating insight into subtropical horticulture. Open from March to October.
The Castles of Bellinzona – UNESCO World Heritage
In the center of the Ticino capital Bellinzona stand some magnificent examples of mediaeval fortification architecture. Three castles located here, with their fortified battlements, towers and gates, are a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2000.
Cannobio
Cannobio is the first Italian town after crossing the border. Going by boat from Locarno, Ascona or Brissago is a particularly good way of getting here, as the roads are very busy on market day. The colourful market on the lake is a popular tourist attraction.
It mainly sells food and produce, cheese from the region and the whole of Italy, sausage and meats, fresh fish from Lago Maggiore and flowers are always in plentiful supply.
The market’s second main commodity is leather goods such as shoes, bags, belts and jackets. The piazza itself has many bars and restaurants. Please remember to observe the customs regulations. Open every Sunday from 8 am to 1 pm.
