Four Seasons Hôtel des Bergues

When the Hôtel des Bergues opened in 1834, it was the grandest hotel in Geneva — a city that hadn't yet become the centre of international diplomacy but was well on its way. The hotel's guest book from its early decades reads like a roll call of 19th-century Europe's restless aristocracy. It has changed hands and names several times since, but under Four Seasons stewardship it has regained its position as one of Geneva's finest addresses. 73 rooms, lakefront views of the Jet d'Eau, and Il Lago — the only Italian restaurant in Geneva with a Michelin star.