Hotel Beau Rivage

Hotel Beau Rivage

At Hotel Beau Rivage, the concierge desk fields odder requests than most: a private boat to fish for Arctic char on Lake Geneva, a guide for the annual dive into its six-degree winter water, or simply a table at Rivage Café facing the Jet d'Eau. The hotel has stood at 13 Quai du Mont-Blanc since 1865, and its 95 rooms and suites, some stretching to 240 square metres, are being refreshed in stages while the hotel stays open, staff committed to keeping the pace of service unchanged through the work. It belongs to Leading Hotels of the World and holds a Green Globe Certification, but what separates it from Geneva's other lakefront names is the Three-MICHELIN-Key award, held for a second consecutive year. Golden Keys concierges run the front of house, an in-house florist keeps the arrangements in step with the seasons, and Chef Mathieu Croze's kitchen runs from breakfast to late dinner with round-the-clock room service behind it. Families get a track of their own, a kids' passport of games, a children's menu, and half off a second room for young children when booked together. Dogs are welcomed with a basket and treats, for a fee, and a CHF 200 daily deposit against damage plus CHF 55 parking are worth knowing before arrival. This suits people who like a period building's charm kept rather than modernised, and concierge attention that anticipates rather than waits to be asked; it will feel like too much fuss for anyone who prefers to move through a hotel unnoticed. The view of the Jet d'Eau from the quai, largely unchanged since 1865, is the one thing that stays constant regardless. Hotel Beau Rivage has faced the Jet d'Eau from Quai du Mont-Blanc since 1865, and holds Geneva's Three-MICHELIN-Key award for a second year running. It suits guests who want to be recognised at the door, not those after an anonymous, stripped-back stay.