Hotel Alpha-Palmiers
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Business hours of reception: 24 hours Hotel Alpha-Palmiers is a four-star hotel located in the city centre of Lausanne. The hotel was entirely renovated in 2000. A futuristic
building, rooms with panoramic view and external lifts made of glass make the new Alpha a unique establishment in the area. The hotel can now welcome its guests. The new Hotel Alpha-Palmiers features
a modern architecture surrounded by gardens, which will make you forget being in the centre of Lausanne. In the auditorium of the hotel, a bamboo wall of 6 m height has actually been planted. The 210
rooms are spacious and …
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23 hotel reviews for Hotel Alpha-Palmiers
the hotel is a typical middle class business hotel right at the train station of Lausanne.
very International.
Large double room with partly very modern Trains but also something worn...
during my stay we had-20 degrees, which was the heater not grown. The bathroom was very cool, apropos bathroom, for people on 190 centimeters the shower the...
accommodating staff which language the international claim grown is. Everything clean and solid, but also not more.
Good central location (lake Geneva in 5 minutes to reach). 1 minutes from the train ... Read more
in February 12,
Jan, Age 41-45, Solo/single
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Central location, nice, well-kept garden and. In a week CHF 233 for the parking of the car in the garage alpha Palmier! Dirty glass windows on inner courtyard. Shower set broken. Glass walls between the room and bathroom was rather inconvenient, since light can affect sleeping partner. Read more
in October 11,
René, Age 56-60, Couple
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Large hotel, big room, clean, no beds possible, no price for children
Large clean room, worse protection from the sun
front desk unfriendly, front desk does not speak German and not English, restaurant staff speaks neither French/German nor English. Children are not desired. Coffee room costs additional CHF 10-!
access to the internet very expensive. Bad value for money, short expensive and unfriendly
(bad card for Switzerland tourism)
Service understands hardly German or French, Morgenbüfett was not refilled
Very nearby the train station, ... Read more
in July 11,
Peter, Age 46-50, Family
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The following are archived hotel reviews: These are not counted into the current average review rating, as the journey took place more than 25 months ago, or the hotel has completely changed.
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Very modern and smart. Possible to view other rooms because of the shape of the hotel
Very modern and nice. Large rooms.
My room wasn't cleaned from the former customer. There were noone to clean it, so the staff gave me another room.
Keine Angaben
Very delicious breakfeast buffet. Haven't tried anything else.
Very centrally located. In walking distance from the station
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in August 05,
Jesper, Age 31-35, Solo/single
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Hotel in general
- in November 11
(Why can't we get free WiFi for this kind of price?) The shower was a little tricky to set up at first, but worked fine once it had been tamed. - in June 11
Has free wifi We chked out early and Much appreciate that they have a secure room behind the counter to keep our luggage till late afternoon.
- in November 11
- in March 11
Very good hotel, nice location, big room. - in June 10
The hotel was good. - in February 10
The hotel is quite good.
- in March 11
- in November 11
We would stay there again as price is good for the location and room size ! - in March 10
Very friendly, very comfortable, good price
- in November 11
- in June 10
Spacious room with lots of daylight is a good value for money.
- in June 10
- in October 11
For this modern hotel a little old fashion. - in June 11
/Modern hotel with nice lobby and clean spacious triple room with aircond/ 7 min slow uphill walk ( quite a steep hill !
- in October 11
- in March 11
Compared to other hotels in the area the price is ok.
- in March 11
- in July 11
The price was reasonable compared to others and its distance from the train station was good. - in April 10
The price is reasonable.
- in July 11
- in October 11
No free internet/wlan. - in September 11
The breakfast is very expensive and no free internet
- in October 11
Room
- in September 11
I rejected this solution and finally they gave me a clean room but without city view. - in July 11
Staff is nice and friendly and room very clean.
- in September 11
- in July 11
Rather disappointed by the service quality and cleaniness of the rooms. - in May 11
Rooms are always clean and the view from the window is also amazing.
- in July 11
- in November 11
The bed is comfortable ! - in October 11
and bed is comfortable. - in August 11
Comfortable bed, big room. - in September 10
Big rooms, comfortable bed and nice modern design. - in September 10
Bed comfortable with best cosy doonas. - in May 10
Bed was comfortable and nice bed linen.
- in November 11
- in October 11
Comfortable beds. - in September 10
Beds were very comfortable.
- in October 11
- in May 10
Friendly staff, large room, spacious and very close to the train station. - in February 11
Large room that accomodated me, my husband and our teenage son very well. - in February 11
The room is large.
- in May 10
- in November 11
Room was comfortable: clean and reasonably spacious, with a small balcony and a nice view out over the street. - in June 11
Spacious rooms, nice view on the lake, good sleep.
- in November 11
- in June 11
The room is spacious, clean and comfortable bedding. - in June 11
Room was spacious.
- in June 11
- no air conditioning
- in October 10
The room was too warm and there wasn't any obvious way of cooling it down other than opening a window! - in September 10
The room was too warm and the air conditioning did not seem to make much difference.
- in October 10
Service
- in November 11
) Staff were friendly and helpful. - in November 11
) Staff were friendly and helpful.
- in November 11
- in October 10
Very friendly staff. - in August 10
Lovely hotel, large light rooms, friendly staff - in May 10
Friendly staff, large room, spacious and very close to the train station.
- in October 10
- in May 11
Location and the reception staff were good. - in May 11
Reception staff good, Location near station is good .
- in May 11
- in August 11
The room was large and clean, the staff was very helpfull. - in July 11
The room was large and clean, the staff was very helpfull.
- in August 11
- acceptable level of service
- in September 10
The service was not fantastic - it was okay just not great.
- in September 10
- in March 11
And I felt that some of your staff could have been more friendly/helpful. - in August 10
Staff was not particularly friendly.
- in March 11
- in July 10
Had very poor experience with air conditioning not working (and it was a hot evening) and staff being not helpful. - in June 10
The staff was not helpful and sometimes they were rude.
- in July 10
Location
- in February 11
Good location , 5 minutes walk from the station, and near to restaurants. - in November 10
Very good location close to the main station. - in October 10
The location was good was well. - in September 11
The location is quite good for going sightseeing, very near to the center of Lausanne. - in August 11
Good location.
- in February 11
- in February 11
Great location 3 mins walk (uphill! - in September 10
The Location was great and the hotel was quiet and comfortable/. - in August 10
The overall experience was pretty good, the hotel has a a great location a few meters from the train station, buses and shopping at St. - in June 10
The location was great and the parking facilities very convenient. - in May 11
The location was great. - in March 11
Great location -- close to the train station and the metro. - in February 11
Location was great
- in February 11
- in October 10
Exotic atmosphere; you forget you're in a city centre close to railway station; great! - in August 11
Close to railway station with about 2 mins walking. - in October 10
Conveniently close to the railway station
- in October 10
- in August 11
It is close to the station - in July 11
It is close to the station - in November 10
Very close to the station (and metro) - perhaps 400 mts away, so easy to get to with luggage.
- in August 11
- in October 11
Good location, close to train station. - in April 11
very close to train station. - in May 10
Friendly staff, large room, spacious and very close to the train station. - in March 10
inner garden, close to the train station and metro. - in March 10
In the heart of town close to the train station
- in October 11
- in August 10
The furniture in the restaurant and public areas is all dirty and stained and the carpets are worn an dirty. - in August 10
The furniture in the restaurant and public areas is all dirty and stained and the carpets are worn an dirty.
- in August 10
- in October 11
Very expensive parking . - in August 10
Parking is quite expensive. - in July 10
Parking was rather expensive.
- in October 11
- in July 10
Artsy and very spacious rooms and hotel design, good location (very near to the train station but far from the waterfront), good food.
- in July 10
Gastronomy
- decent coffee
- in July 11
Don't stay here if you like a good breakfast. - in May 11
Room size was good, good breakfast & evening cocktail, received twin bed but requested a double. - in April 11
Very good breakfast.
- in July 11
- not bad Breakfast
- in July 11
The breakfast was ok but nothing special, I missed fresh fruit.
- in July 11
- average Breakfast
- in September 11
Breakfast was poor both continental or buffet, the employers at the restaurant were cleaning and talking loudly wile we were having our breakfast
- in September 11
- in October 11
Breakfast is expensive - in September 11
The breakfast is very expensive and no free internet - in May 11
Breakfast was expensive 25 CHF and there was a good choice but quality was not great. - in May 11
Expensive breakfast. - in March 11
Don't bother with the expensive breakfast, just go across the road to the bakery/cafe. - in February 11
The breakfast was expensive, as was the mini bar. - in October 10
Breakfast is extremely expensive (25 CHF).
- in October 11
- in July 11
The breakfast was ok but nothing special, I missed fresh fruit.
- in July 11
- in August 11
Noise caused by others visitors in the middle of the night Poor breakfast - in May 10
Poor breakfast for the money and really geared towards businessmen rather then tourists
- in August 11
Sport & Entertainment
- in August 10
There is a beautiful garden in the middle of the building which is not cared for.
- in August 10
- Decent sauna
- garden
- in February 10
Great fitness room on top floor with steam room and sauna.
- in February 10
- in December 10
Very pretty surroundings, liked the garden and glass elevators.
- in December 10
- lush palm garden
- well-kept garden
- charged GYM
- in April 10
The fitness center is in need of a renovation.
- in April 10
- unappealing and dirty gym
