The Eurotel Montreux is located in easy walking distance from the train. When you leave the train station, take a left along that main and find the Oak Barrel Pub, a lift to take you down. There are plenty of steps if you wish to carry your bags down. An escalator will take you back up to the train station.

It is one of the tallest hotels directly on the lake and conveniently located on the “lake path.” The staff, by far, is one of the friendliness in Switzerland. They will give you all types of information, and even an umbrella if it is raining. There is good reason why this hotel is a four star property.

The elevator, unfortunately, is enough space for a couple and their bags. You do not want to be around this hotel around 4:00PM when all the tour groups come checking through. Luckily, there are two elevators. When it closes, there is another door inside that closes too. It is funky and you don’t want to be caught between that second door. I do question the engineer who made this huge hotel, with two tiny elevators. Maybe they thought it was romantic to squeeze in?

We were upgraded to a “Premium Room” for our four days. All the people we talked to were upgraded too. The room is large with a comfy king size bed. There is a small couch and even a small refrigerator. The bathroom was modern with one of those “larger” tubs that you have to hurdle over.

We had a balcony too. The chairs were made of flimsy metal though. And half our view comprised of seeing the city and lake trail area. I would not recommend 078. At night, it did get noisy. About 4:00AM, the parties ended and the birds started to sing away.

A couple we talked to that stayed for two days received a full view of the lake. I would insist on getting that full lake view.

We refused to upgrade 24 Francs per person for breakfast. This was the only place in our 18 day stay through Switzerland we did not get a traditional breakfast.

Walking the lake trail to the historic Chillon Castle is but thirty or forty minutes away.

You will come across the famous statue of Freddie Mercury, a famous entertainer who lived in the area.

It is a beautiful trail along Lake Geneva. Ferries are close by if you want to take one.

We were able by train to tour Gruyeres and even Geneva. We enjoyed the small city of Vevey just five minutes by train. In Vevey there is a Manora Restaurant at Manors Department store. In Montreux, we liked the pizza at Restaurant au Parc just up the street from Eurotel.

As you can tell, we used Eurotel Montreux as our base. Even this four star hotel had its quirks. We rate it a solid four stars for the many advantages and friendliness of the staff.