HOTEL
PILATUS KULM - MT PILATUS
Historic Mountain Top Hotel above Lucerne Restored
Mount
Pilatus rises with its snow-capped peak in the near distance
above Lucerne in central
Switzerland, only about an hour and half
to reach the top by amazing cable ride or the world’s steepest
funicular cog train (see Mt
Pilatus). On the summit at 7,000
feet nestled a short distance apart by the narrow summit
are two hotels,
the
modernistic
Bellevue and the historic Pilatus Kulm built in 1890 with other
Swiss mountain top “Kulm” hotels captured the imagination
of the grand touring class, though not as altitudinous as the
Kulm Hotel on Gorergrat (see Gornergrat Kulm). Queen Victoria
herself once rested her royal
head on a
pillow
at the
Pilatus
Kulm and supped in its dining room with window views of snow
clinging
to craggy cliffs. The Kulm was also a little perhaps too cozy
with old style non-ensuite rooms, but has been completely renovated.
Hotel Pilatus-Kulm is a historic heritage monument that presents
as a 3 star superior hotel with a range of 27 rooms in modern
alpine style and three suites, all with magnificent views. The
vista of
Lake Lucerne below to the north and the peaks of the central
Swiss Alps to the south. On a clear night, a stay at the Pilatus-Kulm
could resemble the setting of a dramatic Wagnerian tale of of
Valhalla.
Richard Wagner was one of the many illustrious guests of the
classic old hotel while living below on the edge of Lake Lucerne
(see Wagner
Museum Lake Lucerne).
The hotel’s Queen Victoria Restaurant was named in honor
of British monarch who rode up the mountian on horseback rather
than the more convenient cable car now connected to the hotel
through the brand new Panorama Gallery, opened on the mountain top
in June
of 2011. The hotel restaurant features Helvetic (Swiss) cuisine
featuring market-fresh local produce hauled up the mountain daily
for indoors window views among the traditionl stonework walls,
or in clear weather enjoyed on the terrace in the crisp mountain
air. The Pilatus Kulm is popular for business conferences in
a mountain retreat setting with its Business Centre is for workshops,
meetings and seminars. A visit down the stairs to the modern
conference
space allows a look at the foundation of the hotel set into the
mountain top stone. And even the rest rooms carry the theme of
the legenday Pilatus Dragon and a curious special surprise, with
a look even if you don‘t have business to conduct. © Bargain
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SEE
ALSO:
SWISS
MUSEUM OF TRANSPORT LUCERNE
CARNIVAL
IN LUCERNE
POST
HOTEL - WEGGIS
WALDSTÄTTERHOF HOTELS - LAKE LUCERNE
