Lausanne Palace, a Lausanne spa: Le Spa, its prices and its rules

A Lausanne spa without the walk down to the lake: the Lausanne Palace keeps its pool, saunas and hammams inside the palace in the city centre. The Spa Suite with its copper bath is booked separately; if you are not staying, a day costs CHF 125.

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The spa’s indoor pool seen from its steps: blue water over mosaic tiles, steel handrails, white columns, a wall of golden panels and a wave-shaped ceiling set with tiny lights; 2 loungers at the far end

Who the Lausanne Palace is for, if you want a spa in Lausanne

Why choose it

You need a big spa in the middle of town, a walk from the train and the metro, for a day or a few nights, with La Table’s 2 stars under the same roof.

Le Spa

When to look elsewhere

You picture your spa by the water: the Lausanne Palace is in town, and the shore at Ouchy is a 27-minute walk, all downhill.

Other spas

A 1915 palace with the spa inside

Lausanne runs downhill to Lake Geneva, and the Lausanne Palace stays up in town, with 2,100 m² of spa inside its walls and a copper bath for 2.

The Lausanne Palace opened on 19 June 1915, at the height of the Belle Époque, and has lived in the thick of the city ever since: the station, the metro and the cathedral are all a few minutes’ walk away.

Behind the façade, Le Spa spreads over 2,100 m² and works with 3 houses, the hotel says: Biologique Recherche for the face, Cinq Mondes for face and body, and Aveda for hair and the Head Spa.

Out of the water and on to the table: at the same address, La Table holds 2 MICHELIN stars and 17 out of 20 from Gault&Millau, and the MICHELIN Guide gives the hotel 2 Keys.

We came to know Le Spa through 11 pages of the hotel’s website, the price list in its voucher shop, 4 other spas in the area and the 2 clips the hotel filmed between the pool and the Spa Suite. Then we searched the 1,034 Google reviews that carry a text. 5, all in French, say that the saunas and hammams are separate for men and women, as the spa’s own page does. For 2, the Spa Suite is the only place to share a sauna.

A spa day, hour by hour

Swim first, then decide whether to add a treatment or the Spa Suite. The pool and saunas need no booking; treatments and the Spa Suite do, through the spa.

06:30

The pool opens

The indoor pool and jacuzzi open early, from 6.30am to 10pm every day, so a swim before work is on. On public holidays the hotel may change the hours.

09:00

Treatments

Treatments run from 9am to 8pm. On the spa’s voucher shop a Cinq Mondes massage is CHF 195 for 50 minutes and CHF 265 for 80, and Biologique Recherche facials start at CHF 130.

12:30

Lunch at the spa

You need not leave the spa for lunch: the snack menu runs from 11.30am to 8pm, and Monday to Saturday the Day Spa bundles entry and lunch at the spa bar for CHF 140, or CHF 320 with a 50-minute treatment.

15:00

The Spa Suite

A spa in miniature, just for the two of you: a sauna, a hammam and a round copper tub. CHF 95 for half an hour, CHF 180 for an hour, CHF 300 for 2.

17:00

Saunas and hammams

Saunas and hammams, one side for women and one for men, with the therapeutic bath, until 9pm; then the terrace, the veranda and the Silent Duvet Room.

19:30

Dinner

Dinner comes early: La Table, with 2 MICHELIN stars, opens Wednesday to Saturday from 7pm and takes last orders at 8pm. On other nights there are Brasserie du Grand Chêne and Matcha Picchu.

The spas of Lausanne

Up in the centre, the Lausanne Palace; down on the shore at Ouchy, the Royal Savoy, the Beau-Rivage Palace and the Château d’Ouchy, between 17 and 24 minutes away on foot.

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  1. Lausanne PalaceLe Spa, inside the palace, open 6.30am to 10pm
  2. Royal SavoyA pool that runs indoors and out, 17 minutes’ walk away (1,283 metres)
  3. Beau-Rivage PalaceThe Guerlain spa, 1,734 metres and 23 minutes away on foot

Le Spa: entry, the Spa Suite and the Day Spa, from the hotel’s website

The spa’s own pages, read on 27 September 2026, plus what the voucher shop, the booking sites and guests say elsewhere.

On the hotel’s website

  • A heated indoor pool and jacuzzi, from 6.30am to 10pm
  • Separate saunas and hammams for women and for men, and a therapeutic bath, until 9pm
  • For resting, the terrace, the veranda and the Silent Duvet Room
  • A gym open around the clock to hotel guests
  • Visitor entry: CHF 125 for the day, CHF 75 for half a day, CHF 50 with a treatment of at least 50 minutes
  • Day Spa, Monday to Saturday, with lunch at the spa bar: CHF 140, or CHF 320 with a treatment
  • The private Spa Suite: CHF 95 for half an hour, CHF 180 for an hour, CHF 300 for 2 hours
  • Spa & Brunch on Sundays: CHF 180 per person

Le Spa’s rules

From the spa’s and the hotel’s pages, read on 27 September 2026.

WhereInside the palace at Rue du Grand-Chêne 7–9, over 2,100 m²
HoursDaily from 6.30am to 10pm; saunas, hammams and the therapeutic bath until 9pm; treatments 9am to 8pm
ChildrenFrom age 3, in the pool with a parent: Monday to Saturday 9 to 11am and 2 to 7pm, Sundays 10am to 7pm
VisitorsCHF 125 for the day, CHF 75 for half a day, CHF 50 with a treatment of at least 50 minutes
GymOpen around the clock to hotel guests
Spa SuitePrivate use for 2, with a sauna, a hammam and a copper tub: from CHF 95 for half an hour
ProductsBiologique Recherche for the face, Cinq Mondes for face and body, Aveda for hair
BookingTreatments and the Spa Suite through the spa, on +41 21 331 31 61 or online

The spa and the Belle Époque palace in the centre of Lausanne

The spa’s glassed-in gallery, jacuzzi and indoor pool, its relaxation room, gym and Spa Suite with a copper bath, then the arrival on Rue du Grand-Chêne and the hall, the Coco Chanel Suite and its balcony over the lake, dishes at Matcha Picchu, the salons and the facade lit for Christmas.

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The glassed-in gallery of loungers looking onto a terrace with parasols, a Buddha head on a stone wall, then the jacuzzi and the indoor pool under its starry ceilingfrom 0:29 · Lausanne Palace · 11 January 2023Watch on YouTube
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Through a carved wooden door into the relaxation room, its loungers between white curtains, then the hair salon, a treatment room, the gym and the Spa Suite, with two massage tables and a copper bathfrom 1:02 · Lausanne Palace · 11 January 2023Watch on YouTube

The room for a spa stay

After the sauna, the window: the lake-side rooms look over Lake Geneva to the Alps.

A Deluxe Room Lake View: a sofa, a coffee table with flowers and fruit, a bed with a purple headboard and the French window open onto the balcony, with the lake and mountains in the distance
A Deluxe Room Lake View: a sofa, a coffee table with flowers and fruit, a bed with a purple headboard and the French window open onto the balcony, with the lake and mountains in the distance
A Junior Suite Lake View: the bed in the foreground, a sitting area with a sofa and armchairs and French windows onto the balcony, with the lake and mountains beyond
A Junior Suite Lake View: the bed in the foreground, a sitting area with a sofa and armchairs and French windows onto the balcony, with the lake and mountains beyond

The lake side faces south, the hotel says: a Deluxe runs from 35 to 50 m², some with a panoramic balcony, and the Junior Suite Lake View has 60 m² and a sitting room. The city side is cheaper and faces north, towards the cathedral. Every offer the hotel sells includes the pool, sauna and hammam; the Well-being Experience adds a massage each and half an hour in the Spa Suite.

The rooms and suites, with photos

Other hotel spas in Lausanne

Their spas in their own words, and the minutes on foot or by car from the Lausanne Palace.

Search for a spa in Lausanne and Google opens with its map, the Lausanne Palace’s Le Spa and the Beau-Rivage Palace’s Guerlain spa at the top, then the lists on Tripadvisor and Booking.com. The city’s other hotel spas are down by the lake at Ouchy, 17 to 24 minutes on foot, all downhill: the Royal Savoy at 17, the Beau-Rivage Palace at 23 and the Château d’Ouchy at 24, its spa closed for renovation from 31 August to 16 October 2026. The Beau-Rivage and the Château d’Ouchy belong, like the Lausanne Palace, to the Sandoz Foundation’s hotels. Out of town, Le Mirador on Mont-Pèlerin is 27 minutes by car. The Lausanne Palace has no outdoor pool, and anyone who wants to swim in the open air will be happier at the Royal Savoy; a visitor pays CHF 125 here, where the Royal Savoy and Le Mirador start at CHF 100.

HotelWhereThe spa, from its pageFrom the Lausanne Palace
Lausanne PalaceCentre, Rue du Grand-ChêneLe Spa, 2,100 m²: indoor pool, jacuzzi, saunas and hammams, Spa Suite; visitors CHF 125 a dayYou are here
Royal SavoyOuchy, LausanneOver 1,500 m²: heated indoor-outdoor pool, jacuzzi, saunas, steam rooms, a women-only area and a 24-hour gym.17 minutes on foot
Beau-Rivage PalaceOuchy, LausanneA 1,500 m² Guerlain spa: heated indoor and outdoor pools, hammam, sauna, ice cave and 8 treatment rooms.23 minutes on foot
Château d’OuchyOuchy, LausanneSauna, hammam and sensory shower, an outdoor pool from May to September, and Alpeor treatments open to non-residents.24 minutes on foot
Le MiradorMont-Pèlerin, above Vevey1,750 m² with lake views: heated indoor pool, jacuzzi, separate men’s and women’s sauna and hammam, 11 treatment rooms.27 minutes by car

Walking and driving minutes measured on OpenStreetMap roads on 27 September 2026, door to door from the Lausanne Palace; spa pages read on 28 September 2026.

  • What reviews say about the spa

    Of the 2,000 most recent Google reviews, read on 27 September 2026, 1,034 carry a text and 114 of those mention the spa, the pool or the saunas, 104 of them with 4 or 5 stars. Guests write of the indoor pool and the jacuzzi, of the massages and of the spa’s staff, several of them by name. A couple, or a family, reads the rules first: the saunas and hammams are separate for women and for men, and children use the pool from age 3, at set hours.

Questions about the spa and the hotel

Who gets in, until when, for how much, and the children: what people ask when they look for a spa in Lausanne.

Do hotel guests pay for the spa?

No price is published for them: every one of the hotel’s offers includes the pool, sauna and hammam, and the gym is open day and night to those staying. No page, though, says outright that every rate includes entry, and Perplexity says the opposite; that is the hotel’s to confirm when you book.

Can I use the spa without staying at the hotel?

Yes: CHF 125 for the day, CHF 75 for half a day, CHF 50 if you book a treatment of 50 minutes or more. Monday to Saturday the Day Spa adds lunch at the spa bar for CHF 140, and on Sundays Spa & Brunch is CHF 180 a head.

How much are the massages and the Spa Suite?

A Cinq Mondes massage is CHF 195 for 50 minutes and CHF 265 for 80 on the voucher shop, the Grand Rituel CHF 295, and Biologique Recherche facials run from CHF 130 to CHF 350. The Spa Suite is CHF 95 for half an hour, CHF 180 for an hour and CHF 300 for 2; add entry and a 50-minute massage and it comes to CHF 590.

Can children use the pool?

Yes, from age 3 and with a parent: Monday to Saturday from 9 to 11am and 2 to 7pm, Sundays from 10am to 7pm, according to the spa’s page. The family offer and the MICHELIN Guide cut that back to 6pm.

Is the pool heated, and how big is it?

Heated, yes, and indoors, with the jacuzzi beside it, open all year from 6.30am to 10pm, the hotel says. Its size and the water temperature go unpublished, and there is no outdoor pool.

Do I need to book, and how late can I stay?

Only for treatments and the Spa Suite, through the spa on +41 21 331 31 61 or online; for the pool and saunas the page asks for no booking. You can stay in the pool until 10pm, in the saunas and hammams until 9pm.

How much is a night, and are there offers with the spa?

From €283 for 2, without breakfast, for the 3 Saturdays read on Google Hotels on 28 September 2026: €290 on 10 October, €283 on 7 November, €292 on 5 December. The spa offer is the Well-being Experience, from CHF 650 for 2 with breakfast, a 50-minute Cinq Mondes massage each and half an hour in the Spa Suite.

Which are the best hotel spas in Lausanne?

In the centre, the Lausanne Palace: the largest spa of those that publish their size, 2,100 m², with an indoor pool, saunas, hammams and a private Spa Suite. By the lake at Ouchy, the Royal Savoy has over 1,500 m² with an indoor-outdoor pool and a women-only area, and the Beau-Rivage Palace its 1,500 m² Guerlain spa, with indoor and outdoor pools and an ice cave; the Château d’Ouchy has a sauna, a hammam and an outdoor pool in summer, though its spa is closed for renovation until 16 October 2026. Out of town, Le Mirador has 1,750 m² with the lake in front. On Google, on 28 September 2026, the map for “lausanne spa” put the Lausanne Palace’s Le Spa and the Beau-Rivage Palace’s Guerlain spa first.

A night for 2 with a massage each and half an hour in the Spa Suite, from CHF 650

Le Spa on the official site

Written and checked by Lumina, independently of Lausanne Palace. Lumina sells no rooms or tickets: every link leads to its source.

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  16. OSRM, on foot and by car on OpenStreetMap’s roads: the times from the hotel’s door
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