For New Years Eve 2012: letter for our guests

Dear guests, we are at the end of 2011: a year full of unexpected ups and downs: ...
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Dear Guests

Please be informed that our hotel will be closed from the 23rd December 2011 until the 1st March 2012. However our reception will be at your disposal from Monday to Friday from 08.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m. and from 1.15 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. for booking requests, reservations and for any other kind of information.

Outside office hours and during the weekends you may always leave a message on our call box .

It would be our pleasure to welcome you in our house next year again.

With our best wishes for a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

Charles J.P. Helbling and the Bellevue Team

From Easter 2012: New Ticino Discovery Card

From Easter 2012 it will be possible to acquire at the very special price of CHF 87.00 the newly created tourist card "Ticino Discovery Card", valid for 3 days. The "Ticino Discovery Card" will allow you to travel in and to visit the entire Ticino, from Airolo to Chiasso. Included for the free use of the transportation means are the Swiss Railway (SBB), private trains, public transportation busses, boats on the lake of Lugano as well as funiculars up to the various mountains. The "Ticino Discovery Card" will also include free access to many touristic attractions (Swissminiatur, etc.).

Ticino Musica has become an internationally recognized Festival and is considered worldwide as a high quality venue for masterclasses and concerts. In 2012, in the period from July 15 - July 29, about 50 concerts will take place in the Ticino. The Hotel Bellevue is a sponsor of this cultural event and organizes also this year, on July 19th and July 26th, two concerts for its guests in the Hotel.

Enjoy some photographs from the TICINO MUSICA event in July 2011 at the Bellevue au Lac.

Quality award in 2011
The Best Western Hotel Bellevue au Lac, in recognition of achieving outstanding results for Excellence in Quality and Standards, has received the "Quality Award 2011" from Best Western International.
This precious award stands for our comittment and dedication to excellence in every respect, thus classifying our hotel among the very best in the Best Western family.

Free internet access in all our rooms, 24/7.
We are glad to inform you that we can now provide free internet LAN access (cable) in all our rooms at any time.