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Best for: Five-star lakeside luxury

The Oetker Collection’s first property in Switzerland, The Woodward is housed in a former bank and hotel building overlooking Lake Geneva and boasts 26 suites as well as the exclusive Club Woodward.

Reserved for hotel guests and just 90 members, Club Woodward features a 1,200sqm Guerlain Spa – Switzerland’s first – as well as a 21m indoor pool and a 24-hour gym outfitted with Technogym equipment. Six wellness rooms include a double suite for couples, equipped with Gharieni treatment beds. Other facilities include two Swedish baths, two hammams, two saunas, a Jacuzzi, an ice-bucket shower, a snow shower and a boutique retail area.

The treatment menu offers a host of Guerlain experiences as well as two developed exclusively for The Woodward. “The Woodward is more than a five-star hotel. It’s been made to feel like a spectacular lake house with all the familiar comforts of an intimate mansion. No detail has been overlooked,” said hotel designer Pierre-Yves Rochon.

www.oetkercollection.com