2 Best Hotels in Neuchatel, Fribourg and Neuchâtel

This modest 19th-century hotel across from the train station overlooks tile rooftops, the sparkling lake, and white-capped Alps. The hotel's main building has preserved its original parquet floors and stone steps, while the annex boasts 16 new rooms that feature works by local artists. Along the pale yellow corridors, fresh flowers hide in niches in this sunny hotel. A lovely park surrounds the terrace.

In the gorge of Vauseyon, 10 minutes from Neuchâtel, this restored 18th-century brewery with polished beams, yellow-sandstone highlights, and lush views sits alongside a roaring woodland stream. Every individually decorated guest room has lovely whitewashed walls. The glass-roofed winter garden restaurant (closed Saturday lunch, Sunday, and Monday) offers one of the region's best meals with its innovative seasonal cuisine, or you can enjoy a simpler lunch on the terrace overlooking the stream. Take the tunnels under Neuchâtel toward La Chaux-de-Fonds, exit toward Pontarlier-Vauseyon, and look for the hotel's signs.