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The award “The Historic Hotel / Restaurant of the Year” is bestowed by the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) in cooperation with GastroSuisse, hotelleriesuisse and Switzerland Tourism. Since 2002, the project has been supported by Mobiliar Versicherungen & Vorsorge.
ICOMOS publishes in Switzerland a yearly update of the guide “Historic Hotels and Restaurants in Switzerland” in cooperation with GastroSuisse, hotelleriesuisse and Switzerland Tourism. Orders can be placed online at www.hierundjetzt.ch, or with bookstores.
The Historic Hotel of the Year 2008:
Hotel Schatzalp in Davos
Historic Hotels and Restaurants ICOMOS
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Astano: Albergo della Posta
Baar: Rest. Höllgrotten
Basel: Hotel Krafft
Basel: Restaurant Löwenzorn
Basel: Restaurant Safran
Bauen: Zwyssighaus
Berne: Kornhauskeller
Beromünster: Hotel Hirschen
Brienz: GH Giessbach
Courgenay: Hotel de la Gare
Crans-Montana: Bella Lui
Davos: Hotel Schatzalp
Dürrenroth: Rest. Bären
Flims: Hotel Schweizerhof
Flims: Waldhaus Flims
Flüeli Ranft: Paxmontana
Flühli: Hotel Kurhaus
Furka Pass: Furkablick
Kandersteg: Ruedihus
Klosters: Chesa Grischuna
Küssnacht: Gasthaus Engel
La Chaux-de-F: Café Paris
Lake Brienz: Steamship Lötschberg
Lausanne: Hotel Beau-Rivage
Locarno: Grand Hotel
Lömmenschwil: Ruggisberg
Lucerne: Steamer
Lugano: International au Lac
Luzern: Schweizerhof
Meilen: Gasthof zum Löwen
Mogelsberg: Hotel Rössli
Montreux: Hotel Masson
Oberlangenhard: Obstgarten
Pontresina: Hotel Saratz
Poschiavo: Hotel Albrici
Rehetobel: Urwaldhaus
Sils-Maria: Hotel Waldhaus
Soglio: Palazzo Salis
Speicher: Guestouse Krone
Splügen: Weiss Kreuz
St-Luc: Hotel Bella Tola
St. Gallen: National
St.Gallen: Zum Schlössli
Thun: Rest. Dampfschiff
Turbenthal: Gyrenbad
Vevey: Des trois Couronnes
Wil SG: Rest Falkenburg
Wil: Restaurant Hof
Wülflingen: Rest. Schloss
Zug: Gasthaus Rathauskeller
Zürich, Zunfthaus Schmieden
Zurich: Jugendherberge Zürich
The award “The Historic Hotel / Restaurant of the Year”, bestowed since
1997, is intended to encourage hotel and restaurant owners and their managers to preserve the historic substance of their properties and to spread the awareness of conservation and care of these properties among the general public.