Minotel Federale

Our Hotel is located in Lugano in the heart of Ticino.

Lugano, surrounded by Monte Bré and Mount San Salvatore is a paradise for walking tours offering various posibilities also for water sports, tennis, golf and relaxing walks on the shore of Lake Maggiore. The hotel is just a few walking minutes from the city centre, and disposes of a supervised parking, a fitness room with sauna, a bar and a dining room.

Rooms: 52

Hotel Chain: Minotel

Availability

Hotel Facilities

General

Parking (fee required) – Restaurant – Pets Allowed – 24-hour Front Desk – Garden – Terrace – Non-smoking Rooms – Elevator – Heating – Breakfast Buffet

Activities

Jacuzzi – Turkish/Steam Bath – Mini Golf

Services

Room Service – Meeting/Banquet Facilities – Business Centre – Laundry – Fax/Photocopying

Location

City Centre – Old Town

Food & Beverage

The restaurant offers hotel guests full and half board along with an interesting menu of local and international specialities. The garden terrace is ideal for a snack in summer and for lounging in the sun in the evening.

Area information

The city of Lugano, also known as the 'Rio de Janeiro of the Old Continent', lays on the shores of Lake Lugano. Clear blue waters and rugged mountains topped with snow-capped peaks characterize the idyllic setting. Tourism is the main earner of this lovely region but international banking is also a major source of revenue - Lugano is the third largest financial centre in the country. it's renowned for its mild climate, delightful scenery, luxuriant vegetation, great shopping and, of course, for its music festivals, like the Estival Jazz and the Blues to Bop Festival. Lugano has a charming and easygoing atmosphere. Meandering alleyways, thoughtfully laid out parks and the squares (Piazza) in the pedestrian zone beckon further investigation. Remarkable buildings are e.g. the Romanesque Cathedral of San Lorenzo and the 15th century Monastery of Santa Maria degli Angioli with its fabulous frescoes by Bernardino Luini. Lugano boasts three art museums: the Municipal Art Museum exposes the works by the great impressionists, modern masters and the most significant Ticino artists throughout all epochs; the Cantonal Art Museum houses a 19th and 20th century art collection by Swiss and foreign artists and last but not least, the Museum of Modern Art. Yet also the Museum of Non-European Culture with an important collection of artistic and historic interest of ethnic items from Oceania, Indonesia and Africa is worth visiting. Make an excursion with the funicular railway to Mount Bré from which you will admire the splendour of Mount Rosa and the Bernese and Valais Alps. A short walk will take you to a very typical Ticinese village. This village is all the more charming thanks to ist 'art trail' consisting of mural paintings, sculptures and the Wilhelm Schmid Museum. Make an excursion to Swissminiatur in Melide. It is an open air site, where you can admire the most picturesque Swiss towns, villages, monuments and public transportation 25 times smaller than in reality and where your kids will have lots of fun on the playground. Melide is situated on a peninsula called, Ceresio surrounded by Lake Lugano. You might also want to discover the zoo in Magliaso/Neggio with more than 100 animals from all over the world - by the way the only one in the Ticino - as well as the Fishing Museum in Caslano, which was inaugurated in 1993 and features more than a hundred objects. The museum is situated in a beautiful park where three old, fully equipped fishing boats are exposed. Other interesting museums are the Hermann Hesse Museum in Montagnola, preciously witnessing the last 43 years of the author which he spent in Montagnola; the Alprose Chocolate Museum in Caslano as well as the Swiss Customs Museum in Cantine di Gandria with a collection of customs and smuggled goods. This lovely region also offers you a full range of sports and water sports activities as well as relaxing cruises on Lake Lugano.

Travel information

Your Minotel Federale is conveniently located on a hill of Lugano, halftway up, at three walking minutes from Lugano railway station and at 7 walking minutes from the city center and lakeshore. We have a bar/lounge, a restaurant, small banquet and meeting facilities and fitness area with sauna, whirlpool and gym corner. For cars, we do have a supervised underground car parking at daily rate of chf 18 per car per night. Highway: take exit Lugano-Nord, follow the main street down to the city until you find yourself in a short tunnel. In the tunnel, take the right hand lane and at the exit turn right 90 degrees. Go straight, go over a traffic round point and 100 meters (300 feet) after that, take the first small road which turns left. Go down the steep road and at the bottom turn left one last time and you are at the hotel. Airports: Lugano-Agno at 7 km (4.5 miles) and Milano-Malpensa at 70 km (45 miles). Shuttle bus service available from both airports with bus stop at Lugano railway station (which is at 3 walking minutes from the hotel).

Comments

All reservations must be guaranteed with a major credit card. Rates are per room per night including continental breakfast and vat (and local taxes) at the current rate. Full payment will be taken by Minotel, using your selected payment, within 24 hours of booking. Only extra charges must be paid prior to departure from the Hotel. Cancellations: please cancel your reservation online. If your reservation is cancelled in line with Minotel policy - payment will be returned within 5 working days. To amend your reservation please cancel and rebook. Cancellation charges apply. To extend your stay, simply make a new booking for the additional night(s). Children under 12 years old stay free on the basis of one child per room sharing with two adult/s. Cots are available free of charge, subject to availability. Please enter requests for extra childbeds and/or cots, noting the age of the child, in the comments box when booking. Smoking and non-smoking rooms are available on request (note the comments box when booking). If you wish to travel with your pet, please check in advance with the hotel.

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Making your reservation

Making your reservation is easy and safe. Fill out your dates of stay below and submit the form. Select one or more rooms. Then press the book now button. Subsequently the reservation form appears and you have to confirm your booking. We will then send you an instant confirmation message by email.

Hotel Policies

Check In

14:00 – 24/24 hours

Check Out

07:00 – 11:00 hours

Cancellation

If the booking is cancelled more than 2 days before the day of arrival, no charge applies. If the booking is cancelled after 2 days before the day of arrival the charge will be 100% of the whole stay. In case of no-show, the charge will be 100% of the whole stay. Each started stay is entirely due to Minotel.

The cancellation policy may vary per room type; please check the room description as well.

Child Policy

Minotel offers free accommodation and breakfast for 1 child under 12 years old when sharing a room with 2 adults; other meals are to be paid at the hotel directly. In such a case, the client shall book a double or twin room and add a comment in the "comment box" for an extra bed for a child under 12, and not book a triple room. Two children under 12 travelling with adults (no matter if the adults are staying in a single, double or triple room) will be accommodated in a twin room and pay the price of a double room for single occupancy.

Accepted credit cards

• American Express
• Visa
• Euro/Mastercard
• Diners Club
• JCB

The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.