Château d'Ouchy in Lausanne hosts meetings of up to 40 participants and cocktails, banquets or dinners for up to 40 guests, with 49 bedrooms upstairs and a garden on the shore of Lake Geneva for summer events. The hotel stands on the waterfront at Place du Port, below the city center, and is part of the Sandoz hotel group alongside the Beau-Rivage Palace, the Lausanne Palace and the Hôtel Angleterre.
Seminars and company events
The main meeting space is La Vinothèque du Château, a private lounge with daylight that the hotel uses for meetings and conferences. The meetings page gives up to 40 participants, while the hotel presentation describes it for 8 to 15, so the layout for a given group should be confirmed with the events team. Day packages include a screen with projector, flipchart, pens and paper, secure Wi-Fi, water in the room, two coffee breaks (one for a half day) and a three-course lunch in the restaurant. For larger groups, the events team also sells the Hôtel Angleterre, listed next to the château as a second venue. Carbon footprint reporting for events is available on request, based on the EarthCheck event calculator.
Weddings and receptions
The château hosts weddings, baptisms, anniversaries and private receptions, with a stated capacity of 40 people for a cocktail or a dinner. In summer, cocktail lunches and dinners are held in the gardens by the lake. The Terrace, furnished in teak and planted with greenery, is used for early summer evenings and late meals. Couples who need a ceremony room should ask the events team, as the hotel does not describe one.
Rooms and capacities
La Vinothèque du Château takes meetings and conferences of up to 40 participants according to the meetings page, has natural light and also serves meals and drinks. The banquet format is 40 guests for a cocktail or a dinner. The lakeside gardens host summer cocktail lunches and dinners, with capacity given on request. The 57° Grill and The Bar can complete a program with a dinner or an evening drink.
Accommodation
The hotel has 49 rooms, including 10 junior suites and 3 suites, so a small executive group or a wedding party can stay on site. Guests have access to the Alpeor spa, with sauna, steam room, sensory shower and a treatment room, and to an outdoor pool set among trees apart from the main building.
Catering
All meals are served by the hotel. The 57° Grill cooks meat, fish and shellfish on the grill, on the spit or roasted, in an open kitchen. The Bar is known for its cocktails and its advice on local wines, and the Vinothèque can also host meals and drinks.
History and setting
The building joins a 12th-century medieval tower to a Gothic Revival château completed in 1893 to designs by the architect Francis Isoz. It is listed as a Swiss cultural property of regional significance. Its position on the Ouchy quay puts the lake, the boat landing and the promenade directly in front of the hotel.
Getting there
The M2 metro runs from the Ouchy stop, close to the hotel, up to Lausanne railway station. By car, leave the motorway at Lausanne-Sud and follow the lake eastward. Geneva Airport is about 40 minutes away by road. The hotel car park has 15 spaces that cannot be reserved, and the covered harbor car park nearby takes the overflow.
