Imperial Palace

This stunning Parisian style hotel is next to Lake Annecy and is set in sumptuous gardens. It is a four-star hotel, a casino and has a restaurants. Opened in 1913, at the height of spas in the city, it hosted the most distinguished of European royalty. Following a long period of decline, the building was destroyed by fire in the 1980s. The current building is a reconstruction of the original. It still shows the same pompous grandeur of yesteryear. The building and grounds are owned by the city council, which allowed them to open the gardens to the public. It is a key feature of the Annecy skyline