Des Alpes
Comfortable rooms, some with balconies, in an old building with a picturesque waterfront setting and a good restaurant.
Rathausquai 5
Phone : ++41 041/410 58 25
Fax : ++41 041/410 74 51
Web . www.forum.ch/des-alpes

City
Very basic place a little west of the centre on a busy street (so ask for a back room), with poky rooms laid with lino that are nonetheless kept clean.
Baselstrasse 15
Phone : ++41 041/410 40 40
Fax : ++41 041/410 40 60

Derby
Plain, decent, generic “garni” place in the Old Town, with compact, characterless rooms.
Falkengasse 4
Phone : 041/410 26 62
Fax : ++41 041/410 42 82

Löwengraben
Luzern’s Old Town prison from 1862 to 1998, now converted into a surprisingly classy, comfortable hotel. The staff frogmarch you down the long corridors to the spotlessly refurbished cells, some with en-suite shower and all with barred windows. Prime choice is the panelled Director’s Suite, the former prison governor’s office, with a double bed where the desk used to be.
Löwengraben 18
Phone : ++41 041/417 12 12
Fax : ++41 041/417 12 11
E-mail : hotel@loewengraben.ch

Mr Pickwick
In spartan contrast to Des Alpes next door, an English-style pub with rooms above, sharing the excellent views but not the welcoming management style of its neighbour.
Rathausquai 6
Phone : ++41041/410 59 27
Fax : ++41 041/410 51 08

Schlüssel
By far the most characterful low-end accommodation in town, and the oldest hotel in Luzern to boot. Some rooms overlook the quiet square and the formal gardens of the eighteenth-century Segesser mansion.
Franziskanerplatz 12
Phone : ++41 041/210 10 61
Fax : ++41 041/210 10 21

Tourist
Clean, bright and very central, this has the atmosphere of a student dorm although the quality of the rooms (and the management) belies that. Some have suntrap balconies facing the river – peaceful, since the bankside road is quiet.
St Karliquai 12
Phone : ++41 041/410 24 74
Fax : ++41 041/410 84 14
E-mail : info@touristhotel.ch
Web : www.touristhotel.ch