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Town. Rooms are simple, light and spotlessly clean, and there are cheaper rooms with
shared bathroom. Wi-fi is free for the first hour, then Sfr1 per hour. Parking is Sfr10 per
day.
Around Central Lucerne
BACKPACKERS LUCERNE $
( 041 360 04 20;
www.backpackerslucerne.ch
; Alpenquai 42; dm/d Sfr32/72; )
Could this be
backpacker heaven? Right on the lake, this is a soulful place to crash with art-slung walls,
bubbly staff, a well-equipped kitchen and immaculate dorms with balconies. It's a
15-minute walk southeast of the station.
| Hostel
PALACE LUZERN $$$
( 041 416 16 16;
www.palace-luzern.ch
;
Haldenstrasse 10; r from Sfr400, ste from Sfr550; )
This luxury belle époque hotel on the lakefront is sure of its place in many a heart. Inside
it's all gleaming marble, chandeliers, airy rooms and turn-of-the-20th-century grandeur.
Parking is Sfr35 per day; wi-fi an extortionate Sfr45 for 30 hours.
| Luxury Hotel
Eating
WIRTSHAUS GALLIKER $$
| Swiss
( 041 240 10 02; Schützenstrasse 1; mains Sfr24-48; lunch & dinner Tue-Sat, closed Jul-mid-Aug)
Don't eat for a day before visiting this old-style tavern, passionately run by the Galliker
family over four generations since 1856. It attracts a lively bunch of regulars. Motherly
waitresses dish up Lucerne soul food (rösti,
chögalipaschtetli
and the like) that is batten-
the-hatches filling. Book ahead for dinner.
BODU $$
( 041 410 01 77; Kornmarkt 5; mains Sfr18-58; lunch & dinner)
Banquettes, wood panelling
and elbow-to-elbow tables create a warm ambience at this classic French-style bistro.
Here locals huddle around bottles of Bordeaux and bowls of
bouillabaisse
(fish stew) or
succulent sirloin steaks. Reservations strongly advised.
| French
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