Akari Spa at Panorama Resort
A first-class Swiss spa at Panorama Resort, with heated outdoor pools and jacuzzis overlooking Lake Zurich and a panoramic terrace for post-treatment calm.
The view from the Akari Spa’s heated outdoor pools is one of the better arguments for a long weekend in Switzerland.
From the jacuzzis and the thermal terraces of the Panorama Resort, Lake Zurich fills the horizon in that particular way (still, grey-green, ringed with hills) that explains why a significant portion of the world’s most design-literate travellers have been making their way to this corner of the country for decades. The spa earns its name: panoramic, in every useful sense.
The treatments run across the full therapeutic spectrum (massages, wraps, body rituals), delivered by therapists who understand the difference between a technically correct treatment and an excellent one. The outdoor pool and jacuzzi experience is available year-round, which in Panorama Resort terms means alpine cold and warmed thermal water in close proximity, with the lake visible throughout.
The Panorama Resort’s position as one of Switzerland’s better luxury hotels owes a significant debt to Akari’s quality. Guests who combine a night in the hotel with a full day at the spa tend to leave with the particular restored quality that only arrives from several hours of thermal bathing and professional treatment in a genuinely beautiful landscape.
The wholesome buffet served at the spa provides the appropriate conclusion: local produce, well prepared, with the lake still visible and the afternoon still available.
