A private residence that was transformed into a prestigious hotel

Villa Principe Leopoldo, located at the very top of the ’Collina d'Oro‘, which dominates Lugano and its gulf, owes its name to Federico Leopoldo, a cavalry general, who was a descendant of the Hohenzollerns, a great German dynasty that ascended, in 1701, to the throne of the Prussian Kingdom and from 1871, to the German empire.
The villa, which was inhabited by Prince Federico Leopoldo until his death (1931), had been built at the end of the 19th century as the family’s summer residence.
Before being turned into a hotel, (1986), the princely abode witnessed one hundred years of history: illustrious figures coming from the nobility of half of Europe were welcomed here either as residents or as guests.