This is the third time in which I have stayed at the hotel La Perla while travelling in Switzerland. Each time has been quite satisfactory, twice staying in Villa Favorit, and once in the main hotel. I have found this hotel to be very pleasant, warm atmosphere, beautiful view, the location is perfect as you're not smack in the center but it's very close. The rooms in which we have stayed have been well furnished with adequate space, TV, internet, etc. The breakfasts were a highlight, nourishing, and you have the option of eating outside on the terrace overlooking the lake.

Management and staff were very accomadating and we personally found it to be overall to our liking.

I stayed here for 1 night with my wife, daughter and father.
A family room in the new building for me, my wife and daughter, and a single room in the main hotel for my father.
We were given room number 1, recently refurbished, in a modern style, clean, tidy, with plenty of space.
DVD player and stereo were in the room, as well as TV, which I might say was a little small for the room, but OK. It has been a long time since i slept so well.
My fathers single room was adequate, and we were happy, regarding the prices we paid, as ascona can be very expensive.
we did not have dinner at the hotel, however the manager kindly reccomended some restaurants in town.
Breakfast was taken on the covered and heated terrace on the sunday morning, despite the rain, a very nice experience with lovely views over the lake.
Parking was available which helps in ascona.
the staff were very friendly, but IF I must criticise one thing, the breakfast was very good, but a little bit hectic around the buffet area.
All in all, a very pleasant experience.

My husband and I stayed at this hotel recently. We were really surprised with the condition of this place. If you notice, there are very few photos of the rooms on the hotel's website. Most of the photos are of the outside of the hotel or the view from the hotel. The reason is simple. If you saw the rooms, you probably would not reserve. We were very disappointed with the hotel and would not return. Also, you can forget about the swimming pool. It did not look clean enough to get into. Breakfast was very basic, with minimal selection. This is not a good choice!

After reading the reviews for La Perla in Trip advisor, we decided to spend two days there. We called the hotel and asked about the rooms. We were told that the best rooms were located IN the hotel (not in the Villas) and were promised a "nice room" with a balcony. We did get a balcony, which did have a lovely view, but that was the only thing nice about this place. It was terrible. We had been mislead.

The furnishing were 20 year old IKEA style. The room had not been renovated for many decades. Everything looked old and folling apart. It seemed like a worn-out youth hostel. Later, when we asked about it, we were told that there were more recently renovated rooms, but they were all booked out.

We asked to see the "swimming pool" and went for a walk. The Swimming pool was a run down, dirty, pathetic looking hole in the ground. Even though it was a very hot day, no one was there and we also quickly left. The breakfast buffet was minimal, not the luxery dining we had expected from the reviews we read here.

We are not "hotel snobs", generally we stay in 3 or 4 star hotels. We do not insist on luxery. But La Perla was one of the worst hotels we have ever stayed in. My guess, from the reviews we are reading, is that there must be some nicer rooms but we did not get one. However, the staff is not honest enough to tell this to you, so if you book here, you are taking your chances. I am CERTAIN you can do better than this place.