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A Swiss Twist on Overwater Bungalows

Where: Route des Gouttes d'Or 2, Neuchatel , Switzerland, 2000

We get a bit tingly when we see pictures of a hotel that look as gorgeous as this one. This over-lake wonder is the Hotel Palafitte near Neuchâtel in French-speaking Switzerland, in the north-west of the country.

What makes us even more tingly is when it sounds like our high expectations might actually be fulfilled. Nearly every guest review of this place is overloaded with glowing adjectives and phrases like "One of Europe's best experiences" or "truly one of the most fantastic hotels".

There are rooms--they call them "pavilions"--both on the shore and over the lake, but if you're going all the way to Switzerland you've got to stay with the water lapping under you, right? That would put you back 695 Francs ($600) a night plus another 35Fr ($30) for breakfast.

[Photo: Tambako the Jaguar]