The impressive architecture of the Copthorne Hotel and Resort Lakefront is housed on the Frankton Road, the principal road of Queenstown. The design of the hotel, though modern, is reminiscent of a typical Swiss chalet due to the presence of slanting roofs to drain down the snow during the height of winter. The hotel is one of the 4 star hotels in Queenstown that is situated in the vicinity of many tourist attractions of Queenstown. The skiing tracks are visited by the eager skiers of the hotel. The hotel is also close to the Kawarau Bridge of Queenstown which overlooks the transparent waters of the Kawarau River and is a tourist destination for hot-air balloon jumping