Car-free Wengen is located above the valley town of Lauterbrunnen and can only be reached by rail. The main street stretches from the station to a small collection of accommodation, with more lining the steep mountainside above. Wengen has a total of 24 hotels.
The four-stars include the Beausite Park, which is in a peaceful location and has a leisure area with swimming-pool. Reporters commented that the food was “exceptionally good”. Hotel Regina is a stately old building housing two good restaurants, a health and beauty spa, and rooms from a bygone age. Many people consider Hotel Sunstar to be the best all-round place to stay in the resort: it’s certainly is one of the most convenient, and it has good family duplexes and a nice swimming-pool. “A model of Swiss efficiency,” enthused a reporter.
Other places to consider are Hotel Caprice, which is set at the foot of the slopes. It has recently been renovated with a lot of style and the dining room features gourmet French cuisine. Two more traditional offerings are Best Western Hotel Silberhorn and the Belvedere.
More modest offerings
The three-stars include Hotel Alpenruhe Kulm, which is set beside the woods with lovely views. Residence Brunner is a small ski-in ski-out B&B set above the village, which is family-friendly.
Two-star Chalethotel Bernerhof has 20 bedrooms and receives mixed reports: “Very friendly and the food good” on one hand, and “Cheap prices partly compensated for the disappointment with our unmet expectations of a Swiss two-star,” on the other. You can also find great accommodation with Ski Miquel in Lauterbrunnen.
Historic places to stay
Hotel Falken is one of the resort’s original Edwardian hotels and decorated with historic photographs. Rooms are quaintly old-fashioned. Hotel Wengernalp is located up the mountain, set next to the railway line between Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg. It was originally a mountain shelter in 1818, and in 1834 an inn was built on the site serving only milk, cheese, bread and strawberries. By 1841, it became a base camp for climbers. Today it has 23 bedrooms, some of the best views of any hotel in the Alps, as well as excellent food and service.
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