Interlaken, a city of 5,000 people is a resort with rich traditions, located in the heart of the Swiss Alps, between the lakes of Thun and Brienz, at the foot of the famous Eiger, Monk and Jungfrau peaks. Interlaken is the starting point for day trips throughout Switzerland.
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How to get to Interlaken
By train: from Zurich, Geneva, Basel, Bern and Lucerne, you can get to Interlaken-Ost or Interlaken West, the latter is closer to the city center. Most trains stop at both stations.
By car: take the Autoroute A8 to the city center.
By bus: Bus2Alps international bus delivers to Interlaken tourists from Florence, Rome, Paris and Munich. In winter there are a lot of bus routes.
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Climate
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Partly cloudy, light rain +8 ° С in the afternoon +4 ° C at night ° С water |
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Interlaken hotels
Interlaken offers tourists hotels of varying degrees of star rating, hostels, campsites and hostels. You can settle down in the city inexpensively and comfortably or expensively and with great comfort.
Options are more expensive: a four-star hotel "Stella" (member of Swiss Quality Hotels) is located near the train station and, accordingly, in the city center (rooms from 135 CHF), has an indoor pool and an excellent restaurant. Hotel Metropol 4 * (rooms from 190 CHF) is a modern hotel, with an excellent overview of local beauties, two gourmet restaurants and culinary shows in which you can take part.
Hotel B & B Rugenpark (rooms from 40 CHF) is a cozy budget hotel with a class of accommodation + breakfast with a beautiful park and mountain views, five minutes walk to the city center (highest rated for Interlaken hostels and budget hotels according to Hostelworld version).
Campsites for low-cost living in winter and summer: Alpenblick 2, two kilometers from the center of Interlaken on the shore of Lake Thun (prices from 6 CHF per seat per day); TCS camping Interlaken, located on the Aare River near Interlaken-Ost. Two and four-bed houses from 48 to 95 CHF; Hostel River Lodge with double and quadruple rooms (from 26 CHF per person). And a dozen of campsites and hostels.
Book popular Interlaken hotels at the best prices
Lindner Grand Hotel Beau Rivage from 10 266 rubles Interlaken Höheweg 211 | Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa from 21 629 rubles Interlaken Höheweg 41 | |
Hotel Du Nord from 7 748 rubles Interlaken Höhenweg 70 | Hotel Royal-St.Georges Interlaken - MGallery Collection from 8 394 rubles Interlaken Höheweg 139 | Hotel Interlaken from 6 973 rubles Interlaken Höheweg 74 |
Crystal from 5 165 rubles Interlaken Rugenparkstrasse 13 | Hotel Central Continental from 5 488 rubles Interlaken Bahnhofstrasse 43 | Swiss Inn Hotel & Apartments from 8 716 rubles Interlaken General Guisanstr, 23 |
Alpina Hotel from 8 523 rubles Interlaken Hauptstrasse 44 | Hotel Blume / El Azteca from 4 972 rubles Interlaken Jungfraustrasse 30 | Hirschen from 4 520 rub. Interlaken Hauptstrasse 11 |
Kitchen and Interlaken restaurants
The restaurant Bebbis, which is located near the Interlaken-West station, decorated in a traditional "rustic" style, offers tourists fondue and raclette. Schuh is considered one of the most beautiful and oldest (opened 1818) restaurants in the city. And what kind of chocolate fondue ... It's possible to have lunch on the top floor of the Coop store near Interlaken-Ost. A fabulous buffet with a huge assortment of dishes for just 11 CHF.
And in Interlaken a lot of restaurants of national cuisine. Do you like Korean food? Then you are in Kang Chon near Interlaken-West station. Mexican cuisine is represented in the restaurant El Azteca. A real Thai meal can be enjoyed at My Little Thai Restaurant. Just book a place in advance - the restaurant is very popular with tourists.
- With a head to plunge into skiing in the winter and hiking in the surrounding area in summer.
- Enjoy the close proximity of two very clean lakes - Thun and Brienz.
- Visit the beautiful prehistoric caves of St. Beatus.
- Dine at the 300-year-old restaurant Schuh.
- Buy a real Swiss penknife Victorinox and make it a dear heart engraving.
Shopping and shopping
This is where you can buy genuine Swiss penknives Victorinox and Wenger Swiss Army (and make them free for engraving); real Swiss watches, from Rolex to Swatch, and real Swiss chocolate.
Winter vacation in Interlaken
Interlaken is very close to Jungfrau, a traditional place for skiing. You can drive to Grindelwald and Mürren and go skiing or snowboarding (for 62 CHF - adult, 24 CHF - child).
The lighter trails for beginners are located in Bitenberg, there are not such steep slopes, and the prices are lower (35 CHF - adult, 17 CHF - child). All you need for skiing can be rented in any sports shop in the city.
Fans of cross-country skiing can go to Lake Thun (an hour by bus), where well-equipped routes are laid.
In Interlaken in summer
In summer, from Interlaken, you can make many one-day trips to the Jungfrau mountains by the high-mountain railway, to the Scheidegg glacier, within walking distance of Harder Kulm (can be reached by train in 5 minutes), to Lake Tun and Brienz and many other places. @
You will certainly like the legendary caves of Sanct Beatus, known to man since prehistoric times, their underground waterfalls and gorges. In the vicinity of Interlaken, there are many opportunities to fly on a hang glider, paraglider, to jump with a parachute, to do rock climbing or rafting.
The Brienz and Tun lakes in the summer provide all opportunities for water sports, fishing and boating, steamboats and yachts. The water is warm enough (about 20 degrees), so you can swim. For lovers of bike rides (renting bicycles 10 francs a day), a real find will be the route around Lake Brienz. On average, it takes 4 hours, along the way you will meet the stunning waterfalls of Giessbach.
At any time of year it is worth to visit Mystery Park in Interlaken, where in the 7 pavilions connected to each other the most mysterious pages of human history from the Aztec pyramids to space travel are presented. Photo by Interlaken (11)