Basel Hotels

We wanted to experience some of the culture of Basel and visit the art museums having never been to Switzerland before. We found the whole experience very enjoyable. Wonderful and helpful people, a beautiful and clean safe place to visit. The bus and tram system makes moving around so very simple and very cheap plus if you get stuck just about everyone speaks good english and always eager to please.

This time I lucked out in my choice of hotel. It has a quiet location close to several landmarks. It was an easy walk down to Old Town Basel. The building is old but the interior was updated and modern and the rooms were very elegantly furnished.

I was at the Victoria for a brief overnight stay between planes and trains and wanted a place close to the train station. The Victoria could not have been more convenient, being directly across the street from the main entrance to the Basel train station. I was put in a very small room on the back of the hotel, which was fine (like all Swiss hotel rooms, clean and efficient) but not luxurious. The staff was great and the price was OK. I would do it again but hope they gave me a better room.

Spacious and very comfortable rooms, very friendly staff and a nice little patio for smokers. The glass (very big and ample) bathroom was a nice surprise. The central location of the hotel adds to its many advantages.

Good place of the city, nice hotel. enjoyed the stay.

Great experience, directly across from the Messe (perfect for Art Basel). I stayed for two nights in a "triple" room, which meant that it had two twin beds pushed together to make a queen (Euro style). Giant room with a balcony and a very large bathroom, double sink, small sitting area. Rather old-fashioned small TV (didn't use it), no air-conditioning (it was June, might have used it). Included breakfast downstairs was relatively generous and tasty! In room coffee-maker was a nice perk-- not standard in European hotels. Horrible night experience: the staff will warn you that they lock the front door at midnight, meaning that you need a code to get in the building, and you should keep the room key with you if you plan to go out late. I was kept out unexpectedly late one night with colleagues, and although I knew the code to get into the building, I did not have the room key. I looked behind the front desk, and the key was not in its usual box, nor anywhere logical. I tried calling the hotel with the front desk phone, but could not make it connect. After 45 minutes of digging in drawers and trying various keys, I finally got into my room. That was awful, but otherwise I was fine with this hotel.

Overnite stay prior to boarding a Scenic Spaceship for a Rhine River cruise.

Staff were extremely helpful from start to finish, hotel is very central to all that Basel has to offer.they also supply you with a transport card for the length of your stay to use on all public transport which became very useful.

Modern boutique hotel well situated in the downtown area. Day transit pass provided by the hotel made it easy to explore the city although many attractions - City Hall, the Rhein River - were within walking distance. With just one day in Basel, my wife and I covered a lot of ground.