This was a pretty nice hotel! We picked this hotel based on location (a good stop en route on our…read moreroad trip), price, its free parking and it had a pool! And what a pool it was! This is one of the best hotel pools I've ever been in (minus Vegas hotels). I loved the cool modern color-changing lighting not only above the pool, but also inside the hot tub! There was a lounger bed-type seating in the pool with jets and two cascading waterfalls. Plus, there was a steam room and a sauna. They provide robes and sandals as well. The pool was heated too, which was awesome, but the hot tub definitely could have been warmer. Our room was nice too, complete with a fridge, microwave and even a stove top! We had brought our dinner back to the room, so it was perfect! We had silverware provided and there was even placemats! The staff were helpful and spoke English. The bartender even opened up a bottle of wine we had brought back to the hotel.

Great location! Fresh, clean, modern boutique hotel with 4 restaurants in a great shopping and…read moredining neighborhood ready for postcard quality pictures around every corner. Staff are attentive without being intrusive multi-lingual and helpful when asked. The rooms are tastefully appointed with lots of nice touches like complimentary slippers, green water and toiletries, and an espresso cup machine and both sparkling and spring water bottles chilling in the mini fridge when you arrive.

Friendly people, big room, clean, have us a cocktail, great location. Everything was perfect!read more

I stayed here for a business trip a while back. after a nice 10-15 minute walk from the train…read morestation, you're at the hotel! double bed rooms (yeah, I got a double bed room to myself...BALLER STATUS) are pretty big. large bathroom, tons of space to organize your stuff, a radio built into the headboard, and a TV. modest accommodations, but comfortable. the website says they have free Wifi too! the hotel was clean, and the staff was nice. it's a family-run establishment and they were friendly to us. told me where the town's bar was (first question) and where the pay phones were (second question). priorities, man, priorities. breakfast was included with our stay. nothing like a big European-style breakfast of cold cuts, cheese, pastries, chocolate, cereal, fruit, and other delicious stuff! I do recall that the staff would leave around 9-10 PM, and close the main entrance. thus you had to unlock - and remember to lock - the side door when you came back later than that. maybe you were in the bar down the street talking to random Swiss people who kept buying you drinks and you forgot that it was 1 AM and you had to meet your client at 7 for breakfast...oops! the keys were tack-welded to large keychains featuring the coats-of-arms of various local municipalities and cantons. you could, conceivably, use these as weaponry if you were in trouble, though I doubt there is much trouble in Laufen. check the website for the room options and pricing. I don't think there are other hotels in this town, and my company picked up the tab anyway, so I guess it is what it is... if I was in the area, paying my own way, I'd definitely consider lodging here.

Loved this hotel! It is in a historic building with a brewery. The room was very nice and the bed…read moreextremely comfortable. The staff were very accommodating even providing us sandwiches when we had to get out early and miss breakfast! Big thank you to Saskia Strasser for all her help whenever we needed assistance! She was the best! Also it is right by the number 3 tram for easy access to Basel. They provide you with a pass for free fares too!

This art hotel is charming, with good sized rooms and great service. One item that stood out was…read moreour check-out experience. Normally, breakfast comes with the room. However, we had to leave for the airport 5:30am, so instead of just forfeiting breakfast, they offered (without us asking) to instead do a lunch bag for us and made the effort to have someone have it ready at 5:25am, before their front desk opened (like many European hotels, their lobby isn't 24 hours). Also, we chose a ham and cheese sandwich. However, they didn't give us a ham and cheese. What they gave us each was: a ham and cheese sandwich filling a large baguette, an extra cheese sandwich baguette, 2 apples each, 2 nectarines each and a bottle of water. So they threw in quite a bit more than they had to. Did I mention they also provided us with two all-day tram passes for each day as part of the room? Also, free WiFi that was actually quite good in reliability and speed (which is not always the case in European hotel wifi). So, overall, a good experience. It is however necessary to prepare tourists -- particularly Americans -- for a few items: 1. There aren't elevators in one of the two buildings that make up the hotel (it's a historic building), and the stairs are spiral and a bit off-kilter. They do have a bellhop who will transport it up, but after quite a while in Europe we had a lot of bags, and we felt a bit bad about it, particularly as we heard the rather in-shape guy wheezing his way up for two trips. If you stay and have luggage, ask specifically for the building with the elevators. 2. They have a heater in the room, but not air conditioning. As Switzerland is not tropical, this probably isn't usually a problem. Our visit coincided with a bit of a heat wave. However, we did learn it can get a bit toasty during the height of summer even in Basel, so if staying in July or August this might be a consideration. When asked, they did bring up a floor fan to help keep us cool, however. Overall, I recommend this hotel as it is also near the heart of the city, and convenient to most of the shopping and sights.

On our way to a Viking cruise out of Basel, we decided to go in a couple days early to adjust to…read morethe time change, and to wander around the city. We chose Hotel Spalentor primarily for its location. I did not include the breakfast buffet, because we planned to just walk around and find something. Well, the first morning we were a little more tired than expected, so we did in fact do the breakfast. It's basically in the attic of the hotel, but they've done it up very nice and quaint. The buffet was pretty basic, although it did include some very good cheese selections. Service was great, as was the coffee, made fresh cup by cup. Only complaint there is that the cups are very small....so I think we each ended up having 3 cups. The hotel itself was great. The location is perfect for walking around Basel, and we actually walked across the Rhine river one night for dinner, and it only took us about 20 minutes....and what a beautiful walk! Everything was clean, comfortable and the staff were great. Everyone spoke enough English, that we had no problem communicating. The only negative I could see, might be parking if you have a rental car. We didn't, so I wasn't an issue for us. But there didn't seem to be a lot of parking there....but then that also looked to be the case for the whole city. Great city to visit, and if we ever go back for a longer stay, we would definitely consider Hotel Spalentor again.

Our family stayed two days prior to a river cruise. The rates were good, and we got a 10%…read morediscount by booking directly with them. The staff was wonderful! The rooms are large, and they have a breakfast daily. We would stay there again without hesitation.

Stayed here one night and I fell in love with how simple it is. Walking around the lobby and garden…read moremade me feel as if I'm lost in time. Beautiful historic stay. Breakfast is served, free wifi, and staff speaks English.

Clean hotel with the perfect location right in front of trolleys, train station and bus stop. If…read moreyou fly into Basel airport you take bus 50 all the way to the last stop (15 minutes) and it parks practically in front of the hotel. They were very accommodating and even provided us free use of a transformer so we could charge our 240V phones. Water bottle in the room and free espresso machine on each floor. They also provide free trolley passes and wi fi. Staff is incredibly knowledgeable and friendly and speaks proficient English.