There aren't many options to stay in Kandern, a tiny town near where Germany, France, and…read moreSwitzerland meet. Visiting the boarding school I graduated from 21 years ago, my wife, seven-year-old daughter and I booked two nights in this quaint gasthouse in town. Here's our experience.
1) Check-In: Booking online, you don't pay until you're physically at the gasthouse. Coming in late on a Friday, the owner left our room keys in an envelope taped to the window near the entrance. The keys are bulky, but do fit in a pocket.
2) Rooms: To fit three of us, we booked the apartment, which was two rooms and a bathroom. There's plenty of closet space in each room, bedding, towels, and even water.
A few things to note. There isn't AC, but there's a small fan in each room. It didn't cool the room to my liking, but it wasn't horrible.
The restroom uses rain water to help save the planet. We're all for that, but the water in the toilet did smell like sulfur our entire stay. The restroom doesn't have ventilation.
3) Amenities: The rooms come with a hair dryer, a heated rack to dry clothes, etc.
There's a small breakfast for six Euros per person that comes with bread, jam, eggs, meats, cheese, yogurt, cereal, juice, and coffee.
There's parking nearby.
We were given free bus tickets into Basel.
4) Service: It's a family run business and the family lives on site so it's easy to connect if you need anything.
5) Location: It's in town around the corner from a popular doner kebab shop and within walking distance to the pool.
