Hotel Interlaken

The Hotel Interlaken is one of Switzerland's oldest hotels. It opened in 1323 and was originally used as a guest house of the cloister and afterward it was part of the administration of the region. On the first floor of the Hotel, the historic courtroom has been converted into a meeting space.

For a long time, the Guest House Interlaken served as the administrative center of the Berner Oberland, and hence as the focal point for a number of significant state functions. A number of offenders were sentenced to prison in the historic courtroom on the first floor. These rooms, which are now used as seminar and conference rooms, host less contentious sessions.

The mansion was restored and given its own coat of arms in 1491 by Louis Ross, the owner at the time. The Bernese government is thought to have officially approved the guest house's existence at the time. On the south facade of their building, the original late Gothic coat of arms relief with two horses and two alpine ibexes may still be seen. This is under the protection of a monumental monument. In the hotel lobby, the Kloster bar, and the Taverne Restaurant, some of the ancient walls have been retained.

A few generations later, two well-known personalities from the worlds of music and literature check into the hotel: German composer Felix Mendelssohn and wild Romantic-era poet Lord Byron. Both of them now have their own rooms.

Location: Höheweg 74, CH-3800 Interlaken, Switzerlandany luminaries, including musician Felix Mendelssohn and Lord Byron, have stayed at the hotel in medieval Interlaken.

Phone: +41 33 826 68 68

Website: hotelinterlaken.ch