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"Being hosts is what we love best about our job". We know what holidays mean for you: a major investment, not just in terms of money but also of time, anticipation and expectations. The atmosphere in our hotel is leisurely, making for happy, relaxed holidays. And you can rest assured that, as dedicated hosts, we will do our best to make you feel totally at home with us. In the "Bellevue Fairy-Tale Hotel", junior guests are a major focus of attention, enabling their parents to enjoy their holidays too, without a worry in the world.
Many years ago, we had the opportunity to buy a big old hotel where we kept what was good and traditional while renovating many rooms to modern standards. This opportunity was a dream come true for my wife and me, though it wasn't a magic wish granted by the good fairy! For us and our staff, willingness to serve others is part of our philosophy of life. In the "Bellevue", the smiles come from the heart. We both trained at a hotel management school, but it was the school of life which taught us the importance of being good hosts. In fact, surprising our guests with daily pleasures is the best thing about our profession. Thirty years ago, I never would have guessed that my love of children and improvising stories would lead to my present role as a Story-Telling Uncle, but now I wouldn't miss my daily story hour for anything in the world.
 Princes and counts used to dine where fairy tales are now told
The "Bellevue" lives up to its name with its fabulous, magical panoramas. In 1976, Lydia and Martin Vogel woke what was once a luxury hotel from its long period of inactivity.The Grand Hôtel, as the "Bellevue" used to be known, opened in 1907 and housed the crowned heads of Eastern Europe and the cream of society who came to Braunwald, with its population of 400, to escape the summer heat. However, the First World War put a sudden end to this glorious era. From 1918 till 1976 it was a sports-hotel, hosting guests mainly from Switzerland, Germany and France.
Knowing what guests want
All that is now left of the Art Nouveau details and this aristocratic splendour are the wrought-iron balcony railings and the spacious dining room. Demolition was on the cards until the present owners, with their enthusiasm and sensitivity to what guests really want, rescued it from its Cinderella-like existence in 1976. Now, the tastefully furnished rooms offer every comfort. The hotel stands in splendid, slightly elevated isolation, overlooking the car-free village of Braunwald. Its balconies provide a marvellous view of the surrounding mountains, giving the impression that you can reach out and touch the three-thousand-meter peaks. And Bellevue sunrises are truly magical experiences.
Fairy-Tale Hotel guests of all ages find their heart's desire
The funny rabbit at the hotel entrance stops nibbling at its carrot to curiously eye the new arrivals. So now the children know that they've really arrived at the Fairy-Tale Hotel. While parents go to their rooms and settle in, the children are already playing or exploring their surroundings. Family holidays and at the same time, holidays away from the family? The Vogels have balanced this equation neatly and imaginatively, creating a children's world where TV just can't compete with a Story-Telling Uncle and an adult's paradise where parents can relax and dine by candlelight.
Slide instead of stairs
In the mid-Seventies, Lydia and Martin Vogel changed the whole Braunwald resort, form a senior to a popular family holiday destination in summer also, by building their highly individual hotel concept round the needs of junior guests. All day and every day until 9 pm, they are cared for by a trained nursery nurse. Facilities include a playroom on two levels, complete with tables for making things on, a "cuddly corner" plus climbing bars, while for older children there is a room with X-BOX360 computers and an indoor pool with water-wings, a slide and a Tarzan obstacle course. The children eat dinner together in their own dining-room which serves the food kids like. And then they're off down the slide to the floor below where the Story-Telling Uncle keeps them enthralled with his exciting tales of dwarfs, beautiful princesses and white elephants before they work off their last ounce of excess energy on the huge bouncy castle and collapse into bed. Next morning, they can go skiing or hunt for Bartli the Dwarf, his cave and the gigantic jewel. Or simply watch the antics of the miniature goats on the "Golden Goat Bridge". Or take the plunge in the indoor swimming-pool that's open round the clock. The hotel's wellness area also includes a whirlpool, sauna and solarium as well as a massaging waterbed. In 2001 we built the wellness on the top a spa in a glass-dome, where you can book a massage or just relax in peace.
Vogelhüsli at the Bird Lounge Bar and the most astonishing elevator of Switzerland
Cocktail lovers sample the Bellevue's "Vogelhüsli" special is a "must" before moving on to one of the other cocktail creations on offer …Connoisseurs with more specific "medicinal" requirements will find what they are looking for in the "Whisky Pharmacy" where many different bottles are available for study and tasting, while guests relax and chat round the roaring fire or play billiards.Than ride in the new elevator that takes you trough an aquarium with stingrays and other exotic fishes
Gourmet pleasures for parents
The "Bellevue" specializes in light, varied classic French and Mediterranien cuisine, and every evening, our chef delights guests with a six-course menu. On Fridays a candlelight dinner is on offer. At the "Bellevue", all this goes by the name of gourmet half board.We have a very interesting and well-balanced wine menu, ranging from five good wines at less than twenty Swiss francs a bottle to aristocratic tipples
A magic approach to Paradise
There's only one way to get to Braunwald - through the mountain railway. And once you're there, you've reached a safe, green haven - rather like paradise - with no uninvited guests and no locked doors, where you can let your children play and roam to their hearts' content without having to worry about them.Braunwald is car-free but getting there isn't a problem. Guests can drive as far as the valley terminus of the Braunwald Railway in Linthal and take the railway up to Braunwald. Luggage can be handed in at Linthal, and guests travelling with Swiss Railways can send it straight through to Braunwald. At peak traffic times, the Braunwald Railway operates on an on-demand basis. Normally, the Braunwald Railway runs every half hour. Just call the "Bellevue" from the toll-free phone at the valley terminus, and 6 minutes later and 600 metres higher, the electric taxi will be there to collect you and your luggage. Let us show you the high life - at 1300 metres above sea-level!
There are 1001 fairy tales in this world but just one Fairy-Tale Hotel
- Indoor-Entertainment summer and winter
- Hotel indoor swimming pool 30°C
- Massage jet system
- Whirlpool (Jacuzzi 36°C)
- Solarium, sauna
- Relaxation room with wellness massage
- Spacious lounges
- Table tennis, table football and billiards
- Bar with discreet background music
- "Bird Lounge" for cosy hours by the fire
- Copious breakfast buffet
- High standard of cuisine
- Weekly "dîner chic" in elegant dress
- Special children's menu served at 5.45 pm in the children's restaurant
- Bouncy castle for kids
- Daily fairy-tale hour with Uncle at 6.30 pm
- One to two films every week at the local cinema
- Sports shop and shopping facilities, bancomat and high-altitude clinic with live-in doctor
- Our hotel is permanently monitored by an automatic fire-alarm system, so guests can feel perfectly safe
Price List
Winter Prices and Dates you find here
Summer Prices and Dates you find here
Weekly package reduction for children in their parents' room:(only 1 reduction per full-paying person)On a weekly basis: children under 6 sleep in their parents' room and eat free of charge. Between 6 and 9, they cost less than one third, and over 9, just half.Reduction for half board, not just for the room0-6 FREE. If you occupy two rooms,the oldest child pays the full rate
- 6-9 70% reduction
- 9-12 50% reduction
- 12-16 30% reduction
Surcharge for individual days (short stayover): Fr. 20.- per personFor individual days (short stayover), we charge Fr. 10.- for each year of your child's/children's age (eg CHF. 20.- for a 2-year old, CHF. 30.- for a 3-year old, CHF. 40.- for a 4-year old, etc.)Dogs: CHF. 20.- per day. We accept: Visa, Mastercard, Eurocard, Maestro, ec-direct, reka cheques.
Winter Wonder
Downhill skiing, snowboarding (2 bubble lifts, 2 chairlifts, 2 ski lifts), Swiss Ski School, Swiss Snowboard School, cross-country skiing, ski hiking, 20 km of walking trails, sledging, skating, horse-drawn tram, Eisstockschiessen (a variant of curling )
- Saturday arrivals and departures
- Ski region with 6 lifts
- Cross-country skiing trail
- Sledging and horse-drawn carriage trips
- Horse-drawn tram service to ski-school base four times a day
- More than 20 km of walking trails
- Ski hire in village
- Sledge rental in hotel
- Swiss Ski School, private lessons and classes for children, Snowboard chIce rink and Eisstockschiessen (variant of curling) with skate rental right next to hotel
Summer Sunshine
50 km of hiking trails, high-altitude walking, climbing tours, mountain biking, riding, minigolf, tennis, clay-pigeon shooting, archery, paragliding passenger flights, horse-drawn carriage rides, games library, four original locations on the Bartli the Dwarf Trail.
Winter Prices and Dates you find here.
- Bubble lift and chair lift with several mountain restaurants
- Excellent (and exquisite) walking trails
- Minigolf, horse-drawn carriage rides
- Protected flora area
- five original locations of the Dwarf Bartli story
- Practice climbing facilities at the Eggstöcke
- Paragliding passenger flights
- mid-July: Music Week with classical music concerts in the Hotel Bellevue
- 2 tennis courts (sand) right next to the hotel
- Garden chess, kids' playground, sun lawn
- Where is the famous "Golden Goal Bridge"? No, not in San Francisco, but on our hotel terrace where miniature goats climb a spiral staircase and run acrossthe suspension bridge to the roof A special hotel that's just magic!
Telephone: +41 (0)55 653 71 71
Fax: +41 (0)55 643 10 00
e-mail: info@maerchenhotel.ch
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