Hotel Bellevue des Alpes
Kleine Scheidegg (Bernese Oberland), Switzerland
from Travel Intelligence

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19th Century 'Grand Dame' right under the North face of the Eiger, a mile high wall of black rock. One of the most remote hotels in the Alps.

Address:	3801 Kleine Scheidegg, Near Wengen, Switzerland
Telephone:	+41-033 855 12 12
Fax:	+41 033 855 12 94
Rooms:	100
Rating:	4 star

The Hotel Writes

"The Hotel Bellevue des Alpes ranks among the few remaining grand hotels of the nineteenth century. The Kleine Scheidegg lies amid alpine splendour at the foot of the Eiger, Monch and Jungfrau at 2070m above Grindelwald and Wengen. As the centre of the ski and hiking region, it is also the direct starting point for the Jungfraujoch. The historically important hotel is still run as a family business with tradition in mind."

Review

James Blackwell:
Good fortune puts me on the last train up the mountain from Wengen. We stop at the highest point, disembark, and the train moves on. Dark, quiet, no-one's here, just the Eiger and its massive mile high North face vaguely lit by the moon. Tucked underneath is Kleine Scheidegg Hotel, with barely a light on. We walk up to it on the ridge and step into a traditional hotel, wood pannelled, with reminders of its prominent role in assisting the first attempts to climb the mountain. Formal dinners in the evening, a great pannelled bar, rambling sitting rooms. In the morning you ski down after breakfast, rather than catch lifts up. If you enjoy mountains and traditional comfort I can think of no better place to be than here.

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