Where to Stay
Handpicked Alps base towns
The right base makes or breaks a trip. These are the villages and towns we send people to first — with the honest trade-offs for each.
🇨🇭 Switzerland
Swiss Alps
Valais
Zermatt
$$$$$The Matterhorn, a car-free village, and the best splurge in the Alps.
2–3 nightsCar-free OK
Bernese Oberland
Wengen
$$$$A car-free balcony village hanging over the Lauterbrunnen valley.
2–3 nightsCar-free OK
Bernese Oberland
Grindelwald
$$$The Eiger over your shoulder and a lift to everything.
2–3 nightsCar-free OK
Bernese Oberland
Lauterbrunnen
$$$The valley of 72 waterfalls — the Alps' most photographed floor.
2–3 nightsCar-free OK
Bernese Oberland
Interlaken
$$$The gateway hub — convenient, lively, not the mountains themselves.
1 nightCar-free OK
Central Switzerland
Lucerne
$$$A lakeside city that doubles as the perfect Alps on-ramp.
1–2 nightsCar-free OK
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