The Backpackers’ Hotel in old town of Bern (a bit noisy but lively) offers very basic rooms at around CHF75.00 per night for a single. It is easy to get back and forth from Bern to Gümligen with the tram or train.
http://www.chilisbackpackers.com/deutsch.htm
The City Hotel Metropole in the centre of Bern costs around CHF145.00 for a single room per night.
www.hotelmetropole.ch
The Sternen in Worb is a friendly, charming, reasonably priced hotel in Worb. Just a 10 minute tram ride to Gümligen. Here I would recommend an early booking. A single room costs around CHF100.00 with bathroom and CHF60.00 without
http://www.sternen-worb.ch/index1.htm
The Sternen in Muri is a 5 minute tram ride to the school but in a much higher price range, a single room costing around CHF170.00
http://www.sternenmuri.ch/
Information about travel (timetables and prices) can be found under:
www.sbb.ch
There is frequent transportation from Zürich, Basel and Geneva Airports, so getting to Bern is very easy.
The journey from Geneva and Zürich to Bern takes around two hours and costs CHF102.00 return. From Basel it is a bus and train ride of about one and half hours and costs CHF82.00.
Please visit Berne’s tourist website http://www.berninfo.com/de/ for information about interesting things to do. If you are planning a longer stay check out www.swisstravelsystem.com and www.switzerland.com |
