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Hotel Olden Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Address
Location Hauptstrasse, Around Town
Phone 033/748-49-50
Fax 033/744-61-64
Web site www.hotelolden.ch
Room Information 16 units
Prices Summer 300F-520F ($246-$426/£128-£222) double, 500F-690F ($410-$566/£213-£294) junior suite, 670F-1,500F ($549-$1,230/£286-£640) suite; winter 650F-900F ($533-$738/£277-£384) double, 830F-1,100F ($681-$902/£354-£469) junior suite, 990F-1,680F ($812-$1,378/£422-£717) suite. Rates include continental breakfast
Credit Cards AE, DC, MC, V
In Room Amenities TV, minibar
Parking Parking 20F ($16/£8.30)
Season Closed late Apr to late May

Frommer's Review

This is one of the most low-key and gracefully unpretentious hotels in Gstaad, a sort of Victorian country inn set amid a sometimes chillingly glamorous landscape -- or at least a chillingly expensive landscape. The Olden has a facade painted with regional floral designs and pithy bits of folk wisdom. Embellishments are carved or painted into the stone lintels around many of the doors. The small to midsize rooms are generally furnished in a typical alpine style, although the bathrooms have been modernized. Some guests are housed in the adjacent chalet wing (the comfort level and amenities are the same).

Facilities:
Restaurant; bar; breakfast-only room service; laundry service/dry cleaning

Note: This information was accurate when it was published, but can change without notice. Please be sure to confirm all rates and details directly with the companies in question before planning your trip.


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