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- Bern
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- Swiss Franc (CHF)
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Basel Slideshow
Top Hotels in Basel
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Novotel Basel
204 reviews -
Swissotel Basel
109 reviews
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Ramada Plaza Basel Hotel And Conference Center
177 reviews -
Basel Hilton
144 reviews
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Radisson Sas Hotel Basel
113 reviews
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Europe Hotel Basel
133 reviews
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Airport Hotel Basel
199 reviews
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Best Western Hotel Stucki Basel
68 reviews
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Victoria Swiss Q Hotel Basel
74 reviews
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Best Western Hotel St Gotthard Basel
91 reviews
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Alexander Hotel Basel
17 reviews -
Hotel Drei Konige Am Rhein Basel
92 reviews
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Hotel Euler- A Summit Hotel Basel
131 reviews
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Hotel Schweizerhof Basel
101 reviews
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Best Western Hotel Merian Am Rhein Basel
67 reviews
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Ibis Basel Bahnhof
214 reviews
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Bildungszentrum 21 Hotel Basel
41 reviews -
Hotel Basel
35 reviews
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Hotel Steinenschanze Basel
30 reviews
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Basilisk Hotel Basel
13 reviews
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Metropol Swiss Q Hotel Basel
27 reviews
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Hotel Rheinfelderhof Basel
7 reviews
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Hotel Alfa Basel
2 reviews
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Hotel Rochat Basel
80 reviews
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Dasbreitehotel Basel
39 reviews
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Krafft Basel
40 reviews
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Castle Garden Basel
3 reviews
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Hotel Balegra Basel
8 reviews
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Hotel Landgasthaus Bad Eptingen Basel
11 reviews
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Hotel Brasserie au Violon Basel
29 reviews
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Hotel Euro Century 2000 Ltd Basel
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Apparthotel Colmarerhof Basel
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Hotel Helvetia Basel
11 reviews
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Steinengraben Basel
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Hotel Locanda Basel
3 reviews
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Hotel Stadthof Basel
4 reviews
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Palazzo Basel
9 reviews
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Drachen Swiss Q Hotel Basel
5 reviews
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Wettstein Basel
5 reviews
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Basel
Travel Blogs from Basel, Switzerland
Chocolate, Knives and Watches
This is a top pick! ... of the less stereotypical Switzerland, whilst it still possesses a few good reminders that you are actually in Switzerland! In Basel there's a plethora of watch shops, chocolate shops, some spectacular architecture, plenty of museums and a lovely ...
The city with drinkable fountains
This is a top pick! ... said goodbye and she took the train back to the town where she is doing an exchange year in school. The town centre of Basel isn't really that interesting except for quirks. There are a hell of a lot of water fountains that you can actually drink ...
Operation tycoon well everyone told me ...
This is a top pick! ... to be in Basel beyond lunch time. Tim quietly suggested that I try The United bank of Switzerland across the road because their head office was in Basel and if someone needed to get someone to get permission from someone, that someone would be more ...
My first white Christmas
... " but Laura and I had a blast and before we knew it we were boarding our plane and taking off for Switzerland. En Route to Basel I frantically realized I didn't know what language they spoke in Switzerland, so after asking Laura, we decided they ...
Lets go to Switzerland and have some McDonalds
Nothing much to say, really. Went to Switzerland for half an hour, had some McDonalds. They have shrimp things. I'ts ...
Keine Panik!
Diesmal bleibe ich definitiv nur elf Wochen! Ich weiss, fuer das "nur" moechte mir manch einer das Maul mit Schneematsch stopfen - tut mir leid. Ehrlich! Da ich anfangs alleine unterwegs sein werde, genehmige ich mir mal den Luxus der ...
Strasbourg, Basel and Mulhouse
... French accent). It was a rewarding run, it it blew my mind to think that just hours ago we were in Turkey and Switzerland respectively, and that tomorrow we'd be driving around Germany. Ryan, Catie and I hung out at a fairly nondescript eatery in the ...
Christmas rail trip 2: BASEL
Basel, Switzerland was chosen as our second stop over Stuttgart, Germany primarily because the train pass was cheaper. However the primary reason for our second stop was a terrific Christmas Market and Basel did not disappoint. We arrived around 1:30 and ...
Basel another gem
... which has some great historical pieces and a few good modern pieces and at 15 CHF is the cheapest I've come across in Switzerland. I don't make it to it's sister gallery Genwartskunst instead deciding to wander the streets to see the city a bit ...
All Around Switzerland
... on it, thus bringing Basel's river trade to a grinding halt. A short walk took us to a promontory where the borders of Switzerland, France and Germany met. We wouldn't have known had it not been for a large and not terribly attractive sculpture emblazoned ...
The Swiss pimp
So today we arrived in lausen Switzerland via night train from Rome. Yesterday we spent all day touring Rome. Seen vatician and the big p, Sistine chapple and all the other famous sights in Rome. It took all day and the weather was very hot, about 30 or ...
Notes at the End
Dear friends, thank you all for the support you've offered us throughout this trip. We don't know what we would have done without your support, even if only moral at times. Getting your encouragements, news and gossips from back home(s) were a tremendous ...
Was fuer ein Zufall! (What are the odds?)
... was indeed unlike anything I had ever witnessed before. A small group of about 20 people crammed into a storage room in the Basel Theater, from which even smaller groups of about four people were extracted. In these small groups, we were taken throughout ...
First official day in Basel.
Hello from Basel! Basel is a very small city in Switzerland..it definitely has character.. You can take a ride through the city on its vintage street car... it looks like a trolly. This city was settled by the Celts... but it also attracted the Germans. ...
Leaving Berlin... heading to Switzerland.
... might pass on the pub crawl. When returning home that evening.. we had to pack our bags and only had 2 hrs of sleep. Our flight for Basel left at 6am. This was sooo rough... i feel like we are either on a plane.. a bus.. a tram.. a subway.. its ...
Planning and packing
I used to enjoy packing for a big trip, challenging myself to bring as little as possible while not missing any necessities, and I was quite good at it, though I still tend to pack a few things I don't use. Five weeks in Thailand was easy to pack for. I ...
Thrash that Eurail
... south-west corner of Germany, we had to travel through Paris and then could have either gone through Frankfurt, Strasbourg or Basel in Switzerland. So we decided to go through Basel and kick around there for a little while, which we actually didn´t end ...
Arrived in Switzerland!
... but hey we got almost a full ride in first class for free! Scott and I finally made it to Basel and met up with Anna and Taylor :) Switzerland is crazy : they have 4 national languages (none of which is English) and so no one is really ever ...
Basel, Switzerland yearly celebration
Yesterday we drove down to Basel, Switzerland for the event of the year. It was the eve of Swiss National Day, sort of like their 4th of July celebration. We had planned to meet a friend of the family's named Joel, with whom we spent a day and a night ...
Durchgebaselt
... fuhren wir zu Jazz nach Basel. Jessica hatte ich ja im Falsti-Waisenheim kennengelernt - ein so geniales Mädel, da musste ich einfach vorbei. Leider hatte sie Stress zu Haus und mit all ihren Projekten, und nach einem kurzen Plausch mit ihrem Vater, ...
Bridges in Basel
... up the conversation, they really just want to be understood so make the rock as readable as possible. Apparently everyone in Switzerland owns a gun, or at least the conservatives do. As part of their service, similar to many European countries, men are ...
All My Bags Are Packed
... upload some pictures. As you see, I was lucky enough to visit a game of the Euro 2008. The Netherlands played Russia at Basel's St. Jakob's Park. Good game, we were all cheering for the Dutch. The Atmosphere was great, the crowd was astonishing and with ...
Autumn Fair
Got up and got ready to go to the Autumn Fair that is in Basel. Its in Switzerland across the border and we got the train took around 20 mins its funny how you can zip in and out of different countries in such an easy way. We did have to go ...
Unterwegs
... some pampers for the long ride... Mom had tears it was funny... Close to the border of germany and Switzerland is Basel. A sweet little city with pretty buildings and color everywhere. Plants and trees were blooming, and everything is ...
From San Pedro Prison via Little Havanna to Home
Holà, Hello, Hallo, etc to everyone! Lot's of things have happened since the last entry. Where shall I start? Tom, Chen and I went to San Pedro Prison in La Paz (Thanks to corruption we were still allowed in, It's not officiallz open to tourism). ...
Der countdown läuft...
Noch 2 Wochen bis zum Abflug und noch so viel zu tun! Immerhin sind die Rucksäcke gekauft (wenn auch noch im Keller zwischengelagert), die Reiseapotheke ist startbereit und überladen (ja wir sind Hypochonder) und tom besitzt seit neuem sogar ein paar ...
Vorbereitungen der Reise
Auf der Karte auf der rechten Seite seht ihr meinen aktuellen Aufenthaltsort, symbolisiert mit einem gelben Punkt (grau falls kein Text). Nur noch wenige Tage bis zur bevorstehenden Abreise. Heute wird noch einmal kräftig gefeiert mit ...
Europe by Rail
... way to get from Spain to Holland/Denmark. Maybe on a plane... Or maybe if we take a night train that starts in Spain and ends in Switzerland it will be like we were never there. Anyway, the only train option is to leave at 5:40 AM for an epic 8 ...