Country Info
- Bern
- Capital
- Swiss Franc (CHF)
- Currency
- 7,283,274
- Population
- CH
- Country Code
Bern Slideshow
Top Hotels in Bern
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Allegro Grand Casino Bern
157 reviews -
Novotel Bern Expo
164 reviews
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Bellevue Palace Bern
100 reviews -
Ambassador Bern
86 reviews -
Kreuz Swiss Q Hotel Bern
59 reviews
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Holiday Inn Bern-Westside
138 reviews
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La Pergola Swiss Q Hotel Bern
35 reviews
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Hotel Bern
80 reviews
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Ibis Bern Expo
206 reviews
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Bristol Bern
39 reviews
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Metropole Swiss Quality Bern Hotel
62 reviews
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Ador Hotel Bern
78 reviews
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Astoria Swiss Q Hotel Bern
17 reviews
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City Am Bahnhof Bern
86 reviews
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Continental Bern
87 reviews -
Best Western Hotel Baeren Bern
55 reviews
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Landgasthof Sternen Bern
33 reviews
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Savoy Bern
70 reviews
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Hotel Restaurant Alpenblick Bern
80 reviews
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Hotel Arabelle Bern
38 reviews
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Etap Hotel Bern Expo
115 reviews
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Seminarhotel Linde Stettlen Bern
16 reviews
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Hotel Florida Bern
5 reviews
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Goldener Schlussel Bern
47 reviews
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Hotel Waldhorn Bern
47 reviews
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Hotel Stadthaus Bern
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Jardin Bern
19 reviews
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Hotel National Ag Bern
26 reviews
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An der Aare Hotel Bern
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Hotel Milan Bern
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Parkhotel Schloss Huenigen Bern
15 reviews
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Landhaus Bern
5 reviews
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Glocke Bern
43 reviews
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Hotel National AG Bern
26 reviews
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Nydeck Bern
9 reviews
Bern
Travel Blogs from Bern, Switzerland
Wynigen with Sues wonderful family
This is a top pick! 23.7.06 Wynigen It was a very hot day so Sylvie (next door) let us swim in her pool, ahhh, delicious. We were happy to relax and get to know Sue's family under the gazebo. We laughed and talked a lot. Esther speaks very good English and so do the ...
Waterfalls everywhere and the alpine hike of death
This is a top pick! (S) Most of you will say "how the hell did you end up in a tiny little town called Gimmelwald on the top of a mountain?" Well, actually, we ended up in Lauterbrunnen at a nice little campground (which would have been a nice place to camp had we not been ...
Schildhorn Beauty
This is a top pick! ... parasailers. It was really lovely and fresh up there. We felt lucky we had someone to take us there otherwise it's a part of Switzerland we probably would not have seen and enjoyed. There is also a revolving restaurant up there so you gradually get a ...
Chilling in Bern
This is a top pick! ... Prague in seven days - for us to meet back in Rome in a week or so. First stop for this random tour of Switzerland was Bern. What a brilliant couple of days, a beautiful city, great food and an absolute pleasure to not be staying in a hostel. Massive ...
Room for two more bears?
This is a top pick! · Bern, Switzerland · GMT +1:00 hour In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love; they had 500 ...
Cheese, cheese and cows
This is a top pick! ... to see her again and discuss travelling - she has just done the Dragoman Columbia/Venezuela trip we did and we swopped notes. Left Switzerland in the rain and heading northish to Belgium staying overnight in some southern Belgium town which was ...
Daniel and Evelyn in Bern
This is a top pick! 22.7.06 Bern Switzerland with Daniel and Evelyn We were fortunate we could follow Esther into Bern and meet Esther's brother Daniel and partner Evelyn who took us for a walking tour of Bern, the Swiss capital. It means bear and there are 3 captive ...
A little village by beautiful lake Thun
This is a top pick! ... around before heading back up to meet my connecting train (if it hadn't come and gone heh!). This is my last stop in Switzerland - i'll definatly miss it!!! BY FAR it has been the most beautiful country i have ever seen. I leave with the nostalgic, ...
Plans go astray
This is a top pick! ... evening we met up with Sabine and her friend Eva and a Canadian girl who is also staying with Sabine. We had a sumptuous dinner at a Greek restaurant beside the Aare River - on a spectacularly warm summer evening. Farewell Switzerland - I shall ...
The Deutsche side of Switzerland
This is a top pick! ... and run around in. We did this. We found a Swiss army shop and bought gifts for our mum's. This was the German side of Switzerland. It was nice, but the as we got to the border of Swiss Deutsche and Swiss French, a whole new world was opening up to us. ...
A night out in the Capital.
This is a top pick! ... of Switzerland. As he smoked his way though conversation I wondered how he could walk up the stairs, let alone across Switzerland. We left early around the lake on the east side missing the main road. There was a nature reserve between ...
No Fawlty Camper in Basle
This is a top pick! Good old Switzerland - lovely scenery - awkward people. At the border we had to buy a year's worth of road tax even though we were hoping to spend only a few hours on their tarmac. However, it wasn't long before we felt that we were getting our money's ...
Never underestimate the value of clean clothes
This is a top pick! ... of Raclette - basically it's melted cheese over potatoes and meat and salad etc etc - anyway, it was really really delicious. Another dinner guest was Suzanne who was a fascinating lady born in Peru and working in Switzerland as an artist and a ...
A most pleasant train journey
This is a top pick! ... world cup soccer now encroached upon Europe, there were no rooms to be found under 120 euros. We had been offered accommodation in Bern from a lovely lady from the Hospitality Club and I asked if we caught a late train to Bern whether she could put us up ...
Full circle
This is a top pick! ... 2 more minor passes on our way back to Bern arriving at Sabine's house at 5pm. It was such an unusually hot day for Switzerland and Sabine immediately bundled us off to the swimming pool to cool down. I opted for a snooze in the shade but Sabine and the ...
Bears in Bern
This is a top pick! ... through France and Switzerland so we left Dijon during a break in the weather and hooked up a few rides and into Switzerland. We were about 50km short of Bern and we were losing the daylight hours fast. I was ready to set up the tent in a potato crop ...
Bears, the chindlifresser and a country is born
... stood there, waiting for something more... We gave up as 5 minutes past the hour. We spent the evening wandering the streets of Bern, exploring the nooks and crannies and checking out the cool statues. The next morning we set out with a mission to find ...
Switzerland = Fun
... . The next day, Jason found a place that had a camera charger, since my batteries weren't charging - aaaaaahhhhh.We got to Switzerland yesterday and it is WONDERFUL. The people are amazing and the views even better. Our room has a balcony facing a small ...
The Mountains Win Again
... there were mountains towering above me. The chorus of cow bells echoing from the valleys below assured me I must be in Switzerland. I think I've discovered paradise. Nestled between the famous Eiger, Jungrau, and Monch mountains is the little town of ...
Bern River...we saw, we swam, we froze.....
As if interlaken wasn´t enough of an addrenailine rush...next came bern! In Bern there is a river that surrounds the whole city and it is actaully clean enough to swim in. It is a VERY fast flowing river that you can get in and float down into the city ...
Ne(pa)vykes Bern
Dar vienas mūsų tarpinis tikslas jau nebetoli ir apie 17:00 mes jau pasiekiam Sveicarijos sostinę Berną. Planas buvo palikti kemperį ir pasivaiksčioti po grazų grazaus miesto senamiestį, tačiau bandydami rasti ...
Sveicarijos ezerai
Nusileidę islendame netoli Brienz miestelio ir prie jo esančio Brienz ezero (Brienzer See). Vaziuojam skaidraus kalnų ezero pakrante ir kyla noras jame issimaudyti. Sustojus pirmoje pasitaikiusioje aikstelėje paaiskėja, kad ...
DAY 23 - Austria to Switzerland, via Liechtenstein
... for lunch and got out passports stamped for the first time since leaving England. Then we crossed the boarder into Switzerland! Absolutely beautiful scenery! We travelled in cable cars up Mount Pilatus, to Europe's highest hotel where we were staying ...
DAY 24 - Lucern, Switzerland
DAY 24 - Lucern, Switzerland This morning we travelled back down to Lucern, but this time by cog railway down the other side of the mountain, and were taken to a shop that sold Swiss Army Knives, Swiss Watches and Cookoo Clocks, we couldn't resist a ...
Switzerland, Piz Gloria and Bond, James Bond
OK, we moved on from Venice to Bern Switzerland. Long train ride, got to Bern about 9:30 pm, then off the next morning at 6:30 am to go to Piz Gloria to see the famous rotatiing restaurant that was Blofeld's lair in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. We ...
Sightseeing Bern
Hey all, Well today was a much better day then yesterday so we decided to do some sightseeing of Bern. We walked around the beautiful little city of Bern. We visisted the bears, the rivers, all the staues monuments, clocks and fountains. They have ...
Up a Mountain and Down Again
SATURDAY, MAY 18th I woke up at 8:00 and still managed to beat everyone to the showers. I took the shower in 1 Swiss franc, and am very proud of myself. Yesterday was clear, sunny, wonderful weather, but today was overcast and gloomy. The bright ...