Royal Park Hotel

3718 Kandersteg

Kandersteg, CH

Rating: Star Rating 5

Enjoy leisure and wellbeing of this deluxe country house hotel with intimate charm and privacy. Surrounded by its own hotel-park and gardens it lies in the sunniest and widest part of our unspoiled alpine scenery: UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE -- Our "Private Beauty, Health-Resort & Spa" with indoor-pool and new biological garden-pool offers soft wellness for relaxation. In addition to therapies a large scale of sports and leisure are offered by the hotel-itself. The fifth generation (1893), owner and general manager B??at Rickli, skilfully creates an ambiance of good taste, gracious living and perfect service. This charming country house hotel offers finest privacy: 80% are Suites and Junior Suites. All bathrooms new with luxury appliances. We do not accept travel-groups, seminars, meetings, organized meals, nor official celebrations. The Lounges, Restaurants and the Lounge-Piano-Bar are spacious, clear with vast windows; they are for residents only, except the Restaurant Fran??ais. *** MKANDERSTEG is a small, friendly village-resort, spread over 4 km on a green plateau with meadows, trees, rivers and a tiny lake - enjoy a very original ambiance, not sophisticated. A ramblers paradise around Kandersteg : Three valleys offer a nature protected region up to the crystal glaciers (3600m). Even a trip to the largest glacier of Switzerland is possible (Aletsch-glacier, 2 hrs). *** Best situation for EXCURSIONS : in the middle of the Bernese Oberland and direct access to the south and north of the Alpine mountains (tunnel: train & cars, 15 min. Fr 25.-), to the most attractive sight-seeing places of Switzerland, even to Italy, in the range of 30 min. to 2 hours drive. Milano in 3 hours. Ask for a holiday ticket, 50% reduction on excursions. Ask for our excursions program.

Room Information

Rooms

3 suites, 15 jr. suites, 4 sup. rooms, 2 rooms, all with modern bath room, colour TV (Satellite), Minibar, refilled according to your preferences, direct dial telephone. Fax and modem on request. The rooms and suites are furnished in classical styles (Louis XV, Louis XVI, Renaissance) and are kept in soft and bright colours. Highest elegance is combined with most modern comfort in a charming way.

Directions

Access

Motorway north 20 min. (Germany, France) *** Motorway south 30 min. (Italy, France) *** Zurich Airport 1 1/2 hrs. direct train, Limousine *** Geneva Airport 2 hrs. Limousine, shuttle-bus *** Berne Airport 3/4 hrs. Hotel-Limousine *** International trains stop in Kandersteg *** International High Speed trains stop in "Spiez" then Hotel Limousine (20 min.)

Restaurants

"Rotisserie", for classic dining served friendly in impeccable style. Dress code: sportive in daytime, festive the evenings, "casual elegance", gentlemen wear a jacket. Four times weekly candlelight dinners with soft piano music on the Steinway grand piano. Half board, or "Ã la carte" service. Monumental open Fireplace with grill and spit, roast beef-wagons, flambÃ©-wagon, cheese- and sorbet-wagon. We serve you at the hors dÂ’oeuvre-buffet, the salad buffet, or at the buffet for a nice choice of sweets. Comfortable tables, plenty of space around. Spacious windows offer splendid, free views to park-side and glaciers. Natural cuisine, fine and light, without fancy garnishing. (No pre-prepared and re-cooked plates). Breakfast and Lunch served also on the terrace in the garden, on pool-side. *** "Restaurant FranÃ§ais": a small Restaurant with "Ã la carte" service separately billed. The same dress code. Table-reservation requested. *** "Taverna", especially for fondue and rÃ¢clette, open on evenings, to reserve the day before.

Area Attractions

Additional Features

Piano-Lounge-Bar with open fireplace. Reception Hall in classical style. Large sitting rooms with open fireplaces, salon Louis XV with a large desk and special tables for chess and bridge. *** All these rooms are bright, clear with large windows facing to the gardens, with fine chandeliers, classic furniture of clear, soft colours. Billiard room and wellness-club with mentioned possibilities. *** Underground car-parking (Fr 20.- per night) for 20 cars, for resident hotel-guests only. Limousine service 2 Mercedes long 500 S, 1 Mercedes 560 SE long. *** Exclusive Privacy in this small luxury country house hotel, with its charm and the comfort of a palace-hotel. 80% of the rooms are suites and junior suites. The Â“Private Beauty-, Health-Resort & SpaÂ” including the whole hotel-park and the entire hotel-area are for hotel-residents only, there is no public wellness club. We do not accept travel-groups, no seminars, no congress- members, no organized meals, nor official meetings. *** Wireless Lan in the whole Hotel : wireless access for your laptop. ADSL quick access 24 hrs. free in the Hotel-Hall. *** Best for EXCURSIONS in the middle of the Bernese Oberland Kandersteg offers direct access (tunnel train/cars) to the south and north side of the Alpine mountains in a range of two hours to the most captivating sightseeing places of Switzerland, even to Italy, Milano 3 hrs. *** In Winter: Excursions to the most attractive winter-sports- resorts in a range of 1 to 2 hours.

Recreation

Recreation and Health

Health Resort: Unesco Wold Nature Heritage. Perfect privacy: no travel groups, no meetings. "Private Beauty, Health-Resort & Spa" for hotel-residents only, there is no public spa club. In the own park-grounds and gardens, with lawns and old trees, we made a new biological pool in addition to the indoor-pool. Treatments : THALASSO BEAUTY and THALASSO HEALTH, Shiatsu, Hot-Stone-Therapy, Fango, massages, physiotherapy, hair styling, etc. The Roman steam bath, sauna, solarium, whirlpool are charged separately. *** In addition to our treatments you enjoy a grand scale of sports and leisure, the hotel offers itself, as tennis with trainer, small riding stables with paddock and dressing area for lessons and guided excursions. On the Lake of Thoune you enjoy our own small sailing boat for 4 persons, our sailing yacht for 7 persons, and our motorboat with 350 HP for 8 persons for excursions, waterski and sun bathing. (An afternoon water sports costs Fr 50.- per person). Guided mountain hiking, mountain-bikes, gymfit track in the woods nearby. *** In WINTER Kandersteg is best for "EASY SKIING", on the gentil pists. Experts of speed are somewhere else (!) Try snowboarding, cross country skiing (60 km) and Â“nordic walkingÂ” (50 km). Curling, skating, hockey at the covered ice rink. Toboggan run from Oeschinen or on the old bobsleigh run, or in the evening on moonlight with torches and hot wine, offered by the sympathy staff of the Royal Park Hotel. On our south terrace you get a sun tan like on a glacier-summit.

Meeting Facilities

Conferences and Banquets

Our strengths are small and exquisite functions . Banquets, groups and conferences only are accepted during the periods of end of March to mid June and from end of September to id December. The purpose is to separate two completely different guest structures (one with individual, the other with group character) and to take care of each segments specific needs entirely. Due to the size of the hotel, the maximum number of participants is limited to 28 at single occupancy or 53 at double occupancy of the rooms. However, if you book 20 rooms or more for your function, the entire hotel is exclusively at your disposal. In our packages are included: room rate, meal plan, rental of the function room and the free use of our sports and wellness facilities (without lessons or special treatments). Please ask our reservation office for detailed information.