Corinne Schaub
Corinne spent six years on the front desk of a hotel near the Badischer Bahnhof, answering the same questions about trams, zones and the border every day. She writes the pages she would have liked to hand to her guests. She checks every fare with the operator, never in a guidebook.
La Villa K in Saint-Louis: spa hotel near the EuroAirport
A former brewery from 1906, a hotel since 2011 with 41 rooms and a spa, plus a free shuttle to the EuroAirport: the Fren…
B&B Hotel Weil am Rhein/Basel: budget beds over the border
90 air-conditioned rooms in Weil am Rhein, 19 minutes by tram 8 to Basel's Marktplatz: the budget alternative when Basel…
Basel Youth Hostel: a converted factory on the St. Alban-Teich
A converted factory on the St. Alban-Teich, a few steps from the Rhine: 234 beds from double rooms to six-bed dorms, in …
Novotel Basel City: modern and family-friendly near the station
A 2014 building with 145 rooms of at least 24 square metres, 13 minutes from Basel SBB station: the practical choice for…
Hotel Victoria Basel: opposite Basel SBB station
On Centralbahnplatz since 1907, one minute from Basel SBB station: 107 rooms, a bar and bistro and trams in every direct…
Hyperion Hotel Basel: staying in the Messeturm
224 rooms on the 5th to 14th floors of the Messeturm, right on Messeplatz: the hotel with the shortest walk to Art Basel…
Pullman Basel Europe: the trade-fair hotel on Clarastrasse
141 rooms on Clarastrasse, three minutes from Messeplatz, with a bistro and lobby bar: the practical hotel for fair days…
Hotel Wettstein Basel: quiet, between the Messe and the Rhine
73 rooms on a residential street near Wettsteinplatz, breakfast in the winter garden and nine minutes to the Messe: the …
Hotel Krafft Basel: the historic house on Rheingasse
Since 1873 the Krafft has welcomed guests on Rheingasse in Kleinbasel: 48 rooms with 1950s Swiss furniture, a restaurant…
Motel One Basel: design hotel on Barfüsserplatz
143 rooms right on Barfüsserplatz, the lounge as a meeting point and one of the cheaper locations in the Old Town: the h…
Hotel Märthof Basel: four stars right on Marktplatz
68 rooms behind a neo-baroque facade on Marktplatz, a roof terrace looking onto the town hall, sauna and steam room: you…
Der Teufelhof Basel: art hotel and gallery hotel in the Old Town
Two 18th-century townhouses on Leonhardsgraben, an art hotel, a gallery hotel and the Atelier restaurant: the most origi…
Grand Hotel Les Trois Rois: Basel's grand hotel on the Rhine
An inn recorded here since 1681, Amadeus Merian's neoclassical building since 1844: the city's leading hotel, with its R…
BaselCard and Mobility Ticket: free public transport in Basel, discounts and what pays off
Stay overnight in Basel and you ride trams and buses free and pay less at many museums. Which zones and lines the BaselC…
Is Basel expensive? A budget for hotels, food, transport and museums in Swiss francs
Basel is expensive, especially for rooms and restaurants, but the guest card makes trams and museums cheaper. What each …
The best time to visit Basel: weather, events and hotel prices month by month
No month is best for everyone. How warm and wet Basel is each month, when Fasnacht, Art Basel, the Tattoo, Herbstmesse a…
Messe Basel: Basel's trade fairs, getting there and hotels during fair weeks
Which fairs take place on Messeplatz in 2027, which of them fill Basel's hotels, how to get there without a car and why …
Art Basel hotels in Basel: prices, booking deadlines and alternatives in the region
During Art Basel, a room near the Messe is the scarcest commodity in town. Which districts are genuinely close, which pr…
Basel train stations: SBB, Badischer Bahnhof and SNCF, where do you change for where?
Basel has three stations and four names, and "Basel" on your ticket is not enough. Which train leaves from where, how mu…
EuroAirport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg: bus 50, the Swiss sector and the way into Basel
EuroAirport is in France but has a Swiss sector, and that difference decides your exit, taxi, hire car and customs. The …
Luggage storage, toilets and drinking water in Basel: what exists and what it costs
Where to leave luggage in Basel, what the lockers at SBB station and Badischer Bahnhof cost, how the "Nette Toilette" ne…
Where to stay in Basel? The districts compared, with prices and visitor tax
In Basel the district matters more than the stars: the Old Town for museums, Kleinbasel for evenings by the Rhine, the M…
Park and ride in Basel: Oberwil, St. Jakob and the options on the edge of town
Basel has no dense network of park-and-ride sites with a combined ticket. What it does have: the Oberwil P+R with number…
Basel city map: Grossbasel, Kleinbasel and the districts at a glance
How Basel is laid out: Grossbasel on the hill, Kleinbasel on the flat bank, the Messe to the north, the station to the s…
Getting around Basel: trams, buses, fares and what the BaselCard covers
How to get around Basel: the 13 tram lines and their terminals, which line goes to the Messe and to Riehen, what the day…
Parking in Basel: car parks, prices, the blue zone and the costly mistakes
Verified parking rates in Basel, car park by car park and dated, the blue-zone rules with their lunchtime exception, and…
Live parking availability in Basel: free spaces in the 16 guidance-system car parks
The number of free spaces in the 16 car parks of Basel's parking guidance system, read at the source every time this pag…