Adelboden: Guide, Hotels, Map & Photos
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CHF 110 - 350 Hotel Viktoria Eden
 The Viktoria Eden is a comfortable 3-star hotel with restaurant and spa area in the centre of Adelboden in the Bernese Oberland.
The hotel features … MoreCHF 150 - 560 Parkhotel Bellevue & Spa
 Parkhotel Bellevue & Spa is situated close to the cable car station in Adelboden and offers you heated outdoor and indoor pools and free parking on si… MoreCHF 184 - 224 Steinmattli Swiss Quality Hotel
 Completely renovated in summer 2009, the Steinmattli Swiss Quality Hotel is situated in a very quiet area of Adelboden close to the centre, offering s… MoreCHF 130 - 565 The Cambrian
 Located in the picturesque village of Adelboden and offering spectacular southward views of the Swiss Alps, The Cambrian features an exclusive spa are… MoreCHF 80 - 198 Hotel Kreuz
 Hotel Kreuz is located in the centre of Adelboden, 200 metres from the bus stop and only a few steps from the Tschentenalp ski lift. It offers a break… MoreCHF 70 - 160 Hotel Des Alpes
 The small, cosy Hotel Des Alpes offers a very quiet location 2 km away from the village centre of Adelboden, right in the centre of the hiking and ski… MoreCHF 110 - 290 Boutique Hotel Beau Site Fitness & Spa
 Enjoying a quiet location 2 minutes from the centre of Adelboden and a few steps from all lifts, the Boutique Hotel Beau Site offers spacious rooms, a… MoreCHF 110 - 320 Hotel Bristol Silencehotel
 A holiday hotel for the young and old, complete with south-facing rooms in a quiet location in the heart of Adelboden, 100 metres from the Tschentenal… MoreCHF 250 - 330 Hotel Crystal
 The Crystal hotel is a well-run family business, conveniently situated on a southern slope in the popular mountain village of Adelboden, offering supe… MoreCHF 78 - 250 Bären
 The Hotel Bären is situated in the centre of Adelboden, 150 metres from the bus terminal, in the Bernese Oberland. You can relax in the sauna for fre… More | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Adelboden: Guide
Adelboden is a municipalities of Switzerland|municipality in the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland.
Geography
Adelboden lies in the west of the Bernese Oberland, at the end of the valley of the Engstligen river, which flows in Frutigen into the Kander river.
Adelboden is a traditional Swiss mountain village on a terrace looking south to the Engstligen waterfalls. Also part of the village are the inhabited valleys of Gilbach, Stigelschwand, Boden, Hirzboden, and Ausserschwand. Church and main street are on 1350 m, the highest point of the area is the Grossstrubel with 3,242 m, the lowest point is on 1,045 m in the Engstligen valley.
The vegetation is alpine flora|alpine and sub-alpine, partially wooded, the slopes, the plateaus, and terraces usually alp meadows.
The most salient mountains are Lohner (3,048 m), Steghorn (3,146 m), Wildstrubel (3,242 m), Fitzer (2,458 m), Tschenten (2,025 m) (mountain railway) and Gsür (2,708 m).
History
The alps Engstligenalp and Silleren belonging to Adelboden are mentioned for the first time in the 13th century. The inhabitants of Engstligental are called forest people. In the 15th century Adelboden got its own church and there were over 50 house fathers vouching for the salary of the minister.
In the 16th century Adelboden joined the Reformation, the Catholic minister fled over the Hahnenmoospass to the Catholic Canton of Fribourg.
Up to the 19th century, the only way to Frutigen was high on the south slope of the Engstligen valley and often impassable in winter. In the late 19th century a road along the Engstligen river was built joining Adelboden to the rest of the world.
In the 1870s the first boarding house was opened by one of the local teachers. It developed into a hotel, which is still in the possession of the same family (hotel Hari im Schlegeli). Around the turn of the century tourism led to a big increase in the population.
Adelboden was the destination of the first packaged winter sports holidays (vacations), organised by Sir Henry Lunn in 1903.
Into the 1930s the aerial ropeway to the Engstligenalp was built with further ropeways following. The Silleren area was up into the 1980s accessible by buses.
Main sights and cultural events
Engstligen falls: the Engstligen river falls 600 m over rocks into the depth and forms one of the most impressive waterfalls in the Bernese Oberland. Very impressive is the "Alpaufzug" when 350 cows are driven upward on the narrow seam path through the cliff to the summer pasture on the Engstligenalp.
Engstligenalp: plateau on 2000 m height
The town's church, with early-20th centuries glassworks by Alberto Giacometti.
Cultural events include:
Executive is the local council with nine members, all of them honorary.
In the summer there are 200 km of hiking trails, from sedate walks to alpine climbing-rises. Numerous mountain railways lead up to the mountains. Additional offers are numerous mountain bike routes, airplane model construction on Hahnenmoospass mit Werkstatt with workshop, wind and landing opportunities.
In the winter there are ski runs of all degrees of difficulty, including the world cup giant slalom run on the as well as cross country skiing trails. Further offered are 40 km of winter hiking trails. For snowboarders there are freeride and freestyle runs.
The Adelboden slalom (alpine skiing)|slalom and giant slalom are considered classics of FIS Alpine World Cup. A complete list of winners follows:
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Adelboden has only one incoming road connecting from Frutigen which connects via Spiez to the Swiss Freeway N6|N6 and Berne there is no transit traffic.
Frutigen is a train station of the Loetschberglinie, connecting to Berne and Brig, Switzerland|Brig and from there on are hourly post office autocourses.
There is an old mountain pass route via Engstligenalp (mountain railway) and Chindbettipass to the Gemmi Pass and into the Valais which is still used by hikers, and another connection via Hahnenmoospass (mountain railway) into the valley of Lenk which was formerly used as trade route to the lake of Geneva.
Adelboden has numerous mountain railways and local bus line connecting the outer valleys with the main village.
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FIS World Cup alpine ski races (January/February)
(Live music, July)
Kammermusic-festival (Chamber music, July)Languages
The language is Adelbodnertütsch, which belongs to the Bernese Oberland dialects with some loans from Valais dialects and belongs to Highest Alemannic German|Highest Alemannic.Government
Legislation is adopted by the twice annual Legislature|general assembly.Economics
Adelboden has a good mixture of agriculture, local industry (wood building companies, mineral water source) and tourism. People work in tourism, (approx. 490 persons), other services (approx. 500 persons), construction industry (approx. 310 persons), automobile industry (approx. 30 persons), mineral water source (approx. 45 persons) and agriculture (fulltime approx. 45 persons).Tourism and sport
Tourism in Adelboden is specially aligned to families.
Adelboden has 24 hotels with 1,291 beds, 3,800 vacation homes with 15,200 beds, 28 group accommodations with 1,830 beds, 3 camping sites and 40 restaurants.
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Schools
In Adelboden there is a primary school, middle-school and a secondary school, the nearest high school is in Frutigen.See also
History of skiingExternal links