Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof - Hostel

2.0 star property

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Twin Room, Shared Bathroom | In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Twin Room, Shared Bathroom

  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Quintuple Room | In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Quintuple Room

  • 19 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 5
  • 5 Single Bunk Beds

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In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Quadruple Room

  • 19 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 4
  • 2 Single Bunk Beds and 2 Single Beds

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Twin Room | In-room safe, blackout curtains, iron/ironing board, free WiFi

Twin Room

  • 13 sq m
  • Mountain view
  • Sleeps 2
  • 2 Single Beds

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Free WiFi
Breakfast available
Parking available
4.4 out of 5, Excellent, (163)
The price is CHF 378
for 1 night
includes taxes & fees
1 Jan - 2 Jan
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About this property

Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof - Hostel

Ski haven with downhill skiing
The slopes await you at Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof - Hostel, which features ski storage and ski passes. Housekeeping is available once per stay.
Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof - Hostel offers 49 accommodations with a safe and coffee/tea makers. This Interlaken hostel provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Guests can make use of the shared/communal kitchen. An iron/ironing board and hairdryers can be requested. Housekeeping is provided once per stay.
Recreational amenities at the hostel include outdoor tennis courts.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on-site or nearby; fees may apply.

During your stay at Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof - Hostel, you're just a quick walk from Kletterhalle Interlaken. Enjoy features like free WiFi in public areas, plus 4 outdoor tennis courts and laundry facilities.
  • Free WiFi
  • Self-parking available for a fee
  • Take a swim in the outdoor pool
  • Amenities include a front desk safe, locker space and a computer
  • On-site recreation includes 4 outdoor tennis courts, mini golf and a ropes course
  • 12 minutes by foot from Mystery Rooms and a 5-minute drive from Lake Brienz
As a guest of Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof - Hostel, you'll find a terrace, a vending machine, and an arcade/games room. A computer station is on site and WiFi is free in public spaces. Ski storage, tour/ticket assistance, and a garden are also featured at Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof - Hostel. Parking is available for a fee. You'll have access to the indoor pool and outdoor pool at a partner property.

This Interlaken hostel is smoke free.

Languages

English, French, German

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi

Parking and transport

  • Electric car charging station on site
  • Ski shuttle nearby
  • Parking on site (CHF 5 per night)
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available

Family friendly

  • Access to nearby indoor pool
  • Access to nearby outdoor pool
  • Arcade/game room
  • Laundry facilities
  • Mini golf

Conveniences

  • Guidebooks
  • Laundry facilities
  • Limited-hour front desk
  • Lockers
  • Luggage storage
  • Safe at front desk
  • Vending machine

Guest services

  • Housekeeping (once per stay)
  • Tour and ticket assistance

Business services

  • Computer station

Outdoors

  • Garden
  • In the mountains
  • Terrace

Accessibility

  • If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Stair-free path to entrance
  • Well-lit path to entrance
  • Wheelchair accessible (may have limitations)
  • Wheelchair-accessible lounge
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel
  • Wheelchair-accessible path to lift
  • Wheelchair-accessible registration desk

More

  • 2 buildings
  • 3 floors
  • Built in 2008
  • Smoke-free property

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Bedsheets provided
  • Blackout drapes

Bathroom

  • Hair dryer (on request)
  • Towels provided

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Cookware, dishware, and utensils
  • Shared kitchen access

More

  • Electrical adapters
  • Heating
  • Iron/ironing board on request
  • Safe

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 4:00 PM; check-in end time: 10:00 PM
Minimum check-in age - 18

Check-out

Check-out before 10 AM
Contactless check-out

Special check-in instructions

The front desk is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours will receive an email with check-in instructions and lockbox information; front desk staffed during limited hours
For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation
This property offers self-service check-in for guests arriving after 11 PM. Guests are advised to enter the last 5 digits of their itinerary in the blue key box at the entrance.

Access methods

Front desk (limited hours), lockbox

Pets

  • No pets allowed, but service animals are welcome

Children and extra beds

  • Children are welcome.
  • Rollaway/extra beds are not available.
  • Cots (infant beds) are available for CHF 10.0 per stay.

Payment types at the property

Important information

Fees

Guests will be asked to pay the following charges at the property:

  • A tax is imposed by the city and collected at the property. This tax is adjusted seasonally and might not apply all year round. Other exemptions or reductions may apply. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 November - 31 March, CHF 1.80 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 16 years of age.
  • A tax is imposed by the city: From 1 April - 31 October, CHF 1.80 per person, per night. This tax does not apply to children under 16 years of age.
  • Tourism fee: CHF 1.00 per person, per night

We've listed all charges provided to us by the property.

Optional extras

The fees and deposits listed below will be charged at the time of service, check-in, or check-out.

  • Self-parking fee: CHF 5 per night
  • Crib (infant bed) fee: CHF 10.0 per stay

This may not be a comprehensive list. Fees and deposits are subject to change and might not include tax.

You need to know

This property is managed by a professional host. The provision of housing is linked to their trade, business or profession.
Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards, debit cards and cash
Safety features at this property include a fire extinguisher
Please note that cultural norms and guest policies may differ by country and by property; the policies listed are provided by the property
The front desk at this property is open daily from 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM.
Guests planning to arrive outside of normal check-in hours will receive an email with special check-in information and lockbox information. Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival. For more details, please contact the property using the information on the booking confirmation.
This property supplies bed linens, but guests must make the bed themselves.

National rating

Hotelstars Union assigns an official star rating for properties in Switzerland. This property is rated 2 stars.

Property is also known as

Backpackers Villa
Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof
Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof Hostel
Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof Hostel Interlaken
Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof Interlaken
Villa Backpackers
Villa Sonnenhof
Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof Hotel Interlaken
Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof - Hostel Interlaken

Backpackers Villa Sonnenhof - Hostel Reviews

Reviews

9.0

Wonderful

Rating 10 - Excellent. 137 out of 216 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 55 out of 216 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 20 out of 216 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 1 out of 216 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 3 out of 216 reviews" "

9.4/10

Cleanliness

9.2/10

Staff & service

9.2/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.2/10

Eco-friendliness

Reviews

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
In our room we can hear people scraping their chairs in the middle of the night. We would suggest putting covers on the chair legs to prevent the noise.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Syed, Waterdown

Travelled with family, Travelled with family and small children
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
This properly is positioned more for yong adults or single travelers. Not so much for families. Otherwise, the facilities and location is great
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2024

6/10 Okay

Yanmei

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
The room is not clean
The room floor was sticky & dirty. The location is little bit far from train station. They have a kitchen and breakfast is ok.
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Hoai

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Everything is great at this stay except one incident that happened during our stay. At around 11:30 pm one night, a male customer had key access to our private room (females only). The receptionist gave him the wrong key to my room. We were not very happy about that. Luckily, nothing bad happened. I take safety seriously while traveling aboard and what happened was disappointed!
Stayed 5 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marcia

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Excellent basic accommodations
Basic. Great location. Plenty of services. Very friendly, helpful staff. Quiet room.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mary Diaby-Gem

Travelled with family, Travelled with partner, Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Very clean room and near to restaurants
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2024

10/10 Excellent

Nimeshkumar, Fremont

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Great property
Stayed 3 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

anusree

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 4 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

AGAPITO

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

shubhra

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2024

10/10 Excellent

Marlene

Stayed 2 nights in Mar 2024

8/10 Good

Jia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Hostel was in a great location in the city centre (however that meant slightly further away from the train station ~15 min walk which was a slight struggle with a heavy luggage). Service staff were helpful and friendly. Room had amazing view of the mountains. Decent breakfast spread. The room had a slightly musty smell. Lack of PowerPoints in room for charging
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2024

8/10 Good

Akash

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Amazing Stay
The Hostel was right at the center of the city. It was well maintained and staff was friendly too. Really appreciate the cleanliness. Must recommend.
Stayed 2 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

John

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2024

6/10 Okay

Ka-Yu

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Bus stop conveniently located in front of the hostel. Shower curtain does not stay in place due to air movement from shower head when water enters is running
Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

Jeff

Stayed 2 nights in Dec 2023

10/10 Excellent

CHEUK CHERRY

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Full kitchen with many cooking stations and conventional ovens too. You can absolutely buy groceries and cook from scratch. Free breakfast (bread, cereal, yogurt, fancy coffee machine, hot chocolate, tea). Free dryers (coin laundry). Rooms are spacious if you book a private one. Next to bus station although train station is also walkable. Can borrow a hair dryer. Room amenities are limited but not a concern for us. Separate shower and toilet and sink in the room. Plenty of large lockers that will fit large suitcases, and lockers in the room if you're sharing the room with someone else. Recreational activities include ping pong, foosball etc. All free to use. Excellent location. Nice gardens and terrace spaces too.
Stayed 2 nights in Oct 2023

10/10 Excellent

Crispin

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Welcoming and nice place, we’ll located. 15min walk to main station and easy walk to restaurants and swimming pool which is good and clean.
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

Abhidipta

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Convenient and reasonably priced
Stayed 1 night in Jul 2023

10/10 Excellent

april

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2023

10/10 Excellent

jianwen

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
perfect
Stayed 2 nights in Aug 2022

6/10 Okay

THANH, ELK GROVE

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service
This’s good option for middle price in peak season. We chose it because too late to find other hotel close to Interlaken Ost station. There’s a public sharing kitchen , that’s little convenient, however also uncomfortable because not really clean when people share using. That’s good they have a laundry room. Free breakfast doesn’t have many options, but enough for people to get some energy in the morning. The bus station is right on the front of right side so very convenience. They give you pass to use free buses & some train directions close of the town in stayed days. The minus point is no AC & fan in our stays that really terrible when it’s so hot & humid! My kids couldn’t sleep well, better little at nights when we opened the windows, however still uncomfortable because no air flow in room, the bugs could get in when opening the windows. The hostel is basic same motel in US. Overall I rate 7/10.
Stayed 3 nights in Aug 2022

10/10 Excellent

Claudia

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 2 nights in Jul 2022

8/10 Good

Talia, Tampa

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Na
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2022

8/10 Good

Sardul

Travelled with family
Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Staff is very nice
Stayed 1 night in Mar 2022