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checked curtains, including a shoebox single that's apparently Switzerland's smallest. The
garden has wonderful views to the Eiger and Wetterhorn.
ROMANTIK HOTEL SCHWEIZERHOF $$$
| Historic Hotel
( 033 854 58 58;
www.hotel-schweizerhof.com
; Dorfstrasse; s/d/ste with half-board Sfr295/510/640;
)
The grand dame of Grindelwald, this plush art nouveau hotel has stylish rooms
with gleaming slate-floored bathrooms. The spa is a big draw, with massage jets, treat-
ment rooms, a teeth-chattering ice grotto and a pool with wide-screen mountain vistas.
The restaurant (mains Sfr26 to Sfr44) uses home-grown vegetables and herbs.
ALPENBLICK $$
( 033 853 11 05;
www.alpenblick.info
;
Obere Gletscherstrasse; dm Sfr40-45, d Sfr140-180; )
In
a quiet corner of town, 10 minutes' stroll from the centre, Alpenblick is a great budget
find, with squeaky-clean, pine-filled rooms. Basement dorms are jazzed up with bright
duvets. There's an American-style diner (mains Sfr15 to Sfr19) and a terrace with glacier
views.
| Hotel
Eating
Bars, restaurants, bakeries and supermarkets line central Dorfstrasse.
ONKEL TOM'S HÜTTE $$
( 033 853 52 39; Im Graben 4; pizzas Sfr13-33; 6pm-midnight Thu, noon-midnight Fri-Tue)
Tables
are at a premium in this incredibly cosy barn-style chalet. Yummy pizzas are prepared
fresh in three sizes to suit any appetite.
| Pizzeria
MEMORY $$
( 033 854 31 31; mains Sfr21-30; Dorfstrasse; 11.30am-10.30pm)
Always packed, the Eiger
Hotel's unpretentious restaurant rolls out tasty Swiss grub like rösti, raclette and fondue.
Try to bag a table on the street-facing terrace.
| Swiss
C & M $$
| Fusion
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