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Hotel Spalentor Basel Questions & Answers

Cardiff, United Kingdom

We are arriving on the 18th August by train from Paris. Could you tell me the best way to get to your hotel from the train station please. We have booked a 1 night stay through Agoda.

Also the following day we will be embarking on a river cruise with Scenic Tours, do you have any idea where the river cruises depart from please.

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Spalentor4056
Basel, Switzerland
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Dear Pitrevie

Thank you very much for your resevation.

From the train station you can take the bus number 30 and you get off the bus at the station "Spalentor". The hotel is then just across the street. You can use your reservation of your room as a bus ticket, so you don't need to buy one.

Concerning the rivercurise, when you check out, you can give the lady at the reception the phone number of the cruise company and she will call them for you. If you take a taxi to the river, the taxi driver will know where to go when you tell him the address.

We wish you a safe journey to Basel

Kind regards

Julia Breisacher

over a year ago Google Translation
Sicily, Italy
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I'm afraid I've nothing new to add. We too toke a cab from the station, and it was pricy as we were charged a surcharge on an extra piece of luggage. Then, once you've found out where the river boat is docked, it wouldn't be a long or expensive cab ride.

over a year ago
San Francisco, California
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i think this is the station you will come in at: Centralbahnstrasse 20, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

check google maps for public transportation. we took a cab and it was pricy but at 1 am there were no other options. check with your ship to see which dock you are at and the hotel will set up a cab for you. many docks in the area. cab ride for us to viking was reasonable. safe travels

over a year ago
San Francisco, California
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we took a cab from the train station and it was pricy... i don't know how else you could get there but i would explore options. i think this is the station you would arrive at.. check google maps.. wouldn't let me include the link in this message

Centralbahnstrasse 20, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

... we arrived about 1 am so didn't have much choice. we left the hotel for a viking cruise and took a cab to the dock which was reasonable. you should check with the ship line to see which dock your boat will be at as there are many so the hotel can't help you with that but will call a cab for you once you know where you are going.

safe travels

over a year ago
Saint Louis, Missouri
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We took a cab to the hotel. The hotel will give you bus passes for free. I suggest taking a cab to the dock but since we took trains I can't really help you

over a year ago
Houston, Texas
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All the advice is correct. I would just add that if you take the public transit, there is no charge. Price comes with your Hotel room. If asked, just show your reservation and once at the Hotel, they will give you a ticket that will be good for the rest of your stay.

over a year ago
Chicago IL
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Good advice from Cheers59. Trams and bus are stationed just outside rail terminal. If you do not have large cumbersome luggage, it should be ok. We needed to take a taxi, and it was quite pricey for a 10 minute ride. Spalentor staff emailed me "Take bus #30. In 7 minutes you arrive at the stop called 'Spalentor'. Which is just vis a vis to our Hotel." Literally across the street.

You will need a taxi to get to cruise pier from Spalentor. We were on Scenic as well, and they often don't know til morning of departure which pier assignment they have. Call the ship that morning for pier name. There are several in Basel and you don't want your taxi to have to search for the boat up and down the river. We asked hotel staff the day before to arrange a ride for us -- four adults with an embarrassing amount of luggage. They found a mini-van taxi to haul us over to the pier. Driver arrived right on time and didn't gouge us on the price. Hotel Spalentor staff are THE BEST. Wonderful, professional and friendly team.

Enjoy your Scenic cruise. You will not want for anything :-)

over a year ago
Bailieboro, Canada
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Hi there, you can easily take the public transit in Basel to the hotel. I forget the bus # but it drops you off right at the old City gate across from the hotel. As for getting to the boat, you may be best to just take a cab. We did that and it was fairly reasonable cost-wise. You probably have to call the day before to find out where they have docked as there are apparently a few places that can be. Good luck and enjoy your stay & cruise!

over a year ago
Boynton Beach, Florida
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How would we get from the hotel to Lucerne?

over a year ago
Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Once again thanks for all those helpful replies and especially from Julia Breisacher that information is most useful.

over a year ago
Cardiff, United Kingdom
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Many thanks for all those replies. I already have the Scenic Telephone number in Basel so that should be no problem and with one suitcase I think I can manage the trip to the hotel.

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