Chalet-Gafri - BnB - Frühstückspension und Gastfreuncschaft

Chalet Gafri BnB location is 15mins walk from train station or 5 mins walk from Bus stop (30mins interval). View from superior room with balcony is very beautiful can see the mountains, very quiet and nice to chill. Breakfast is nice but repetitive for our 9days stay. Kudos to Monica for making us feel special every breakfast. Rooms are tidy and clean. Would recommend booking the superior room with balcony.

It was the best service we could have dream of. Fritz and Gabby were such hospitality to us. I can only say good reccomandation about the place. You just need to book the place for your vacation as soon as you finish reading this review. I promise you won't r

This was my eleventh winter visit to Chalet Gafri. I stayed in one of the four rooms in the main Chalet, which was every bit as clean, warm and comfortable as my previous visits. My room was on the upper floor with a balcony and a lovely view across the village to Lake Brienz in the distance – as well as to the large mountains of the Jungfrau area. The location in this part of the village is remarkably peaceful. Breakfast each day is always a treat; I’d highly recommend Gabi’s Bircher muesli but there is plenty of choice of other local products. Hosts Gabi and Fritz really do make this an exceptional place to stay. If you are travelling without a car, Chalet Gafri is very near to local transport, with a bus to Interlaken West every half an hour. That bus route is free with the Interlaken guest card, supplied when you arrive at the Chalet (make sure you take it with you!). As with all Swiss transport, the bus service is clean and reliable. If you are intending to travel on other public transport, I strongly recommend downloading the SBB Mobile app, which is brilliant for planning journeys and you can also buy on-line tickets. A quick outline of my activities during this unusually mild winter visit: Day 1 (arrival): Fritz kindly collected me from Interlaken West station, which was sincerely appreciated. I had time to unpack and then walk to Bönigen on Lake Brienz. There were some beautiful evening cloud reflections on Lake Brienz. I continued round to Interlaken Ost, where I bought some snacks etc. for taking out on walks over the next few days. Day 2: Rain overnight in the village had fallen as snow above 1500 metres, so there was a fresh covering on the wonderful winter hiking path from Niederhorn to Waldegg. I’ve written about this many times before but it is such a classic, and easy to get to from the Chalet. Take the 105 bus (or walk) to Interlaken West and change to the 101 bus to Beatenberg (you will need to pay on this bus as the guest card does not cover the whole route). Stay on until the last stop, the cable car station for the Niederhorn. Make sure the walk is open (ask at the cable car station) and buy a ticket to the top. The walk from Niederhorn to Waldegg takes about 3.5 to 4 hours, and has spectacular views of the mountains, Lake Thun and the U-shaped Justistal valley. There are a few steep downhill sections where sticks are useful, especially if the snow is a bit hard. Normally there is snow all the way down to Waldegg but due to the unusually mild conditions, the last half hour of the walk this time was on summer paths. Day 3: My plan was to walk from First (gondola ride from Grindelwald) to the (frozen) mountain lake, Bachalpsee. However on arrival at First I found that the snow was very compacted and icy, so difficult to get any traction on the steep sections at the start. I decided not to take the risk of a fall and came back down, and instead took the train to Lauterbrunnen, bus to Stechelberg and ca

My wife and I have travelled to many places. This is one of the best bed and breakfasts we have experienced. From initial booking to checkout, Gabi and Fritz were wonderful and provided the best service one can expect. The location is great. Peaceful as well as centrally located to enjoy the Berner Oberland. We did not use public transportation because we had a car, but a pass was provided should we have needed it. The breakfast and room were excellent. I’m ne could not ask for more. Thank you for a wonderful and peaceful stay.

Very good service Nice persons and very helpful as they gave us many recommendations for places to visit and which is best for families. The place is very beatiful. The breakfast is good. The room was very clean.

This was my ninth visit to Chalet Gafri, and was appreciated more than ever after missing my winter visit last year due to the pandemic. This time I stayed in one of the four rooms in the main chalet. Exactly as I remember from before it was spotlessly clean, warm and comfortable with a very nice private bathroom. Once again I really appreciated fruit and other treats which I enjoyed on my daily excursions. Breakfast each day at the Chalet is a treat, with homemade jams and Bircher muesli. Hosts Fritz and Gabi really do make this place extremely special. This time I had a seven night visit, and the weather was extremely good – allowing me to do my usual favourite winter hikes and some new ones. I am not a skier but there is so much to do in the area even in winter. There is a bus stop a few minutes from the Chalet that makes it easy to visit Interlaken for eating out, or to connect with the trains for longer journeys from Interlaken West. You can also use the bus to connect (in a couple of minutes) to the Wilderswil train station for journeys up to the mountains, via Lauterbrunnen and the new Terminal station near Grindelwald. I will briefly describe the activities on my days here: Day 1 (arrival) . Fritz kindly collected me from the station on arrival which was very much appreciated. I was a little later than usual so just did a simple walk to Interlaken Ost in order to purchase a few provisions for hikes in the coming days. I walked in the direction of Bönigen, but cut across the airfield and entered Interlaken via Matten. Day 2: Mostly sunny. Walked from the Chalet to Zweilütschinen, which takes about an hour and a quarter (you can also take the train in a few minutes from Wilderswil). This is the junction where the trains from Interlaken Ost divide, with the front part heading to Lauterbrunnen and the rear to Grindelwald. I was considering taking the path onward to Lauterbrunnen but it is closed at the moment, so I took the train and connected to the cable car to Grütschalp. From there I continued my walk on the path to Mürren. This is a simple, mostly level one hour walk but it is really special and well worth doing, with amazing views to the mountains. You can stop for a coffee or food half way along (or join the train) at Winteregg. Once in Mürren the weather was still sunny, so I took the cable car up to the Schilthorn mountain – quite busy with skiers on the way up but much quieter on the way down. The views from the top (2997 metres) never disappoint. I stopped at the mid-station of Birg on the way down to do the “thrill walk” – a walkway clamped on to the vertical faces of the rocky protrusion that Birg sits on, with glass floor sections and metal nets to crawl through – great fun! Day 3: A perfectly clear sunny day. I can’t imagine a winter visit without this classic walk from the Niederhorn mountain down to Waldegg, which takes about 3.5 to 4 hours. It is very easy to access; bus from Wilderswil to Interlake