Holiday home for max. 8 persons
Adelboden, Bernese Oberland, (Engstligenalp), Switzerland

Gratia

Cosy, rustic chalet in the middle of trees in an elevate exposure in an impasse. Big garden with grass, plants and trees in an exclusive use. 5,5-room Chalet (135 m2) on two floors, arranged simple and cosy: Living and dining room with open fire place, dinette, cable-TV, radio and cd, garden exit. Small kitchen (4 cookers, oven, dishwasher, fridge). Bath/toilet. Ground floor: 1 double room, 1 room with two single beds, 1 room with one french bed (140cm). All rooms with a garden exit. Bath/shower, sep. toilet. Balcony south-east. Garden south-west included garden furniture. Parking by the house (two cars). No-smoking chalet. You can buy the wood for the fire place for ten swiss francs per basket.
Ausserschwand, J16; map

Other leisure facilities: Skating, Trottinet, hike, bowling

Excursion possibilities: Winter - Skiing in one of our four ski areas. - Ice skating, ice hockey, curling, bowling, climbing- and boulder hall in the new Arena in Adelboden. - Fondue and overnight stay in an igloo you build yourself. - Sleigh ride through the winter landscape on request. - Snow-tubing through the snow canal on the Engstligenalp. - Tobogganing on the five toboggan runs around Adelboden, tobogganing under the full moon on the TschentenAlp. - Snowshoe hiking on sign posted trails. - Winter hiking on the 74 paths around Adelboden and Frutigen. - Cross-country skiing on a total 24.5 kilometres of runs around Adelboden. - Children’s playground at almost every restaurant and every mountain station. Summer - Hiking on one of our unique hiking trails. - Barbecuing at one of the grill areas around Adelboden. - Sleigh ride with the Rösslipost on request. - Swimming and beach volleyball at the Panorama swimming pool in Adelboden. - Scooter land 45 km – worldwide unique. - Visiting an Alpine dairy in one of the Adelboden Alpine huts. - Taking the schutz.wald.mensch (protection, forest, people) discovery trail from the TschentenAlp to Adelboden. - Back to the roots – visiting a farm with the entire family. - Enjoying a pleasant stroll under the full moon from the TschentenAlp to the Schermtanne.

Other living room features (Living room1): 2 x Triple couch, 2 x armchair, writing desk, 2 small chest of drawers, TV with table, shelves, couch table, dresser, dining table with 8 chairs, piano

Other bedroom furniture (Bedroom1): 160 cm bed, wardrobe, 2 chairs

Other kitchen equipment (Kitchen1): Fondue- and Raclette-set, kettle, mixer, kitchen machine, electric coffee grinder.Nespresso-coffeemaschine (Capsules have to be brought; you can get compatibles capsules in COOP

Nearby sports facilities: Mountain climbing, Ice skating, Climbing, Mountainbiking, Paragliding, Bike tours, Riding possibilities, Toboggen, Skiing (alpin), Cross-country skiing, Tennis

Location description: Adelboden – there are many legends as to how this health resort in the western Bernese Oberland got its catchy name. Roughly translated from the German, it means “Noble Ground” and there is no disagreement that the name seems to suit this village very well. The wide valley – gentle and sunny - lies some 1,350 m (4,500 ft) above sea level and is well connected to the transport network. The mountains do not soar up in front of the beholder; rather they can be enjoyed from a certain distance. The area’s tranquillity was already appreciated by the first guests: “Adelboden is much visited by those in need of recuperation or suffering from poor nerves,” quoted a tourist guide book from 1898. The Engstligen Valley was of course populated long before the days of tourism and in the late Middle Ages, dwellers from nearby villages were drawn to the wildness of the valleys. The church at Adelboden dates back to 1433 and its frescos and church windows by the famous Swiss artist, Augusto Giacometti, are considered particularly beautiful. A meaningful sentence, painted on the wall, reminds the faithful: “Let us not sleep as others do”.Today, Adelboden is as much a place for those with time to take it easy as it is for the active: 56 transport facilities (185km of ski pistes, 24.5km of cross country ski trails, and a comprehensive network of footpaths) draw those with a love of the open air to the mountains- for example to the beautiful and mystic Engstligenalp, which was officially recognised as a cultural landscape of national significance, in 1996. For the alpinist, the high plateau is a starting point for countless spectacular mountain tours; the less energetic or mobile can enjoy a 2.5km circular path (suitable for wheelchairs), bizarre stone formations, a lush carpet of flowers, and bubbling water – an experience for the senses, which in combination with the re-discovered stimulation of a high-altitude climate, can also come under the category of “alpine wellness”. Both the waterfalls have been under national protection since 1948, water being a central element to the Engstligen Valley since time immemorial. From the Oeybad spring flows Adelboden Mineral Water – a natural product, exceptionally rich in calcium and magnesium. It is better not to compare Adelboden with chic Swiss health resorts, so if you are looking for the sparkle of champagne and sophisticated elegance, you are probably in the wrong place. Adelboden offers World Cup skiing, the “Vogellisi” mountain trail, cross country ski night, and the Alte Taverne with some great names from Switzerland’s music scene – spectacular highlights with far-reaching media coverage. But the “in-crowd” and precocious behaviour are not the norm; things here are more sedate, less constrained. Perhaps it is also because the locals are not celebrities – just normal, working people for whom tourism offers a secure income and the alpine arena unparalleled recreation and leisure space. Since the 1960s, sport-loving Adelboden has been firmly on the international ski map yet, paradoxically, one often hears of its “comfortable imperturbability”, so much appreciated by visitors here.