Expert Reviews of Basel Hotels

Editorial Office of the Subtleties

Basel is an eventful city, and several times a year, usually quiet and measured life is interrupted by noisy activities that attract a lot of tourists to Basel. As a rule, during carnivals and fairs, hotels raise prices - but this does not prevent travelers from coming here again and again. However, even the usual prices for accommodation in the city are astonishingly expensive, so hotels are usually filled with people traveling with business purposes, and not tourists.

So, get acquainted with the most popular events of the basel when it is almost impossible to find rooms in the hotel:

Meeting with the Middle Ages during the carnival Fasnacht (Fasnacht) - the most interesting thing that you can find in Basel. The whole city turns out to be in a binge, beginning in Ash Wednesday (usually in late February or early March). The pedestrian and equestrian processions are accompanied by the music of dozens of instruments - flutes, trombones, drums. The most traditional festival of Basel is the Vogel Gryff Volksfest, when the griffin, lion and savage rafts raft on the Rhine. This event takes place on 13, 20 or 27 January (the date changes every year) and is accompanied by noisy street festivities. Savage, lion and griffin are the traditional symbols of the three districts of Basel.

The Basel Fair of Arts is held in mid-June - at this time you can see the works of about a thousand artists represented by more than two hundred galleries. Also at this time, more than two dozen personal exhibitions are usually held.

In addition, it is almost impossible to book a hotel during the Swiss Industrial Fair in Basel, attracting about a million visitors every spring. It is equally difficult to book a room during the Carnival, even given that this time hotels raise prices to 40%. To specify the exact dates of these events, visit the Tourist Board of Basel.