Gruyère Rooms

We stayed for a night along our 8-day trip through Switzerland. There are three parking lots on the way up to Gruyères and most visitors are restricted to parking in areas 3 and 2. However, if you are staying the night, you're permitted to continue driving up to area 1 which is about a 10 minute walk to the rooms; just make sure to tell the parking attendant who directs traffic you are staying the night so they allow you to pass, as you don't want to have to walk up from the lower parking areas. Once we arrived, check was relatively easy and located in a hallway on the 1st floor. Our room was #8 which was up 5 flights of stairs; there is an elevator available through the neighboring restaurant, but we didn't mind the walk, despite how noisy those stairs were. The room itself is 'cozy' and has a sloping attic roof which is a bit tricky for taller folks to move around in about in half of room or access the two twin-sized beds. There are a couple of small skylights that open electronically via a tablet near the front door; however, the windows have very slow motors and take about 20 or so seconds to open up 4 inches. Despite the window functionality, the views were great and the windows helped to keep the heat of the attic area at a comfortable temperature. The bathroom was a nice size and had good water pressure and temperature. We departed our room around 8AM the next morning and there was no one at the front desk or store to receive our key, but there was someone to take it at their partner restaurant (Gruyères Traditions). Overall, there aren't many options for lodging in Gruyères, but this is a perfectly adequate and good place to stay for an evening when visiting this unique little town and its amazing HR Giger Museum and Bar.

Gruyeres is beautiful village and Gruyeres Rooms is located right in the centre. The village itself is only open to cars at certain times but there is plenty of reasonably priced parking near by and the fact that it is mostly free of cars adds to its charm. The hotel rooms are above a shop which sells souvenirs and also where you can see Gruyere cheese being made. You will get a 10% discount on anything bought in the shop. We booked 2 rooms, an economy double and economy triple which were both in the attic. Don't be put off by the word economy or the fact that the only windows are skylights. Both rooms were exceptionally clean and the triple in particular very bright. Ok, so you don't get a view but as soon as you step out of the door you are in the thick of the village so it really didn't matter. The bathrooms were both large and had lovely powerful showers. The double was a good size and the bed, although very firm, was comfortable, and the bedding was of very good quality. The triple room was extremely spacious with the same quality of beds and bedding. There is no air conditioning, but the fans provided are very good, and even on a hot weekend, we were kept cool overnight and slept well. We missed having a full-length mirror and a safe in the room, and the bed corners do stick out a little, but apart from that, the rooms were great. It is an old wooden building and the stairs are noisy! But we didn't get disturbed by them at all overnight. You will just sound like a herd of elephants going up and down them! There is a slight smell of cheese in the stairwell (which will just make you want a fondue!) But the rooms smell lush, so clean and fresh. We had breakfast at their partner restaurant Gruyeres Traditions (also with 10% off), which was a good continental. All the staff were friendly and helpful. Would highly recommend this hotel and the town of Gruyeres which is a delight!

This place is right in the middle of the medieval village of Gruyeres, with shops, restaurants and museums within no more than 5 minute walking distance. It has a store right underneath and a restaurant, Gruyeres Traditions, wall-to-wall where if you go to eat you get a 10% discount off your bill. We stayed on the second floor in the room facing the inner square. We had a gorgeous view of one of the gates (the one close to the restaurant and hotel Les Remparts) and the water fountain. The room was quite large, with a desk, double bed, single bed and open bathroom with sink, toilet and bathtub. The bathroom can have privacy if you draw the 2 curtains hanging in front of it but this will not keep the sound away. Oh, and sound travels through the air shaft so you might hear other people. The bathtub was huge-wide and deep, could easily fit 2 people in it. You just need to be careful when you shower because even though they have tiles on the floor and on the wall around it, it is all on wooden structure and water may infiltrate. We had towels and soap both at the sink and bathtub, plenty of toilet paper and a hair-dryer. The whole room was quite clean, the only thing that caught my eye was the side of the curtains from the bath facing the inside of the bath-had some stains. One important thing to keep in mind is that this building is, I guess, an old wooden structure, all of it. So when you go up the stairs they squeak, when you more around the room it all squeaks, the bed squeaks. When a heavier person walks above, you hear as if a rhinoceros is moving above you. As with regards to having intimate relations in that place...you either do not care that others hear everything, or that you might hear everything others do, or you just try to be as silent as a mouse and pray your neighbours will be too...Even though we stayed just 1 day and 2 nights, they came and made our beds. The lady who gave us the key was really nice, could speak to us in English. In case you arrive after 6PM you should let her know in advance so she could leave the key and instructions at the restaurant. When you leave, you just lock the room and leave the key in the post box on the hallway (it is written on it).