Links - Swiss Youth Hostels

Worldwide Associations

Hostelling International is the largest, most experienced network dedicated to travellers of all ages. On the following websites you will find more information about all 4000 youth hostels in the world. Enjoy it!

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Tourism and Leisure

		Holiday information for the whole of Switzerland.

		The nine national cycling routes, total length of 3300 km.

		Swizzbuzz is a Swiss wide, guided bus tour. Backpacking Switzerland off the beaten track!

		As a politically engaged umbrella organisation, it represents the interests of the tourism branch in political and business matters and creates offers to safeguard and enhance all services in connection with our Swiss Tourism.

		Reductions on the purchase of Reka cheques, priced, family-oriented holiday apartments - come to the right address: the Swiss Travel Fund (Reka).

		the western Switzerland website offering leisure activities for the whole family.

		Switzerland’s largest water park offers thrills and excitement on 10 water slides. Further action is available at Rio Mare and in the wave pool. Visitors can also escape the stresses of daily life by resting and relaxing at the Alpa and iodine brine thermal baths.

		our partner for school trips and rural education centres offers outdoor education, raft building, workshops, canoe trips, archery and action painting around Lake Constance, on the River Rhine and in the Black Forest.

		travel through Switzerland with PostAuto: your mobility companion for work, leisure and school.

		Pro Velo Schweiz is the national umbrella organisation for local and regional cycling interest groups (Pro Velo) in Switzerland. More than 35 regional associations and over 27,000 individual members are affiliated to Pro Velo Schweiz.

Partner and Sponsors

		CSS Family Insurance and Swiss Youth Hostels can offer you pleasant leisure activities on and involving water, together with inexpensive and yet modern accommodation.

		The Swiss Hotel & Gastro Union represents the interests of workers and employees in restaurants, hotels and the bakery and confectionery industry in a joint professional organisation.

		DasZelt: the Swiss touring theatre group with a first-class programme.

		The partnership between IKEA FAMILY and Swiss Youth Hostels is an ideal connection which benefits everyone. Both companies are involved, for example, in the WWF Climate Group which promotes the use of renewable energies and energy-efficient technology.

		Avis offers all Swiss Youth Hotel Members attractive special offers, no matter whether you need a rental car in Switzerland or abroad.

		Bikes for hire. Over 3,000 bikes at 100 hire stations along the most popular cycling routes in Switzerland.

		travel and trekking equipment from hajk hajk focuses on the “travel and trekking” experience. You need functional and robust equipment when outdoors in all weather conditions. hajk supplies travel and trekking equipment for a sense of well-being during different outdoor activities.

		Tour de Suisse Rad AG moves people with their TDS bikes and has been involved since 2004, as the main national sponsor, in all Swiss slowUp events, the car-free experience days for the whole family.

Sprachaufenthalte		EF is the world’s largest specialist in language courses and cultural exchanges abroad.

		The organisation INFOKLICK.CH is committed to helping children and young people in Switzerland. It is also the point of call for children and young people who make a positive contribution towards society through their ideas, personal resources, voluntary work and dedication.

		Kidy swissfamily – Read what affects and occupies parents – contains numerous useful tips, advice and instructions.

Sustainability

		The Max Havelaar Foundation awards a quality label to products that have been produced according to principles of fair trade. Through fair trade, it contributes to improving the living and working conditions of small farmers and agricultural workers in disadvantaged regions.

		WWF Switzerland is the national organisation of the global environmental protection organisation WWF whose objective is to stop the worldwide destruction of nature and shape a future in which mankind and nature coexist in harmony.

Various Links

		The Swiss Youth Hostel Association is a non-profit-making organization, officially certified by the Central Office for Charitable Organizations.

		The European Union Federation of Youth Hostel Associations (EUFED) is a European non-governmental organisation set up in Strasbourg in 1987 to represent the views of Youth Hostels at the European political level.

		Higher specialist college for language professions in Zurich and Chur. It offers training courses in three vocations: journalism, translation and language teaching. The diplomas awarded by SAL are recognised by the state.