Yoummi – the catering option from Swiss Youth Hostels 

• All prices exclusive of taxes. Adults CHF 4.40, children (12-26 years) CHF 2.20 per person/night, including VAT.
• The Hostel Card Standard is included in the price of accommodation and is valid from the day of arrival to the day of departure.
• You have the option of purchasing a Hostel Card Premium and benefit from cheaper accommodation prices in all Swiss youth Hostels. More information about the Hostel Card Premium
• Groups (minimum of 10 people) are advised to buy a Hostel Card Premium (personal: CHF 55.– / non-personal: CHF 99.–)
• Find our children's prices on the family page. 
• Group rates for children ages 2 to 5 years, a flat rate of CHF 15.–; from ages 6 to 12 years, accommodation prices / group prices apply
• Car park (outdoor/indoor) per night CHF 10.– / 15.–
• Voluntary CO2-Compensation CHF 0.30
• Rates are subject to change
• All rates in CHF

Barrier-free stay

The Gstaad Saanenland Youth Hostel was opening on 4 June 2014. All 42 rooms have unobstructed access and the single beds and lower bunk beds are designed to fit the needs of the disabled.

In the basement is an underground car park with a disabled-friendly parking space. Another disabled-friendly parking space is available 20 m from the main entrance.

The day rooms, games room and restaurant also have threshold-free access via the lift.

Barrier-free accommodation

In front of the house is a ramp with a 6% incline. The external area on the ground floor is accessible via a threshold-free door. The playing field is also within easy reach for wheelchair users.

The entire premises are wheelchair accessible and you can get to the rooms easily with the passenger lift.

• The width of the corridor in front of the elevator is 150 cm.
• The width of the elevator door is 90 cm.
• Elevator width: 120 cm
• Elevator depth: 140 cm

The room door width is 84 cm.

Barrier-free bathroom

A disabled-friendly toilet and shower is located on each floor. Four double rooms and one family room have their own fully disabled-friendly bathroom.

The bathroom dimensions are:

• Width of bathroom door: 83 cm
• WC seat height: 52 cm
• The washbasin is wheelchair accessible: 70 cm
• Shower seat
• Shower handle

Barrier-free access

By train / by foot

Saanen station is just 800 m from the youth hostel. The paths within the station grounds are asphalt-covered, the ramps are made of concrete. The youth hostel is situated in a residential and hotel district that is easily accessible on foot. It can be safely reached via asphalted streets although some of them have no pavement and a gradient of around 6%. Mobility assistants are available to provide help on public transport. The youth hostel has a chargeable, wheelchair-accessible car parking space, for which advance reservation is essential.

By car

In the basement is an underground car park with a disabled-friendly parking space. Another disabled-friendly parking space is available 20 m from the main entrance. Please ensure you make an advance reservation. We will be pleased to make the disabled car parking space available free of charge for holders of the official blue disabled person’s parking permit.

Useful information

Links to public transport

• Swiss Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Barrier-free public transport (in German & French)
• Swiss Federal Railways SBB: Disabled travellers

Taxi

• Aar Taxi Schranz
  Dorfstrasse 1
  CH-3792 Saanen
  Tel: +41 33 744 33 33

Nearest pharmacy

2,5 km away in the centre of Gstaad village:

• TopPharm
  Promenade 44
  CH-3780 Gstaad
  Tel: +41 33 748 86 26, +41 748 86 20

Offers

The youth hostel lies 500 m from Saanen village centre, which offers essential shopping facilities: bakery, clothes shops, bank with cash dispenser, drugstore, grocer. Saanen village centre is around 500 m away and Gstaad village centre 2.5 km.

• Schönriederweg, route no. 447
• Saane-Uferweg, route no. 448
• Gstaad Tourism: Tips for guests with a walking disability
• Tourism inclusive (in German & French)
• Procap Switzerland: cultural opportunities for everyone (in German & French)

Supporting the OK:GO initiative

Swiss Youth Hostels is part of the OK:GO initiative. This initiative aims to ensure that every tourism provider in Switzerland offers information about the accessibility of its services to the public. Learn more about the initiative here.

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