• All prices exclusive of taxes 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.–)
• Children ages 2 to 5 stay for just CHF 15.– and children ages 6 to 12 for just CHF 25.– per night in the parents’ or grandparents’ room, including breakfast. Babies from birth to age 1 stay in a cot, where available, free of charge. Children’s prices do not apply to double rooms.
• 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
• Voluntary CO2-Compensation CHF 0.30
• Rates are subject to change
• All rates in CHF

In the Canton of Ticino, the law prohibits the accommodation of people under the age of 16 unless they are accompanied by an adult. In the other cantons, people aged between 14 and 16 years require written consent from their parents when travelling alone.

Details and Prices

Standard equipment in seminar room

• 1 overhead projector
• 1 flipchart

Catering

• Coffee/tea CHF 3.-
• Croissants CHF 1.50
• Mineral water (0.5-litre bottles) in the seminar room: CHF 3.50
• Light 3-course lunch including ½ l soft drink (excluding coffee) CHF 20.-
• Dinner possible from CHF 17.50 (barbeque, pasta buffet/Mexican/raclette, etc.)

Room hire charges

• Room 1/100 m2: CHF 200.- per day
• Room 2/40 m2: CHF 110.- per day

Other room possibilities: hall, bistro, games room, dining room, veranda, inner courtyard

Additional information/prices

Technical accessories

• Screen: CHF 50.- per day
• CD, cassettes: CHF 20.- per day
• Internet access, wireless: free in all halls and on the ground floor

Miscellaneous

• Photocopy: CHF 0.30
• Fax: CHF 4.-

Accomodation

Member prices per person including breakfast buffet, bed linen and taxes (rates are subject to change)

• Single room with washbasin from CHF 72.10
• Single room with shower/WC from CHF 102.10
• Room with 2 beds and washbasin from CHF 46.10
• Room with 2 beds and shower/WC from CHF 63.10
• Room with 4 beds and shower/WC from CHF 53.60
• Room with 6 beds and shower/WC from CHF 43.60

Valid

The whole year round excluding public holidays (Easter/Whitsun/Ascension Day) and from Saturday to Sunday night.

Barrier-free stay

Barrier-free accommodation

Access from the covered outside area, alongside the entrance to the Youth Hostel, is obstructed by a low sill (1–3 cm).

All of the rooms offer wheelchair access, and the upper storeys can be reached with ease using one of the two elevators.

Elevator of the 2nd floor:

• The width of the corridor in front of the elevator is 115 cm.
• The width of the elevator door is 80 cm.
• Elevator width: 96 cm
• Elevator depth: 118 cm

Elevator of the 4th floor:

• The width of the corridor in front of the elevator is 223 cm.
• The width of the elevator door is 80 cm.
• Elevator width: 98 cm
• Elevator depth: 130 cm

The width of the doors leading to the rooms is 85 cm.

Barrier-free bathroom

All rooms have a washbasin. A disability-friendly shower/WC is located on every floor. Two double rooms have their own fully disabled-friendly bathroom.

The bathroom dimensions are:

• Width of bathroom door: 78 cm
• WC seat height: 40 cm
• The washbasin is wheelchair accessible: 68 cm
• Shower seat
• Shower handle

Barrier-free journey

By train / by foot

From Locarno Railway Station approx. 1.5 km, around 20 wheelchair minutes.

From Locarno Railway Station, take the No. 1 bus in the direction of Ascona Posta or the No 7 bus in the direction of Losone Caserma until the stop «Cinque Vie» (both buses are low-floor buses).

Cross Via Rinaldo Simen, continue along Via Barolomeo Varenna in a westerly direction (around 100 m). The Youth Hostel is located on the right-hand side. Entrance path to the Youth Hostel: cobblestone.

By car

The youth hostel has one wheelchair friendly parking space (charge applies). Please remember to book in advance. Disabled persons with an official blue parking permit have free access to these parking spaces.

Useful information

Links for public transport

• Swiss Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired: Barrier-free public transport (website only in German and French)
• Swiss Railways (SBB): Travel with reduced mobility

Taxi

• Rete Due-Uno Servizi Trasporti
  Reservation: Mon-Fri 8 am - 12 noon
  Service: Mon-Fri 8 am - 6 pm
  Phone: +41 91 751 21 21

Closest pharmacy

both approx. 400m, about 5min:

• Farmacia Lafranchi
  Via San Francesco 6
  6600 Locarno
  Phone: +41 91 751 25 37
• Farmacia Losa
  Via San Francesco 2
  6600 Locarno
  Phone: +41 91 751 16 67

Offers

• The Locarno Youth Hostel team has compiled a special brochure for wheelchair users (PDF, 1.91 MB) containing tips and interesting offers.
• Giro Lungolago Ascona, route no. 653
• Ascona Locarno Tourism: Passengers with a handicap are welcome
• Ticino Tourism: Accessible tourism
• Federazione Ticinese Integrazione Andicap (FTIA): Stabili Accessibili in Ticino (only in italian)
• Tourism inclusive

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.