• All prices exclusive of taxes CHF 2.20 per person/night, including VAT.
• Non-members pay a surcharge for the day membership of: CHF 7.–, families CHF 14.–
• Benefits of our annual membership
• Groups (minimum of 10 people) are advised to buy an annual membership (personal: CHF 55.– / non-personal: CHF 99.–)
• Children aged 2 to 5 stay for just CHF 15.– and children aged 6 to 12 for just CHF 25.– per night in the parents’ or grandparents’ room, including breakfast. Babies aged from 0 to 1 stay in a cot, where available, free of charge. Children’s prices do not apply to double rooms.
• Group rates for children aged 2–5 years, a flat rate of CHF 15.–; from 6–12 years, accommodation prices / group prices apply
• Car park per night CHF 7.–
• Voluntary CO2-Compensation CHF 0.30
• Rates are subject to change
• All rates in CHF

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
• Music system/radio, CD, cassettes: CHF 20.- per day
• Internet access, wireless: free in all halls and on the ground floor

Miscellaneous

• Slide copy: CHF 1.-
• Photocopy: CHF 0.30
• Fax: CHF 4.-
• Transportation of people and luggage: Prices on request

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 wet cell

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

The wet cell dimensions are:

• Width of wet cell 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. 1.5km, 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 100m). The Youth Hostel is located on the right-hand side. Entrance path to the Youth Hostel: cobblestone.

Useful information

Links for public transport

• Information about public transport for people in wheelchairs (website only in German, French and Italian)
• Swiss Railways (SBB): Passengers with a handicap

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)
• Mobility International Switzerland (MIS): Barrier-free excursions and activities