Yoummi – the catering option from Swiss Youth Hostels 

• All prices exclusive of visitor taxes, including VAT. Find the visitor's tax regulations here.
• 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
• Accommodation of dogs on request CHF 15. – per dog and night, without food
• Car park per night CHF 10.–
• Voluntary CO2-Compensation CHF 0.30
• Rates are subject to change
• All rates in CHF

Barrier-free stay

After checking in at the reception, the rooms can be accessed independently. By means of an electronic access system (card), the rear rooms of the hostel can be reached. From there, via a corridor, following the signs, guests will reach a staff elevator. Following this, the rooms and sanitary facilities can be reached via a stair-lift over four steps. The width of the corridor in front of the elevator is 150 cm, the width of the elevator door is 100 cm, elevator width 100 cm and elevator depth 120 cm.

Barrier-free accommodation

4 rooms of Lucerne Youth Hostel offer barrier-free access, and 7 beds are disability-friendly.

There is no ramp.

All day rooms and the restaurant are accessible by passenger lift and stair lift. Once checked in at the reception, you can come and go as you please. An electronic access system (card) gains you access to the rear of the premises and from there, via a corridor, to the passenger lift. The rooms and sanitary facilities are than accessible via stair lift.

• The width of the corridor in front of the elevator is 150 cm
• The width of the elevator door is 100 cm
• Elevator width: 100 cm
• Elevator depth: 120 cm

The width of the doors to the rooms is 77 cm.

Barrier-free bathroom

All rooms have washbasins. Disability-friendly showers/WCs are located on every story.

The bathroom dimensions are:

• Width of bathroom door: 77 cm
• WC seat height: 45 cm
• The washbasin is wheelchair accessible: 76 cm
• Shower seat
• Shower handle

Barrier-free journey

By train / by foot

2,4 km distance from Lucerne Station

From Lucerne Railway Station, take the No. 19 bus (journey time around 11 minutes). Alight at the bus stop «Urnenhof». Following the signs, it is possible to reach the Youth Hostel without passing any steps. However, the inclines are over 10%. The Youth Hostel can be reached by a slightly flatter route if one follows the road.

The No. 19 buses are all low-floor buses. In the case of electric wheelchairs, please phone the Lucerne public transport company «Verkehrsbetrieben Luzern» at least 1 hour in advance. Phone: +41 41 369 65 65.

By car

From the «Emmen Süd» motorway exit, take the Rotsee/Spital direction. The youth hostel has one chargeable, wheelchair-accessible car parking space. We will be pleased to make the disabled car parking space available free of charge for holders of an official blue disabled person’s parking permit.

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): Passengers with a handicap

Taxi

• Rollstuhltaxi-Genossenschaft
  Ebenaustrasse 24
  6048 Horw Zentrale
  Phone: +41 41 240 37 37, Mobile: +41 76 556 16 86
• Rols-Taxi (Rollstuhl-Taxi / Spitex-Taxi)
  Phone: +41 41 280 80 77, Mobile: +41 79 418 35 35

Closest pharmacy

1 km, about 15 min

• Apotheke Dr. Fasel
  Maihofstrasse 30
  6004 Luzern
  Phone: +41 41 429 69 19

Offers

• Sempachersee-Moosweg, route no. 559
• Luzerner Seeuferweg, route no. 560
• Engelberger Rundweg, route no. 586
• 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.

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