• All prices exclusive of taxes CHF 1.45 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
• Car park per night CHF 7.–
• Voluntary CO2-Compensation CHF 0.30
• Rates are subject to change
• All rates in CHF

Details

Sion Youth Hostel contains ideally equipped seminar and group rooms, as well as good flexible cuisine for conferences, further training courses and school weeks.

The two rooms (area: 45 m² and 65 m²), which are capable of holding 30 and 40 persons respectively, are equipped with tables, chairs, a flipchart and power sockets. A beamer and overhead projector are available on request. In addition to the seminar rooms, the Youth Hostel can cater for guests in the dining room, thus ensuring that they do not go hungry. The modern Youth Hostel is situated directly behind the railway station and is just a short walk from the old quarter which has something to offer for history enthusiasts, wine lovers, hikers and young people.

Free use of the seminar room for groups.

Barrier-free stay

The garden seating area is paved with composite stone, and can be reached with ease (from the dining room).

Sion Youth Hostel has a double room with washroom offering barrier-free access, as well as a disability-friendly washroom.

Barrier-free accommodation

Wheelchair users will need help to reach the main entrance (6 steps or ramp with 15% incline). Use the side entrance on the eastern side of the building, which is connected directly to the parking spaces.

A wheelchair-accessible lift links all floors with the exception of the attic, in which the seminar facilities are located.

• The width of the corridor in front of the elevator is 253 cm
• The width of the elevator door is 80 cm
• Elevator width: 110 cm
• Elevator depth: 135 cm

The room door width is 90 cm.

Barrier-free bathroom

The double room with washroom offering barrier-free access, as well as a disability-friendly washroom.

The bathroom dimensions are:

• Width of bathroom door: 90 cm
• WC seat height: 46 cm
• The washbasin is wheelchair accessible: 72 cm
• Shower seat
• Shower handle

Barrier-free journey

By train / by foot

From Sion Station approx. 100m

Use the southern station exit, and continue up the ramp. From here, continue straight ahead for about 30m,
cross the road, and you will find the Youth Hostel directly in front of you. Wheelchair users will need help to reach the main entrance (6 steps or ramp with 15% incline). Use the side entrance on the eastern side of the building, which is connected directly to the parking spaces.

By car

The youth hostel has a chargeable, wheelchair-accessible parking space.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 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

• Transport Handicap
  Behindertentransport
  Route de la piscine 10
  1950 Sion
  Tel.: +41 27 323 90 00
  Fax: +41 27 323 90 01       

Closest pharmacy

• Pharmacie Sun Store Sa
  Place de la Gare 1
  1950 Sion
  Phone: +41 27 323 01 50

Offers

• Chemin du Grand Bisse de Vex, route no. 255
• Chemin des berges du Rhône, route no. 258
• Chemin des Ruinettes, route no. 259
• Valais Tourism: Wheelchair-accessible paths
• 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.