Hotel services comprise: - Money exchange. - Transfer from and to the station/taxi stand (entrance to the village) on coming and leaving respectively. - Laundry facilities. - Breakfast in the suite (Continental) Breakfast: seven. 30 - ten. 00 Dinner: 19. 00 - 20. 30 You'll find the Kinderparadies (Kids' paradise) and the Kinderclub Pumuckel at the Hotel La Ginabelle, where your kids can spend their day (and in the evenings on request) under professional supervision. There is the Pingu Club Riffelberg, here they can play in the snow; and whether it gets too cold there is a cozy and cosy apartment at the Hotel Riffelberg where they can play and paint, all under professional supervision. Whether you need a babysitter to come into the Hotel Astoria**** or the House La Perle**** we will be proud to be of assistance!

The hotel includes 18 spacious and cozy twin suites (two beds, no king size beds) and three little but comfortable single apartments. The apartments on the third floor have a unique romantic ambiance. They are high-ceilinged and beneath a wood-panelled roof. Most of the apartments can be furnished with one to 2 supplementary beds (family rooms). For an additional person the hotel charges a supplement.

Breakfast (and dinner) at the Hotel Astoria**** - a treat! Our breakfast cafeteria leaves nothing to be desired! Müesli, yogurt, fruit juices, various fruit; croissants, various rolls and bread, boiled eggs, breakfast meats, cheese peculiarities, scrambled eggs, bacon and sausages. Coffee, tea, ovomaltine, hot chocolate, and: who would mind a cup of champagne on a sunday? – and of course Antonio's considerate and high-quality service! You are able to book halfboard, in this case you'll be catered an prime four course dinner. Christmas' Eve, Christmas day and New Year's Eve including Gala dinner. Let us spoil you!

The Hotel Astoria**** is situated in the neighbourhood 'Steinmatte', right in the heart of the countryside. We are approximately ten minutes' stroll from the station / the Gornergrat train, the Sunnegga Express, and ten minutes' to the Little-Matterhorn cable auto. Immediately next to the hotel there is a scenic brasserie, a small supermarket, a bakery, a few sports boutiques and restaurants. Around the corner you will find the bus stops to the railway station, the Sunnegga Express and to the Little-Matterhorn cable auto. To the Bahnhofstrasse (the major street) it's five mins stroll, and you will find loads of prime shops, refined restaurants, book boutiques, jewellers and souvenir boutiques.

Access by train: Zürich-airport: 380 kilometers - five hours by train (direct trains to and from Brig) Geneva airport: 280 kms - four hours by train (direct trains to and from Visp) Milano: 200 kms - three hours by train (direct trains to and from Brig) From Brig/Visp you get to Zermatt with the cog-wheel train (BVZ), the slowest express train in the world through a breath-taking scenery full of extremes. To Zermatt by auto: - To Täsch (6 kilometers from Zermatt) - The highway Täsch - Zermatt is only open to holders of a particular permit issued by the country police. - In Täsch you board the shuttle train which runs between 6. 00 and 23. 30 at 20 mins intervals (around CHF seven for a person one way). - The Zermatt railways put a trolley for you with a deposit of CHF five with which you are able to transportation your luggage direct from your auto boot onto the train and to Zermatt, without having to carry it around. - You can garden your auto either on the social parking lot next to the station at Täsch or with one of the privately-owned cab companies or their metro auto gardens. From Täsch you are able also take a cab to Zermatt (taxi stand at the entry to the village) - one way and up to 6 people around CHF 30 - (rates subject to change). Whether you wish the transfer from the railway station of Zermatt to the hotel please call the hotel number upon your arrival - the porter will come and pick you up immediately (we charge CHF four for a person every way).

Supplementary Costs; Dogs: CHF five per day Sauna: included in the apartment rate Solarium: CHF five for ten mins Free WireLess LAN in the hotel Supplement Halfboard: CHF 35 for a person and day. Christmas/new Year period bookings only to be booked with halfboard. Please be aware that the apartment rates are for two groun-ups, for more persons in the same apartment the hotel charges a supplement.

Please NOTE: Full pre-payment due at the time of booking (to be charged by hotel on credit card). No changes allowed. In case of cancellation or no show, ALL NIGHTS will be charged. Individual customers: - 45 days before arrival date: free - 44 to 30 days before arrival date: 30 % of the entire costs of the reservation/room rate - 29 to 14 days before arrival date: 50 % of the entire costs of the reservation/room rate - 13 to seven days before arrival date: 70 % of the entire costs of the reservation/room rate - 6 to three days before arrival date: 80 % of the entire costs of the reservation/room rate - two days before arrival date: 100 % Groups (from 15 people. Please ask for our peculiar group offers!): - until 45 days before arrival date: free - 44 until 15 days before arrival date: 50 % of the entire amount of the reservation - 14 days before arrival date until arrival day: 100 % The hotel reserves the right to pre-authorise credit cards prior to arrival.

In adult(s) suite: 0 - five years: free, baby cot accessible upon demand (small additional charge on meals) 6 - 12 years: 50 % reduction 12 years and more: