A family weekend at wellnessHostel4000 in Saas-Fee

One thing’s for sure: Saas-Fee is per­fect for a long week­end, but also for longer (sum­mer) hol­i­days. The super fam­i­ly-friend­ly Saas Val­ley awaits kids with lots of high­lights – there’s no chance of get­ting bored here!

Swiss Youth Hostels: Our home over the long weekend

Dur­ing our long week­end in Saas-Fee, we stay at wellnessHostel4000 – one of the youth hos­tels with its own well­ness area, gym and indoor swim­ming pool. It doesn’t get any bet­ter than that, does it?! We booked a 4‑bed fam­i­ly room with its own show­er and WC. The youth hos­tel is cen­tral­ly locat­ed in car-free Saas-Fee. From here, you can walk to all moun­tain rail­ways and activ­i­ties, as well as restau­rants and shops.

In addi­tion, you’ll receive a Saastal Card includ­ed with every stay. This card allows you to use (almost) all moun­tain rail­ways and pub­lic trans­port free of charge. You can also get dis­counts on a range of activ­i­ties (see fur­ther down in the blog). And you can even book a packed lunch for your hikes from the youth hos­tel. And you know what? The break­fast buf­fet is always includ­ed in the room rate at Swiss Youth Hos­tels!

In the fol­low­ing blog post, you’ll find a whole load of tips for fam­i­lies in Saas-Fee.

The perfect family hike: From Hannig to Saas-Fee

A few min­utes’ walk from wellnessHostel4000 is the gon­do­la cable­way that takes you up to the Han­nig. Up here, you have a won­der­ful view of Saas-Fee, the Allalin and the sur­round­ing moun­tains. With a bit of luck, you might even spot a mar­mot. There’s a brand-new play­ground right next to the Bergrestau­rant Han­nig. After a glass of Valais wine on the sun ter­race, we embark on a relaxed hike en route to the val­ley. Var­ied and wind­ing paths lead us past alpine ros­es and on towards the vil­lage. In Melch­bode we dis­cov­er anoth­er play­ground with ful­ly-equipped bar­be­cue spots. The per­fect place to take a break! Rein­vig­o­rat­ed, the hike con­tin­ues, and we dis­cov­er a Mär­li­weg – a fairy­tale path – com­ing up on the vil­lage and thus also the youth hos­tel. Now it’s time to relax in the indoor pool. 😊

Entertainment in the village: The Feeblitz and the minigolf course

A stroll through Saas-Fee with its old store­hous­es and love­ly chalets is an absolute high­light. How­ev­er, we’d like a lit­tle more vari­ety: That’s why the beau­ti­ful­ly sit­u­at­ed minigolf course and the Fee­blitz tobog­gan run are just the thing for us. Fun for the whole fam­i­ly is guar­an­teed here! You get a dis­count on both activ­i­ties with the Saastal Card.

Treat yourself to culinary delights: At Waldhüs Bodmen

I couldn’t imag­ine a more per­fect restau­rant than Wald­hüs Bod­men, which is locat­ed in a beau­ti­ful wood­ed area around a 15 min­utes’ walk from the youth hos­tel: Next to the cosy chalet with sun ter­race, you’ll find a large children’s play­ground, where goats and alpacas can be seen graz­ing. The host­ess has also set up a play­room for the kids inside. If you’re lucky, you’ll get a table by the large win­dow that sep­a­rates the rab­bit and guinea pig hutch from the guest area. While enjoy­ing our Valais rösti hash browns, home-made spaet­zle noo­dles and oth­er spe­cial­i­ties, we can watch the sweet lit­tle ani­mals. An absolute high­light and warm­ly rec­om­mend­ed if you want to make the whole fam­i­ly hap­py with a restau­rant vis­it.

A visit to the marmot Eddie on the Spielboden

Mar­mots are every­where in Saas-Fee. And so, a vis­it to the Spiel­bo­den is sim­ply a must for fam­i­lies: This is where Eddie the mar­mot lives. Dur­ing the gon­do­la ride, you can enjoy an audio play by Eddie and his friends. Once at the top, the Mar­mot Trail awaits you, pass­ing numer­ous mar­mot caves. With a lit­tle luck, you’ll see the fur­ry res­i­dents and even be able to feed them.

Up high: On the Allalin, you can get your share of snow and ice even in summer

Get­ting to the Allalin is spec­tac­u­lar: The Metro Alpin funic­u­lar (not includ­ed in the Saastal Card) takes you through the moun­tain to the glac­i­er. Up here, you have an absolute­ly spec­tac­u­lar view and, of course, snow and ice in sum­mer and win­ter! This is a very spe­cial expe­ri­ence for us. In the revolv­ing restau­rant, you have a won­der­ful panoram­ic view – we ordered the «Gro­sis emer­gency box» as an after­noon snack, which not only looks great, but tastes great, too. Unfor­tu­nate­ly, the Ice Pavil­ion was closed dur­ing our vis­it. Admis­sion is nor­mal­ly includ­ed in the tick­et price and the pavil­ion cer­tain­ly would’ve been a high­light for the kids.

Overall impression of our long weekend in Saas-Fee

In my opin­ion, two nights at wellnessHostel4000 in Saas-Fee are the absolute min­i­mum. There are so many high­lights for fam­i­lies in the Saas Val­ley – you could eas­i­ly spend longer hol­i­days here. That’s why we’re sure to come back soon. And we’re sure to stay at wellnessHostel4000, as it’s a per­fect com­bi­na­tion of all ameni­ties for the whole fam­i­ly.

Medieval flair in Brugg

Yvonne has test­ed Brugg for fam­i­ly-friend­li­ness and fun fac­tor for you.

Exact­ly my thing!