The Hotel Alpenblick is a cosy, family run, old fashioned hotel in the small village of Wilderswil a few kilometres outside Interlaken. The hotel is in the centre of the village, 10 minutes walk from the railway station and 5 minutes from the bus stop. The train takes you into Interlaken for good connections to the rest of Switzerland and the boats across the lakes; or up to Lautebrunnen and Grindlewald for the ski lifts to Murren, Wengen and the Junfrau. In the summer the area has great walks, superb views, and is wonderful if you're looking for a restful break. In the winter it obviously has great skiing.

The hotel itself is made up of an old chalet, an annexe and a number of smaller chalets. We booked a superior room as the standard rooms are quite small. This gave us a lovely, modern, airy top floor room with sitting area looking up the valley to the Jungfrau and the Eiger. The shower room was also a steam room, which was bliss after a day's walking. The Swiss style breakfast was fresh and plentiful, with local breads, butter, eggs, cheese and home made jams. The dinner was amazing value at £9 per head per night for five courses, and the waiting staff were pleasant and welcoming.

My only minor criticisms were that the female reception staff were efficient, but not friendly. They took their lead from Mrs Stubli who was often in the restaurant but didn't come round to speak to many of her guests. Also our room shared a landing with the Stubli family rooms. This included the dog basket, toys, brushes and dog, and a collection of Stubli's shoes. It being the Swiss tradition to leave your shoes outside your room to protect the floors. Luckily the area was well ventilated, as it needed to be! Finally the Swiss eat dinner early, and the nightlife in the village is non-existent, so summer or winter this is not the place for you, if you want to party till late.

The hotel is nice. However, for the price we expected a little bit higher quality rooms. The style and obvious user traces indicate that the rooms have not been renovate for a long time. However, we are very positive about all other aspects of this hotel. I have uploaded some photo's of our room, so you can synchronize your expectations!

We went for the gourmet restaurant and enjoyed a relaxing weekend not far from Interlaken. Our room, not in the main building was very spacious and the bed comfortable. We enjoyed staying in a hotel where the history of the owner's family is part of the decor and ambience. The gourmet meal makes extensive and creative use of local, absolutely fresh products and is an excellent value. The extensive wine list is a treat. The staff is well trained and unobtrusive. We found the breakfast excellent with many special touches including homemade jams, terrific herbal tea selection and outstanding breads and cheeses. We were there as individuals. I have no idea what a group experience would be like. We will go back when the flowers are in bloom and eat outside on the large terrace. The surrounding area is wonderful for walking. The hotel is in a small village and mixed in with residences. A lot of charm in the location.

We stayed at the Alpenblick from April 11th to 18th 2009. Together with 3 other families we were in total a party of 16 with 8 teenagers. Although we came to ski and were a little disappointed when we found out that Junkfrauregion was partially closed down after the Easterweekend we were very pleased with the hotel. Our rooms were spacious and clean (except under the bed!) The breakfast was great especially the bread. Dinner was always very nice and with 5 courses more then sufficient. The friendly Portugees staff durung breakfast and dinner made our stay very pleasing. Unfortunatetely we only encountered the owner of the hotel during out check-in.