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Hotel Murtenhof & Krone – reviews, photos

3.0 of 5
Rathausgasse 1-3, Murten 3280, Switzerland
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Hotel Murtenhof & Krone
Ranked #1 of 4 hotels in Murten
4.0 of 5 stars 23 Reviews
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NYC
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27 reviews 27 reviews
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20 helpful votes 20 helpful votes
“Acceptable”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 12 October 2010
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Pros: the staff. We had particularly great interaction with Mark at the front desk, and everyone there was very friendly, multilingual and helpful (and I must say in contrast to most of the people in Murten, wow). When we checked in they gave us a choice of two rooms. One had a lakeside view but was not as good because it had one big bed and one small bed (we were two friends traveling). The other had two separate beds but no view to speak of (just the outside street). The first room with the lakeside view was...interesting. We called the little bed sleeping in the hole. Clearly it wasn't that bad as you can see in the photos but yeah, it's not ideal to sleep in that tiny space and you also can't watch the TV from there which is on the wall. The bathroom was...retro, to put it kindly. The towels looked like they were dishtowels! The view was awesome, but you had to be right up in the window to see anything.

The second one, the room we took, was Ikea-like in furnishing and was basically a place to sleep at night. It was fine, but not especially comfortable. The beds were not comfortable and kinda cheap. The walls were also kinda thin. The bathroom had a really loud echo for some reason and they only gave us one cup at the sink! The TV, though was totally unacceptable. It was in theory a color TV but that meant that there would be flashes of color (often the whole screen being blue) alternating with black & white. Interesting. Yeah, yeah, on vacation you're not supposed to be in the hotel watching TV but at the end of a long day it's nice to kick up your feet and relax with a watchable TV.

The breakfast was kind of mediocre, certainly compared to other hotels in Switzerland. The rest of the hotel space was kinda weird and funky but not necessarily in a bad way. Overall, it was fine for a couple of nights but it's not somewhere I would be running to again.

  • Stayed April 2010, travelled with friends
    • 3 of 5 stars Value
    • 3 of 5 stars Location
    • 3 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 3 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 3 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 3 of 5 stars Service
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Orange CA
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29 reviews 29 reviews
Reviews in 29 cities Reviews in 29 cities
15 helpful votes 15 helpful votes
“Very good hotel, very good restaurant, great owners, great location”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 2 August 2010

We reserved a standard room, non smoking. When we were shown the room we could smell the smoke. I said we had to move and luckily they had a suite available with a lake view. Nice and roomy they gave it to us for a bargain price. We were at the end of our long trip and a splurge was ok. We enjoyed the rooms. Large front room, bathroom, and bedroom. A fan kept us cool enough at night.

We left the bathroom light on and left the window open at night for air circulation. Mistake. A zillion bugs were in our bathroom. We didn't make that mistake again.

The owners, especially Ariste, and their staff were especially helpful. One staff member helped us find an electronics store that had a GPS (we had just broken ours). Ice was available for the room. The hotel had a few free parking spots and we lucky to get one. The restaurant served very good food. We had the lake fish and it was great.

Breakfast had smoked salmon, meats, cheeses, other selections. Grocery store just down the street. Great location.

  • Stayed July 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 5 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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Abingdon
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8 reviews 8 reviews
Reviews in 7 cities Reviews in 7 cities
5 helpful votes 5 helpful votes
“Wondeful place to stay”
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 June 2010

We found this hotel to be all we could wish for. We had a lovely spacious room with lake view and its own little terrace. The food was good and the service and friendliness of the staff was impeccable. Location perfect. Sorry to leave this hotel.

  • Stayed June 2010, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 5 of 5 stars Sleep Quality
    • 5 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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San Mateo Ca
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62 reviews 62 reviews
Reviews in 31 cities Reviews in 31 cities
81 helpful votes 81 helpful votes
“Small room, small bath,big price”
3 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 November 2009

We were a bit disappointed with size of the room for the price. Yes, it is Switzerland but it was a shock as the room, bath (tiny), TV (12 in?) all so small. We had a lake view but sadly were not in the room except a short overnight. The restaurant was closed that day ( Monday). The hotel public rooms were very pleasant and old worldly which we like. We may have had a room in the section that was originally the Krone so older small rooms.
Location is very good, right in town, walking distance to the train and all the sights of the small town and ramparts walkways. Buffet breakfast was OK but not extensive. Try the hotel directly for the best price, we booked elsewhere, unfortunately.
Dinner at the nearby Hotel Schiff was very good, pleasant atmosphere and service, could order smaller portions if wanted.

  • Stayed October 2009, travelled as a couple
    • 2 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 2 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 5 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 5 of 5 stars Service
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15 reviews 15 reviews
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8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
“Wonderful restaurant”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 October 2009

Stayed for two nights in July this year. Our room was quite small and in the eves of the hotel. Not much of a view but clean and comfortable. The hotel reception staff were very helpful.

Decided to eat in the hotel and were not disappointed. Reserved a table overlooking the lake. The food was wonderful, one of the nicest meals we had in Switzerland. It was quite expensive but worth it. The service was outstanding, not at all pretentious.

  • Stayed July 2009, travelled as a couple
    • 4 of 5 stars Value
    • 5 of 5 stars Location
    • 4 of 5 stars Rooms
    • 4 of 5 stars Cleanliness
    • 4 of 5 stars Service
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Rathausgasse 1-3, Murten 3280, Switzerland
Price range (per night):* INR7,773 - 38,864

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