Three of us stayed here while doing the Haute Walkers' Route from Chamonix to Zermatt. This hotel is directly on the route and very popular. It is actually more of a hostel, and includes some dormitory rooms. We shared a three-bedded room, a bit cramped, with showers/loos a few steps away. Dinner and breakfast were included in the price and... More

Very disappointed. Charges hotel prices but offers little better than "dortoir" accommodation. Room measured c.2mtrs by 1.5 mtrs, Couldn't move in it! No wardrobe, not even any hooks on door for clothes etc. loo and shower out in corridor and no hot water. Avoid this one.

When we arrived from our hike we had to wait for about 45mins (with many others) to have a room assigned. I think they may have overbooked that night as a few people didn't seem very pleased by the tone and looks of things. We were advised to sit in the restaurant for a drink until they were ready for... More

Gruben is a stop on the walkers' Haute Route to Zermatt and the Schwarzhorn is almost the only accommodation in the remote Turtmanntal valley. We stayed for one night last September. Like some other Swiss hotels in remote villages it has a mixture of dormitory accommodation and small rooms, none of them en suite as far as we know. We... More