The Lauterbrunnen valley, with Wengen on the terrace above.

Where to stay in Lauterbrunnen

Stay in Lauterbrunnen if you arrive by car: the covered car park is at the station, and from there Wengen is 12 minutes by train and Kleine Scheidegg 42. If you want a car-free village, sleep in Wengen or Mürren instead.

795metres above sea level940covered parking spaces at the station72waterfalls in the valley

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Lauterbrunnen at a glance

Why Lauterbrunnen

Because you can arrive by car and park once: the 940-space garage sits at the station, and from that same square the trains, cable car and bus fan out to every other base in the valley, cutting out the transfers a car-free village would need.

Where to sleep

Arriving by car or moving around the region daily: around the station, where the car park, trains, cable car and bus all meet. First stay or want the falls at the door: towards the Staubbach Fall, in the village centre. Looking for quiet: along the valley road towards Stechelberg.

Watch out

The Grütschalp cable car, the usual route to Mürren, has a long closure announced for spring 2026: check the operator before you book those dates.

Lauterbrunnen, before you book

Lauterbrunnen sits on the floor of a valley scored by 72 waterfalls, at 795 metres, and it is the one base in this cluster of villages you can actually drive to. From Interlaken Ost the train takes about 20 minutes, and the station square becomes the hinge of your stay the moment you step off: car park, cog railway, cable car and bus all start within a few metres of each other. Wengen and Mürren, further up, take over from there, car-free.

Three areas split the valley floor. Around the station is pure transit: the 940-space garage, the Wengernalpbahn platform for Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg, the bus for Stechelberg, all on one square. Towards the Staubbach Fall the village tightens into its old shopfronts and restaurants, with the water dropping at the end of the street. South, the road to Stechelberg runs quieter past the Trümmelbach Falls, and doubles as the alternative way up to Mürren when the Grütschalp cable car is closed.

The choice of hotels stays modest and mostly clusters around the station and the Staubbach end of the village. The Oberland has grown into an old house and a modern annexe near the square, the Staubbach sits directly under the falls, and the Horner has run as the village pub with rooms above since 1996. Our dated price samples put the Steinbock, near the station, as the least expensive of the addresses we tracked, well below the Oberland on the winter dates we sampled for both.

There is no single season here: it is the valley floor, not a ski slope or a summer trail hub on its own, so it works as a base whenever the villages above are open. The Trümmelbach Falls run daily from the start of April to November, and the Grütschalp cable car to Mürren has a long closure from 13 April to 10 July 2026, worth checking before you book those dates. From Interlaken Ost the train takes about 20 minutes, so a late decision to come costs little time.

Summer or winter?

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Summer in Lauterbrunnen

Where to stay this season

This is the waterfall season and the village fills up: sleep towards the Staubbach Fall to walk everywhere, or along the valley road for quiet and the Trümmelbach bus.

waterfalls in the valley

glacier waterfalls inside the mountain at Trümmelbach

4 min

cable car ride to Grütschalp, then the train to Mürren

09:00

Trümmelbach opening time, 08:30 in July and August

Trümmelbach Falls run daily from the beginning of April to November. Babies under 4 and dogs are not admitted. Sources: truemmelbachfaelle.ch, jungfrau.ch, checked 16 September 2026.

5 hotels in Lauterbrunnen, from budget to top end

Budget

Hotel Restaurant Steinbock

Around the station · 2 stars

From

CHF 158/ night

Average seen CHF 165No price found for this season on our sample dates

Split between the main house and an annexe by the station, the Steinbock is the least expensive of the addresses we have dated prices for. Restaurant tables are booked by phone only, so call ahead rather than walking in.

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Mid-range

Hotel Oberland

Around the station · 2 stars

From

CHF 324/ night

Summer average CHF 325

A five-minute walk from the station, by its own count, the Oberland has grown into two buildings: 24 rooms in the old house and 6 in a modern annexe. Its position on the main square suits a stay built around trains, cable car and bus rather than long walks.

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Hotel Staubbach

Towards the Staubbach Fall

No price collected on our sample dates

At Im Rohr, under the cliff, the Staubbach Fall drops close enough to be part of the view. The house has 8 room categories, including connecting rooms for four, which suits families staying near the waterfall end of the village.

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Hotel Restaurant Jungfrau

Around the station

No price collected on our sample dates

Between the station and the village centre, at Fuhren, the Jungfrau puts you within easy reach of both the trains and the Staubbach Fall. It runs its own restaurant, an easy choice for an evening after a day spent on the mountain railways.

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Horner Pub & Hotel

Village centre

No price collected on our sample dates

Running since 1996, the Horner is the village pub with rooms above it, in the centre of Lauterbrunnen. Four of them look straight onto the Staubbach Fall, so ask for one of those if the waterfall is the point of the stay.

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Prices: lowest and average nightly rate seen on Booking.com for 2 adults and 1 room, on 3 winter dates and 3 summer dates, collected on September 16, 2026. They are indicative, the real price depends on your dates. Hotel facts come from each hotel’s own website. Some hotel links are affiliate links.

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Where to stay, area by area

Around the station

Trains, cable car and bus

This is the square you land on, whether you came by car or by train: the covered garage, the Wengernalpbahn platform and the bus for Stechelberg all sit within a few steps of each other. It suits anyone moving around the region daily, skiers heading up to Wengen or Kleine Scheidegg each morning, or a first stay where you would rather not carry bags far. The trade-off is distance from the waterfall end of the village, a short walk rather than a step outside the door.

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Towards the Staubbach Fall

The village itself

Here the village is at its most compact: shops, restaurants and the row of houses under the cliff, with the Staubbach Fall dropping at the end of the street. It suits a stay built around walking rather than trains and cable cars, and anyone who wants the waterfall as the view from the window. In exchange it is the busiest corner of the valley in summer, when day visitors fill the same short street.

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The valley road to Stechelberg

Bus line 141

South of the village the road runs quieter, past the Trümmelbach Falls, to the bus stop for the Schilthorn cable car at Stechelberg. It suits a stay away from the daily crowd around the station, and anyone using the Stechelberg route to Mürren rather than the Grütschalp cable car. In return, everything else in the valley, the trains, the shops, the station car park, is a bus ride away rather than a walk.

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What to do in Lauterbrunnen

This is not a trail guide. It lists the named places that the tourist office and the operators publish, so you know what fills a day spent on the valley floor rather than up on the mountain.

On foot

Two walks on the valley floor

Lauterbrunnen to Stechelbergflat · suitable for pushchairs
The path follows the valley floor between its two rock walls, past the streams that drop off the cliffs on either side. The tourist office describes it as easy and flat, so it works for anyone regardless of fitness, and the valley bus brings you back from Stechelberg at the end.
The Staubbach Falla few minutes from the church
The fall drops straight off the cliff at the edge of the village. The tourist office calls it one of the highest free falling waterfalls in Europe, and its spray is what gave it the name: Staub means dust.

Typical here

The waterfalls you pay to see

Trümmelbach Fallsearly April to early November · 09:00 to 17:00
Ten glacier waterfalls inside the mountain, reached by a tunnel lift, carrying up to 20 000 litres a second. Hours run 08:30 to 18:00 in July and August. No dogs, and no children under four.
Mürrenbach Fall417 m · near Stechelberg
The tourist office gives it as 417 metres. It is visible from the valley road, at the end of the flat walk, without paying anything.

Up the mountain

Up from the valley

Grütschalp and Mürrencable car then mountain train
The cable car leaves from the station in Lauterbrunnen and climbs to Grütschalp, where a mountain train takes over for the run along the terrace to Mürren. From there, the Schilthorn cable car continues up towards Piz Gloria.
Wengen and Kleine Scheidegg12 minutes by train to Wengen
The Wengernalpbahn climbs the opposite side of the valley to Wengen, then carries on to Kleine Scheidegg, where the trains for the Jungfraujoch leave. It is the same railway you would take for a day trip up from the valley floor, whichever stop you get off at.

Where to eat

Hotel OberlandSwiss cooking, main street
Rösti, cheese fondue and Alpine dishes, as the tourist office describes the house. Useful because it serves late for the valley.
Food PointTurkish and Italian
Food Point is the village’s quick option for Turkish and Italian dishes, listed by the tourist office among Lauterbrunnen’s addresses. It suits the evening you come back late from the mountain and want dinner without waiting.

Seasons, hours and figures come from the Lauterbrunnen tourist office and the Trümmelbach falls, checked on 16 September 2026. We publish no ratings and no route descriptions: check conditions on the spot before you set off.

Swiss Travel Pass, from the valley floor

Section

Swiss Travel Pass

Interlaken Ost to Lauterbrunnen

Included

Lauterbrunnen to Wengen

Included

Wengen to Kleine Scheidegg

25% off

Kleine Scheidegg to Jungfraujoch

25% off

2026 fare · CHF

WithoutWithout pass

WithWith pass

Interlaken Ost to Jungfraujoch, return, May to October 2026

261.20

177.20

Adult, 2nd class. The pass is valid free of charge as far as Wengen and Grindelwald; above them it gives a discount, published as 25%, which is worth confirming at the counter. Separately, the Schilthorn return from Stechelberg costs CHF 115.00 for an adult at the published 2026 fare. Fares checked on 16 September 2026.

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What runs, month by month

	J	F	M	A	M	J	J	A	S	O	N	D
Train Lauterbrunnen to Wengen	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open
Cable car to Grütschalp for Mürren	Open	Open	Open	Partly closed	Closed	Closed	Partly closed	Open	Open	Partly closed	Open	Open
Schilthorn cable car from Stechelberg	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Partly closed	Open	Open
Trümmelbach Falls	Closed	Closed	Closed	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Open	Partly closed	Closed

Open

Partly closed

Closed

Trümmelbach Falls: daily from the beginning of April to November, 09:00 to 17:00, and 08:30 to 18:00 in July and August; the exact season edges depend on the weather. Grütschalp cable car: replacement works announced from 13 April to 10 July 2026, with a further autumn break; check the operator before booking. Schilthorn cable car: replacement bus on 19 to 30 October 2026. Checked 16 September 2026.

Arriving by car, in practice

Park at the station

Head for the covered garage at the station rather than looking for space on the street: it holds 940 cars and is also where you switch to the trains, cable car and bus for the car-free villages further up. Check current rates before you go.

Up to Wengen

The Wengernalp railway takes 12 minutes to Wengen and 42 to Kleine Scheidegg, on the longest cog railway in the world, so a day on the slopes or on the Jungfraujoch line starts a short ride from your room rather than a long transfer.

Across to Mürren

Take the cable car up to Grütschalp, then change onto the little railway that carries on to Mürren. When the cable car is closed, as it is for a stretch in spring 2026, switch to the bus for Stechelberg and ride the Schilthorn cable car up instead.

Down the valley

Bus 141 leaves opposite the station for Stechelberg and passes the Trümmelbach Falls on the way, so it doubles as transport to the falls and as the route to the Schilthorn cable car.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I drive to Lauterbrunnen?

Yes: Lauterbrunnen itself is on the road network, and the covered car park at the station has 940 spaces. Wengen and Mürren, further up the same valley, are car-free, so once you park you continue there by train or cable car rather than by road.

How do I get to Mürren from Lauterbrunnen?

There are two ways up: the cable car to Grütschalp followed by the little railway, or the bus down the valley to Stechelberg followed by the Schilthorn cable car. The cable car has a long closure announced for spring 2026, so check which route is running before you travel.

When are the Trümmelbach Falls open?

The falls run daily from the beginning of April to November, 09:00 to 17:00, and 08:30 to 18:00 in July and August. The exact first and last days move with the weather, so if your visit falls right at the edge of the season, check before you go rather than building a day around it.

Lauterbrunnen or Wengen?

Choose Lauterbrunnen if you are driving, or if you want the valley floor with the waterfalls right at the door. Choose Wengen if you would rather have a car-free village on a terrace, 12 minutes higher up on the same railway.

How long to Kleine Scheidegg and the Jungfraujoch?

Kleine Scheidegg is 42 minutes away by the Wengernalp railway. From there, the Jungfrau Railway takes another 35 to 40 minutes to the Jungfraujoch, so between the change and that second climb, treat it as a half-day outing rather than a quick detour if you also want time at the top.