I would like to inform people when booking online for this hotel and Spar that you may not end up in the historical beautiful old hotel we thought we were booked into when booking online! We were directed to a modern hotel away from Spar which sadly was not up to standard. And certainly not a Boutique Spar! We felt misrepresented and very upset as we had travelled three and half hours to get there from home! My sister was visiting from SAfrica and I wanted to surprise and spoil her with a Spar get away! The Reception staff were welcoming and had helped us with directions as even our GPS coordinates were taking us around the block several times. Speaking to the Receptionist, she informed us that we were in fact not staying in the Historical building but their other sister hotel and this was why we could not recognize the hotel! We were looking for the Historical building that we had viewed on the website and booked! Interesting to note that several other guests experienced the exactly same issue! However based on our feeling of misrepresentation and the sub standard hotel, we were not willing to stay there, so we left! We were informed that we would not receive a refund of nearly 1500 francs for our three day stay! This hotel was far from up to standard! Floors dirty, scratches snd scuff marks all over the floor, hardly any furniture, just generally a very shabby appearance! The room had two camp beds ( it looked like) pushed together, with thin mattresses!! The curtain was too short and looked shrunken! I can honestly say it was not a place that I would choose in the first place and my booking was based on the other views of a beautiful looking old character hotel! We loved the look of the Spar inside the buildings, with lovely photos showing a really welcoming pleasant look and experience! There was also not hotel parking! One would need to walk a distance to get to the Spar which for us was the main purpose of our visit!! I feel it only right to inform others when booking on the online site that you may very well experience same problem as us! All in all a very disappointing experience!! We ended up driving another three and half hours home !!
We spent two nights in Baden at the Blume. It was very quaint and nice large rooms. The decor was a mix in the rooms, but much more historical in the lobby and atrium style hotel. The rooms were clean and quiet. We took advantage of one of the private hot baths, which are very hot, we would do that again. The food was good. The only odd thing was the pipe/pole running through our room, but it made for many good stories and jokes. We still don’t know what it is for.
Baden has a lot to offer. Will be back soon as the place is like in a fairytale fantasy. The hostel is really clean and the breakfast is included. Overall it’s a wonderful staycation 😍