• Centrally located nine-storey hotel, set 200 metres from the train station and one kilometre from the cathedral and old town.



• The 214 guestrooms are all air-conditioned and come equipped with high-speed Internet connections and Sony PlayStations.



• Guests can visit the health club for a swim, a massage or a sauna, and salsa the night away in the Cuban-style Allegra club.

What to expect: The hotel shares its bright white façade with Basel's convention center in the Messe (trade fair) district. The broad reception area is punctuated by thick pillars and flanked by the reception and business center on the left. A mainly business clientele occasionally mixes it with international sports and entertainment stars.

Amenity highlights: The hotel's Le Plaza Restaurant, offering modern Swiss cuisine and a range of seasonal specialities, features a contemporary environment designed by Iria Degen and photographic artwork by Peter Hebeisen. Along with exercise machines, guests enjoy the aqua tinted water of the oval pool in the Amrita health center, bordered by its own coffee bar, a steam bath, and massage room. For a different style of relaxation, guests get complimentary entry to the Plaza Dancing Club in the same building. The hotel guest entrance is also in the basement.

Insider tip: Crossing the Rhine is easy enough on foot or by tram but far more curious are the sampan-shaped wooden ferries that drift across the river, dragged along by a cable. One shuttles from Klein (Little) Basel to a spot on the riverbank immediately below the Münster, Basel's grand Gothic cathedral.

• Modern hotel in central Basel, 500 metres from the museum district and just 140 metres from the main railway station.



• Air-conditioned guestrooms are modern and colourfully decorated with dark wood furniture; all include cable television.



• Guests can start the day with the hotel’s breakfast, while practical amenities include room service and onsite parking.

• Modern, centrally located, corner hotel, 50 metres from the Basel Exhibition Centre and 500 metres from the city’s museums.



• The hotel's 32 guestrooms are simply decorated with light wood furnishings; all include televisions and hair dryers.



• Guests can dine on Swiss cuisine in the traditional restaurant, and order snacks and drinks from the room service menu.

• A ‘fine-art’ hotel built in the 1960s, 500 metres from central Basel’s museum district and nine kilometres from the airport.



• Guestrooms feature themed murals of subjects such as the Taj Mahal or the Great Pyramid, and also offer television and safes.



• Guests can enjoy a selection of healthy snacks at the Vegetarian Soup and Salad Bar and Italian classics in the restaurant.