Hotel in Wengen - Murren

What are you looking for?

If you want incredible views, then stay in Wengen.

If you want luxury in Wengen, then stay at the Regina.

If you want a great chef/food then stay at the Schonegg. The owner, Rene, is a FABULOUS host and the nicest bloke.

If you want a life-changing view of the Lauterbrunen Valley/Staubach Falls/Jungfrau in a very quiet setting outside of town (about a 4 minute walk past the chapel) then stay at the Minotel Bellevue Wengen. Andi, the owner, is very helpful with day-trip ideas. Lots of English people stay here.

The Belevedere is also a great hotel as is the Alpenrose.

I wouldn't stay in Murren. It is a cute little town, but you have to get on the train to Grutschalp and take the cable car down to Lauterbrunnen to get anwhere.

If you are going to be going into Interlaken a lot or up to the Jungfrau, this could be a pain in the neck.

I also wouldn't stay at the Beusite Park in Wengen, there is nothing wrong with it, but it is in the center of town by the tennis courts and I can't think that would be a very charming location, but remember Wengen is TINY.

Do shop at the Coop in Wengen for all of your grocery needs. There is also a Coop in Murren.

Tschuss,
Pepper

Murren is much more isolated and hard to reach than Wengen if doing excursions around the Jungfrau Region - that could be a factor and getting up to Murren from Lauterbrunnen itself can take an hour or so at times. If you do stay in either Wengen or Murren and are traveling around and also taking trains other places in Switzerland then consider getting a Swiss Railpass as it covers in full both the aerial cable ways up to Grutschalp and Gimmelwald and Murren and the train from Grutschalp to Murren and also trains to Wengen are covered 100% - so if doing more trains in Switzerland could be a good deal.
anyway for lots of good info on Swiss trains, cable cars, etc check out these fab sites - www.swisstravelsystem.com; http://www.budgeteuropetravel.com/id3.html and www.ricksteves.com.
But again Wengen is much quicker to reach from Interlaken and Lauterbrunnen so if using Murren as a base it may not be the most convenient. I will take the views from Murren over those from Wengen however - Murren is perched on top of a cliff overlooking not only the deep chasm of the Lauterbrunnen valley but eyeballs the glacier-drenched Jungfrau Massif right opposite it. Murren also IMO tends to be a bit more lively than somnolent Wengen.

ROFL!!!

Please, troll, put down whatever you have been smoking.

WENGEN sits right in front of the Jungfrau.

And you can't see Lauterbrunnen from Murren. You can 't even see Lauterbrunnen if you walk (which I just did in September) from Murren to Grutschalp because if is to far down over the treeline along the cliff.

Tschuss,
Pepper

the views from Murren IMO are just as good and even better than those from Wengen - that is my opinion and I stand by it. Murren sits smack in front of the Jungfrau too - have you been to Murren - seems not!

Thank you guys! I guess I'll have to toss a coin to decide between Wengen and Murren, for both of them seem to be great!