"Pros: We stayed at hotel Alfa for a couple of days during Eurovision week 2025. The hotel location was great! Although it was around a 20-30 minute walk from the centre, it is right next to a tram stop and a short walk from a bus stop. Anyone visiting Basel and paying city tax at a hotel gets a free travel card for the buses and trams, which also includes night buses. This was really useful to get around, and we used the buses and trams to visit attractions such as the tri-point between Germany, Switzerland and France, the zoo, and the Eurovision village and arena! Whilst there was no air con in the room, and a busy road outside (so we didn't want the windows open at night) we found the temperature to be comfortable and the traffic was not noisy with the windows closed. They was also a fan in the room but we didn't need to use it. The room was clean and had two large single beds pushed together with two separate duvets and big pillows - and these were very comfortable. We also had a small coffee machine, 2 bottles of water and a couple of chocolates in the room, which was a nice touch. Cons: The en suite bathroom was a little on the small side, but was fine for the couple of nights we were there. As mentioned above, there was no air con so temperature control wasn't possible but during our stay in a (warm) May it was comfortable. Since we were staying during Eurovision, the price was quite high, but was a very good deal compared to other hotels!" ~Jessica

"Pros: The hotel is very good, clean, safe. Room was spacious and bathroom and shower were good. Very well located next to tram, 15 minutes from city centre. Very comfortable room. Cons: The carpet was old, the bathroom door was chipped and cracked. The entrance and staircase were dirty and had cob webs." ~Sanjay