Best Basel-City holiday apartments

The laid back city of Basel is set on Switzerland’s borders with Germany and France and as such is one of the country’s more cosmopolitan cities. A holiday apartment in Basel from 9flats is a great way to get to know this underrated destination from a local perspective, as your holiday accommodation in Basel will see you living right among the locals and away from the tourist crowds. If you have considered couchsurfing in Basel, you will be pleased that 9flats holiday apartments in Basel offer a similarly authentic experience but with the added benefits of more comfort and privacy. Basel has a lovely medieval old town at its centre and dates from 374 AD. It is a modestly sized city of some 160,000 inhabitants and is celebrated for its Fasnacht and Vogel Gryff festivals in spring and winter. In summer it enjoys some of Switzerland’s highest temperatures when locals cool off by the Rhine and fountains.

Exploring from your holiday apartment in Basel

The city is divide by the Rhine into Grossbasel (Great Basel) on its south and west banks and Kleinbasel (Little Basel) to the north and east. The picturesque medieval Old Town is at the centre of Great Basel while most of the nightlife occurs in Little Basel on the north bank.
The celebrations of Fasnacht rival anything from Rio’s carnival or New Orlean’s Mardi Gras and several world class art museums add to the city’s cultural life. Along with the attractions of Basel, visitors to the city will find that it is a great base from which to explore the neighbouring regions of French Alsace and the German Black Forest.

Choosing holiday accommodation in Basel

Renting a holiday apartment in Basel-city will see you right in the centre of the action and is ideal to walk the cobbled streets of the medieval Old Town. Here you can explore the Rathaus, Marktplatz and the gates to the old walled city. It is also a good base from which to explore the city’s museums, of which there are more than two dozen, covering subjects as diverse as art and architecture to cartoons and dolls houses. A holiday apartment in St. Margarethen is in a comfortable residential area to the south of the city centre with parks close by and good links to the city centre.

To Switzerland and beyond

A holiday apartment in Zurich meanwhile will take you to Switzerland’s largest city where recent liberalisation of licensing laws has resulted in a blossoming of the local nightlife. Now you can find more than 80 nightclubs, 500 bars and 1500 restaurants in the city. Moving on from Switzerland, just across the southern border into Italy a holiday apartment in Milan will take you to one of the world’s leading fashion centres, with superb shopping, great food and some wonderful football. 9flats has great flats all over the world so now is the time to make sure you get an authentic experience when you travel by booking your holiday accommodation with 9flats.