A cozy Alpine-style inn in the heart of Bariloche. We sit inside the central grid, only two blocks from the main square and a short walk from the Civic Center, so you can leave the keys at reception and explore the town on foot instead of planning every outing around a car. Rooms are heated and simple, breakfast is made in the house, and La Casita serves lunch and dinner downstairs when the weather turns and staying in is the better idea.
An inn, not a resort. There is no pool, no spa, no parking and no lake view, and we would rather say so plainly than surprise anyone on arrival. What we do have is a genuinely central address, warm rooms, a real breakfast and people at the desk all day.
The house
Hostería Suiza was built in the Alpine style that shaped Bariloche itself: timber beams, stone walls, steep roof lines and small warm rooms rather than long anonymous corridors. The building has aged into the neighbourhood, and much of its character comes from exactly that - creaking wood underfoot, wool textures on the beds, and a reception desk where someone actually knows the bus times and which restaurant is still open on a Sunday night in low season.
Guests who return tend to talk about the same things: that the house is quiet at night, that the heating works properly in winter, that breakfast is generous enough to carry them to a late lunch, and that everything they wanted to see was reachable without a car. It is a modest, well-kept place run by people who live here, and the service is closer to a family house than a chain hotel front desk.
In every room
Every room comes with heating, a private bathroom with shower, a work desk, cable television, linens and towels, and free WiFi throughout the building. Staff at reception can help in English, Spanish or Portuguese, whether you need a taxi called, a table booked downstairs or advice about the weather on the mountain tomorrow morning.
Your walkable mountain-town base
The Civic Center, with its stone and timber galleries and the wide viewpoint over Nahuel Huapi, sits a couple of minutes from our door. The lakefront promenade, the tourist information office and the photographs everyone takes of the clock tower are all part of the same short walk, which means an evening stroll after dinner never turns into a logistics exercise.
Mitre and the streets running off it hold most of the town's food, outdoor gear, wool and souvenir shopping, along with the chocolate houses Bariloche is known for. Because the inn sits inside that grid rather than on the outskirts, you can go back to the room to drop bags or warm up in the middle of the afternoon instead of committing to a whole day out.
Local transit stops are a short walk away and run on a rechargeable card system that reception can explain before your first ride. Our tour desk also books excursions to Cerro Catedral, Otto Hill and Lago Gutiérrez, so a mountain day can be arranged the evening before rather than improvised at breakfast.
Boards, boots and poles do not have to live in the room. Leave equipment in ski storage between mountain days, and use baggage storage in the hours before check-in or after check-out so a late flight or an early arrival still leaves you free to walk into town with empty hands.
Where to go next
Mornings start with a buffet breakfast of homemade jams, bread and freshly baked pastries, La Casita restaurant serves Argentinian and European cooking at lunch and dinner, and room service is available on the evenings when you would rather not move at all. The pages below describe the twin, double and triple rooms in detail, the food served in the house, what the surrounding streets look like, and the practical notes worth reading before you arrive.
Reservations
Dates in ski season and over the summer holidays go quickly, and the house is small enough that a few bookings fill it. Check availability on our booking page, where rates, room types and conditions are all listed together, and write or call if you want to ask about groups, longer stays or arriving outside the usual check-in window.
Rates, availability and the full cancellation conditions are shown on our booking page, and reception answers questions by phone during the day if you would rather talk to a person before confirming your dates.
