Interlaken Hotels with Game Rooms for Rainy Alpine Days (2026)
5 family-friendly hotels with game room in Interlaken . Handpicked for families who want the best.
Interlaken weather is binary. When it's clear, you ride the cogwheel up to Jungfraujoch and the kids spend two hours in snow at altitude. When it's clouds-down-to-the-lake, you sit in the hotel for the better part of a day. The five hotels below all have indoor games that survive a half-day of rain — billiards tables, real ping-pong, board game cabinets, in one case a dedicated games room with a snooker table. Of the 29 hotels we checked across central Interlaken, only nine offered any game facilities. The five we picked have the strongest setups and the best location for walking to the cog station when the clouds clear. Prices range from 389 euros a night for the budget pick to 1,773 for the Victoria Jungfrau. Distance from Interlaken Ost station to all five is under 12 minutes on foot.
Interlaken sits between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz on a flat alluvial plain that connects the two. The town has two railway stations: Interlaken West (closer to the older centre and the lake-cruise dock for Thun) and Interlaken Ost (the gateway to Jungfraujoch and the Lake Brienz boats). All five hotels in this list are within a 12-minute walk of one of the two stations. The town itself is small enough to cross in 20 minutes and largely flat, which makes it stroller-friendly despite being in the Alps. Bring a hardshell jacket even in July; afternoon thunderstorms are routine.
Why a Game Room Saves Your Interlaken Trip
Swiss mountain weather is famously fickle. Interlaken averages 11 rainy days per month from June to August and gets fully fogged-in summit views about 30 percent of summer mornings. The cogwheel railway to Jungfraujoch costs 240 CHF per adult round-trip and is the entire reason most families come, but if the summit is in cloud you can't see anything at the top. The 24-hour weather window forecast you get from the cog rail company is fairly reliable — but you still need a fallback when it goes wrong.
Game rooms in Swiss hotels mean different things at different price points. The Victoria Jungfrau has an actual dedicated games room with a snooker table, in addition to the billiards in the bar. Mid-range hotels like Bellevue offer billiards in a converted reading room. Budget options like Merkur and Derby have ping-pong tables in the basement plus billiards at reception. We've noted what each hotel actually has so you can match expectations to room rate.
Parent's take
We spent six nights in Interlaken across two visits with a 9 and a 12-year-old. Got two full Jungfraujoch days, two days fog-bound. The fog days are when game rooms saved us. Tip: Bring your own ping-pong paddles if your kids care about quality — hotel paddles are old. Most hotels run their game spaces 9am to 10pm with no booking system, just walk in. Late afternoon (4pm-6pm) is usually quiet because guests are out for early dinner.
Our Top 5 Picks
Hotels in Interlaken with game room, sorted by guest rating.
Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa
Interlaken
Wonderful
0 reviews
A 5-star Belle Époque grand hotel facing the Höhematte park with views of the Jungfrau, the only hotel in Interlaken with a full dedicated games room. Inside the spa-floor leisure area: full-size snooker table, a separate billiards bar, and a board-games library. The hotel also runs a daily kids club for children 4-12 from June through September, which makes the games room more useful as a teen space.
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€1773/night
Why families love Victoria Jungfrau Grand Hotel & Spa
Best games-room setup of any Interlaken hotel by some margin. The dedicated room with the snooker table is a real space, not a corner of the bar — proper lighting, two leather sofas, a quiet place for a parent to read while a 10-year-old practices breaks. Kids loved that the staff treated them as guests rather than tolerated the way some grand hotels do. Worth the splurge if you can absorb the 1,773 CHF nightly rate, especially on a forecast-bad week. Minus point: the hotel is so grand that some kids feel overwhelmed in the formal dining room. We ate breakfast there, lunch in the more casual brasserie.
Hotel Merkur
Interlaken
Excellent
0 reviews
A 3-star family-run hotel facing Interlaken West station with a dedicated basement game room containing two ping-pong tables and a 6-foot billiards table. The basement is open until midnight, the longest hours in our list. The hotel has 35 rooms across two connected buildings, family rooms in the larger building, and a simple ground-floor restaurant.
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€389/night
Why families love Hotel Merkur
Best games room for the price. The basement isn't fancy but it has actual functional ping-pong tables (two of them, so you can do doubles), a billiards table that is bigger than a 'pub' size, and the late-night opening means a 12-year-old can still play after dinner without disturbing anyone. We played until 11pm one night when the rain wouldn't stop. Hotel rooms are basic but warm and clean. The owner family is the staff, which gives a much more personal feel than the chain options.
Hotel Derby Interlaken
Interlaken
Excellent
0 reviews
A 3-star self-check-in hotel near the Höhematte park, with a small games corner in the bar that includes billiards and an extensive board game collection across two cabinets. The hotel has 26 rooms with mountain or street views, a shared kitchen for guests, and a breakfast buffet.
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€406/night
Why families love Hotel Derby Interlaken
Quirky budget pick. The board game collection is the strongest in town — 40-plus games across two cabinets, including newer family games like Ticket to Ride and Codenames Pictures. Our kids spent two evenings on these. The billiards table is small, so adults found it cramped, but kids loved that they could reach across without help. Self check-in works fine but means no front-desk help if you have a question late at night. Worth the lower price for the game variety.
Stella Swiss Quality Hotel
Interlaken
Excellent
0 reviews
A 4-star contemporary hotel near the Höhematte park between the two stations, with board game cabinets in the lobby and a children's play corner with games. The hotel has a sauna and a restaurant with a kids' menu. Unlike the older properties, this one has been recently renovated with modern design throughout.
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€394/night
Why families love Stella Swiss Quality Hotel
Lighter game offering than the others — board games rather than billiards or ping-pong — but the lobby setup is genuinely nice. Big leather chairs, low tables, kids can spread out a Catan game while adults have coffee. Suits families with younger kids (5-9) more than older ones who'd want active games. Hotel itself is the most modern of the five, which some kids prefer over the heritage feel of Victoria or Bellevue. Free Swiss breakfast is generous.
Boutique Hotel Bellevue
Central Interlaken
Very Good
1,242 reviews
Boutique Hotel Bellevue is a small 4-star run by the same family for three generations, a 6-minute walk from Interlaken West and the Höhematte meadow. The spa is compact: one sauna, one jacuzzi, one steam room, and a cold plunge. Rooms are individually styled in Alpine-modern.
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€1457/night
Why families love Boutique Hotel Bellevue
More of a wellness corner than a full spa, but the pieces it has are excellent quality. The jacuzzi fits six, the sauna is proper hot (85C), and the view from both is across the valley to Harder Kulm. Kids welcome from 9am to 5pm, adults only after. The real reason to book: the owner's wife makes cakes for breakfast that could make you miss a train.
💡What Parents Need to Know About Interlaken Game Rooms
- 1Pack ping-pong paddles or chalk for billiards if your kids are picky. Hotel paddles in Interlaken are mostly worn down, and the chalk on the billiards cues is ancient. A 15 CHF junior paddle from a sports shop in town fixes both problems. The Sportarena Interlaken near the Ost station has a basic sport-equipment counter if you forget.
- 2Check the cog rail forecast at 7am the morning of your planned ride. The Jungfrau Railways app gives a 'view at the summit' status that's reliable. If it shows clouds at Jungfraujoch but clear at Kleine Scheidegg, do that ride instead — you keep the mountain experience without the 240 CHF summit ticket cost. Reserve your slot the evening before for guaranteed seats; you can cancel at no cost up to 7am same morning.
- 3Eat lunch at the hotel on rain days. Interlaken's town centre restaurants are often touristy and overpriced for what they serve. The hotels listed all do simple lunch menus that work for kids, plus you keep the game room access between courses. Save the better bistros for clear-weather evenings when you can sit outdoors.
- 4Most hotel game rooms close 10pm, so if your kids are still wired at bedtime, the late-evening window doesn't exist. The exception is Hotel Merkur, where the basement ping-pong room is open until midnight per reception. Worth knowing if you have a 12-year-old who falls asleep at 11pm and wakes up at 9.
- 5Don't pay for a Swiss Travel Pass for kids under 16 — it's free for them on most regional transport with a parent's pass. Most families overpay 400-500 CHF on this. The Berner Oberland Pass covers all the cog rails, lake boats and buses for 7 days at a fixed price; cheaper than buying point-to-point if you ride the rails twice.
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