Hotel Waldrand Pochtenalp, which presents itself as the Nostalgiehotel am Berg, can be booked in full for seminars, workshops, family celebrations, company dinners and small wedding receptions. Groups of 35 to 58 people use the whole hotel and its restaurant exclusively. It stands on the Pochtenalp above Kiental, in the Bernese Oberland, and it runs in summer only.
Seminars and company events
The hotel positions itself for workshops and seminars where a group wants quiet: drafting a strategy, ordering ideas, training managers or building a team. Participants sleep on site in 37 beds spread over 18 simple rooms. The site says the hotel supplies the setting and the meals, and that organizers bring their own equipment. Power is available, and data transfer by satellite is only partly guaranteed, so plan a program that does not depend on a fast connection.
For breaks and a side program, the hotel lists hiking and mountain bike routes at the door, high mountain tours in the Kander valley, the Kandersteg to Allmenalp via ferrata, the toboggan run at Oeschinensee, tandem skydiving from Interlaken and scenic flights from Reichenbach airfield. The hotel gives advice on each of these.
Weddings and receptions
The hotel hosts small weddings after the civil ceremony, with a meal and an overnight stay for the party. It also takes family celebrations such as birthdays and christenings, and meals for clients or staff. The group option is the closed party: the entire hotel including the restaurant, for between 35 and 58 people.
Rooms and capacities
There is no list of separate halls on the site. The offer is the whole house for one group: dining room, guest rooms and the restaurant of the hotel. The stated range is 35 to 58 guests. Ask the hotel which rooms serve for plenary sessions and group work, and how tables can be laid out.
Accommodation
The hotel has 18 rooms with 37 beds in total. The rooms are described as simple, in historic buildings. With exclusive use, your group has the whole house, so there are no other guests.
Catering
The kitchen cooks homemade dishes from regional products. The restaurant is open daily from 08:00 to 22:00, with hot food until 20:30 in the regular season. For private groups the menu is set with the hotel.
History and setting
The hotel is in historic buildings and offers a quiet, family-run atmosphere with the feel of an earlier era. The site says no ringing phones disturb the quiet and presents this as a plus. The road to the Pochtenalp is served by what the hotel calls the steepest postbus route in Europe.
Getting there
The hotel is at CH-3723 Kiental. Access is by the postbus route up to the Pochtenalp or by road. Check the current timetable and parking arrangements with the hotel when you book.
Season
The hotel operates only in summer. It is closed for the 2026 to 2027 winter and announces reopening on May 1, 2027, with opening running to October 17, 2027. Dates for events must fall in this window.
