Essential by Dorint Basel City

Schönaustrasse 10, Basel 4058 Switzerland (CHE)
4.0 Star property
47.567580 7.598610
+1-800-219-2797
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Room types

Check rates A Standard Room Consists Of A Room with Shower Toilet or Bathtub Toilet
Non-smoking
Check rates Essential Double Room
Non-smoking
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Non-smoking
Check rates Superior Double Room
Non-smoking
Check rates Superior Room A Superior Room Is Larger and More Comfortable Than A Standard Room It Contains A Show
Non-smoking

Local attractions

Boat trip on the Rhine, Musical Theater, Zoo, City Golf, Grand Casino, Museums
4.0 out of 5. Based on 484 guest reviews

Property description

Basel, the city in the border triangle and the largest exhibition and trade fair center in Switzerland has its very special geographical location to thank for its unique flair. Here life is pulsating and the art scene enjoys a worldwide reputation, which is also reflected in the city's museums and galleries. A shopping haven with Mediterranean flair that can be enjoyed in the numerous street side cafés, but especially an economic hub, which attracts exhibition and congress visitors from around the globe. And the 3-star conference hotel Dorint “An der Messe” is the ideal starting point for both private and business trips to the city of Basel. The service oriented team ensures that all our guests at the Dorint Hotel feel completely at home. The bright, cheery hotel rooms - well equipped for the business traveler, the beautiful gardens and the delicacies served in our restaurant “Côte Jardin” help to ensure that your visit to Basel is a truly sensory experience.

Details / Other expenses

Check-in: 3 PM
Check-out: 12 PM
Year of last renovation: 2011
Floors: 5
Rooms: 171
Corridors: All rooms have interior hallways
Non-smoking rooms: 162
Rooms with disabled access: 1
Suites: 0
Room windows: Windows do open
Cleaning frequency: Daily
Meeting rooms: 7 View spaces
Meeting space: 5699 sq. feet
Dist. to food/bars: On-site
Dist. to a 24hr restaurant: On-site
Dist. to the nearest gym: 0.3 Miles
Lounge/Bar hours: 24 h
Policies / Expenses
Cancellation:
30 days before Check-In
Nightly parking: 20
Total taxes: 10.00%
Total misc. fees: £0.00 GBP
(mandatory resort fees/taxes)
Parking Fee: 20.00 Per Night (CHF)
Additional Person Fee: 10.00 Per Night (CHF)
Avg. Buffet Breakfast Cost: 26.00 Per Night (CHF)

Amenities / Features


  • Air conditioning
  • Alarm clock
  • Baggage storage facilities
  • Breakfast in room
  • Central location
  • Charge for early check out
  • Child facilities
  • Clothes drying
  • Complimentary newspaper
  • Concierge service
  • Conference facilities
  • Credit card accepted: Mastercard/Visa
  • Credit card accepted: American Express
  • Currency exchange
  • Dinner available
  • Electronic key card
  • Elevator
  • Facilities for the disabled
  • Fax available
  • Fitness and health center
  • Games room
  • Garage
  • Hairdryer available
  • Handicap accessible
  • Central heating
  • Internet - wireless
  • Ironing facilities
  • Kitchenette in room
  • Laundry facilities
  • Licensed bar
  • Membership required
  • Movies in room
  • Non-smoking rooms
  • 24 hours opened
  • Office or business center
  • Pets allowed
  • Private bathroom in room
  • Private car parking
  • Quiet location
  • Restaurant
  • Safe in rooms
  • Self controlled heating/cooling system
  • Shower
  • Tea and coffee making facilities
  • Telephone
  • Telephone in all rooms
  • Television

Airport & shuttle information

Euro-Airport Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg, ca. 10 km, non shuttle available, ca. CHF 45,00

Is there an airport shuttle? Sorry but no airport shuttle is available.

Breakfast information

CHF 26.00 per person

Pet friendly?

Yes! Pets are allowed.
20

Parking information

overnight stay / use CHF 25.00 per night Day use CHF 15.00 per day

Internet/Wi-Fi

Free WIFI in hotel area and hotel rooms

Cleaning policies

Daily -optional every 2days due to green square concept

Suggested AI generated itinerary

    Day 1

  • Breakfast: Café Frühling - A popular café known for its excellent coffee and homemade pastries, located about 1.5 km from the hotel.
  • Lunch: Krafft Basel - Enjoy a delightful meal with views of the Rhine. This restaurant offers a modern twist on traditional Swiss cuisine, around 2.5 km away.
  • Dinner: Restaurant Bel Etage - Located within the Art Hotel, about 2 km from your hotel, this place offers a fine dining experience with innovative dishes.
  • Activity: Basel Historical Museum - Explore the rich history of Basel in this museum, which is housed in a beautiful medieval building, approximately 2 km from the hotel.
  • Day 2

  • Breakfast: unternehmen mitte - A spacious café set in a former bank, offering a variety of breakfast options and excellent coffee, around 1.8 km from the hotel.
  • Lunch: Zum Isaak - This restaurant serves traditional Swiss dishes in a historic setting, located on the Münsterplatz, approximately 2.3 km from the hotel.
  • Dinner: Cheval Blanc by Peter Knogl - A three Michelin-starred restaurant offering an unforgettable gastronomic experience, about 2.5 km from your stay.
  • Activity: Zoo Basel - One of the oldest and largest zoos in Switzerland, perfect for a fun day out. It's located about 2 km from your accommodation.
  • Day 3

  • Breakfast: Nomad Eatery - A trendy spot known for its healthy options and vibrant atmosphere, situated roughly 1.2 km from the hotel.
  • Lunch: Pizzeria Da Roberto - Enjoy authentic Italian pizza in a casual setting, just around 1 km from your hotel.
  • Dinner: Eiscafé Acero - Offering a variety of homemade ice creams and light meals, perfect for a casual dinner, located about 800 meters from the hotel.
  • Activity: Kunstmuseum Basel - Discover an impressive collection of art spanning from the Middle Ages to contemporary works, located about 2.1 km away.

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Meeting rooms and event rooms at Essential by Dorint Basel City

Below are the meeting, conference and event spaces at Essential by Dorint Basel City.

Feel free to use the Essential by Dorint Basel City meeting space capacities chart below to help with your event planning. HotelPlanner specialises in Basel event planning for hotel rooms and meeting space for corporate events, weddings, parties, conventions, as well as negotiated rates and trade shows.

Meeting room name L x W x H
(Metres)
Size
(sqm)
Event
5'/6
Event space layout
Crescent
Crescent tables layout
Classroom
Classroom meeting layout
Hollow
Square
Hollow square table layout
U-shape
U-shape meeting layout
Boardroom
Boardroom meeting space
Convention
8'/10'
Convention booth layout
Theatre
Theatre layout
Reception
Reception desk for meetings
Regist.
desk
Registration desk for meetings
Schaffhausen 7 x 6 x 3 48 --/-- -- 16 20 16 20 --/-- 25 -- --
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Schaffhausen

The seminar hotel Dorint An der Messe Basel offers alongside its ideal location next to the fairground especially the needed quietness and individual service, which will turn your conference, board meeting, training, seminar, company event of family event into a huge success! We offer the fitting premises for all kind of functions up to 80 persons, combined with up to date conference equipment. As the need arises our 5 light flooded conference rooms at the 1st floor with 215 sqm all together can be combined at your request. This is part of our tailor made service, which is geared around your needs, pre- during and post- your convention. All rooms offer daylight, but may also be blacked out in the twinkle of an eye, which makes them an ideal presentation surrounding. Furthermore our up to date conference technique will make it easy for you to have successful functions at our hotel.
Room type:
Boardroom
Total size:
516.7 Sq. Miles
Dimensions:
7 x 6 x 3 M
Floor level:
1
Windows:
3
Is there natural light?
Yes
Are there built in screens?
No
Is there a built in stage?
No
Amenities available
  • Coffee / Tea Setup
  • Food / Beverage
  • Projection equip.
  • TV/VCR/DVD
  • WIFI Internet
  • Podium
  • LAN Internet
  • Microphone
  • Teleconferencing
  • White Board
  • Video Conference
  • Flip Chart
  • Air Conditioning
  • Simultaneous Interpretation
  • Sound System
Bern 1 6 x 5 x 3 33 --/-- -- -- 12 10 12 --/-- 15 15 --
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Bern 1

Room type:
Boardroom
Total size:
355.2 Sq. Miles
Dimensions:
6 x 5 x 3 M
Floor level:
1
Windows:
3
Is there natural light?
Yes
Are there built in screens?
No
Is there a built in stage?
No
Amenities available
  • Coffee / Tea Setup
  • Food / Beverage
  • Projection equip.
  • TV/VCR/DVD
  • WIFI Internet
  • Podium
  • LAN Internet
  • Microphone
  • Teleconferencing
  • White Board
  • Video Conference
  • Flip Chart
  • Air Conditioning
  • Simultaneous Interpretation
  • Sound System
Bern 2 9 x 5 x 3 50 --/-- -- 24 22 20 24 --/-- 36 36 --
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Bern 2

Room type:
Boardroom
Total size:
538.2 Sq. Miles
Dimensions:
9 x 5 x 3 M
Floor level:
1
Windows:
3
Is there natural light?
Yes
Are there built in screens?
No
Is there a built in stage?
No
Amenities available
  • Coffee / Tea Setup
  • Food / Beverage
  • Projection equip.
  • TV/VCR/DVD
  • WIFI Internet
  • Podium
  • LAN Internet
  • Microphone
  • Teleconferencing
  • White Board
  • Video Conference
  • Flip Chart
  • Air Conditioning
  • Simultaneous Interpretation
  • Sound System
Bern 3 9 x 5 x 3 50 --/-- -- 24 22 20 24 --/-- 36 36 --
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Bern 3

Room type:
Boardroom
Total size:
538.2 Sq. Miles
Dimensions:
9 x 5 x 3 M
Floor level:
1
Windows:
3
Is there natural light?
Yes
Are there built in screens?
No
Is there a built in stage?
No
Amenities available
  • Coffee / Tea Setup
  • Food / Beverage
  • Projection equip.
  • TV/VCR/DVD
  • WIFI Internet
  • Podium
  • LAN Internet
  • Microphone
  • Teleconferencing
  • White Board
  • Video Conference
  • Flip Chart
  • Air Conditioning
  • Simultaneous Interpretation
  • Sound System
Bern 1 + 2 16 x 5 x 3 83 --/-- -- 40 32 30 30 --/-- 50 50 --
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Bern 1 + 2

Room type:
Boardroom
Total size:
893.4 Sq. Miles
Dimensions:
16 x 5 x 3 M
Floor level:
1
Windows:
6
Is there natural light?
Yes
Are there built in screens?
No
Is there a built in stage?
No
Amenities available
  • Coffee / Tea Setup
  • Food / Beverage
  • Projection equip.
  • TV/VCR/DVD
  • WIFI Internet
  • Podium
  • LAN Internet
  • Microphone
  • Teleconferencing
  • White Board
  • Video Conference
  • Flip Chart
  • Air Conditioning
  • Simultaneous Interpretation
  • Sound System
Bern 2 + 3 19 x 5 x 3 100 --/-- -- 50 42 40 40 --/-- 60 60 --
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Bern 2 + 3

Room type:
Boardroom
Total size:
1076.4 Sq. Miles
Dimensions:
19 x 5 x 3 M
Floor level:
1
Windows:
6
Is there natural light?
Yes
Are there built in screens?
No
Is there a built in stage?
No
Amenities available
  • Coffee / Tea Setup
  • Food / Beverage
  • Projection equip.
  • TV/VCR/DVD
  • WIFI Internet
  • Podium
  • LAN Internet
  • Microphone
  • Teleconferencing
  • White Board
  • Video Conference
  • Flip Chart
  • Air Conditioning
  • Simultaneous Interpretation
  • Sound System
Bern 1 - 3 25 x 5 x 3 133 --/-- -- 70 52 50 40 --/-- 80 80 --
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Bern 1 - 3

Room type:
Boardroom
Total size:
1431.6 Sq. Miles
Dimensions:
25 x 5 x 3 M
Floor level:
1
Windows:
9
Is there natural light?
Yes
Are there built in screens?
No
Is there a built in stage?
No
Amenities available
  • Coffee / Tea Setup
  • Food / Beverage
  • Projection equip.
  • TV/VCR/DVD
  • WIFI Internet
  • Podium
  • LAN Internet
  • Microphone
  • Teleconferencing
  • White Board
  • Video Conference
  • Flip Chart
  • Air Conditioning
  • Simultaneous Interpretation
  • Sound System

FAQs about Essential by Dorint Basel City

What time is check in?

Check in time is 3 PM based on the hotel's local time. Early check in may be available if requested at the front desk on the day of check-in.

What time is check out?

Check out time is 12 PM based on the hotel's local time. Late check out may be available if requested at the front desk during your stay.

How many rooms does Essential by Dorint Basel City have?

There are 171 sleeping rooms in the hotel.

Is there any meeting space at Essential by Dorint Basel City?

Yes, they have 7 meeting rooms that can support various table layouts.

What kind of breakfast is at Essential by Dorint Basel City?

CHF 26.00 per person

What parking is available at Essential by Dorint Basel City?

overnight stay / use CHF 25.00 per night Day use CHF 15.00 per day

How much does internet cost?

Free WIFI in hotel area and hotel rooms

Can I get a AAA rate at Essential by Dorint Basel City?

Sorry, this hotel does not offer AAA hotel discounts at this time.

Can I get a Senior or AARP rate at Essential by Dorint Basel City?

Sorry, this hotel does not offer senior hotel discounts at this time.

Is there a gym at Essential by Dorint Basel City?

Yes, there is a gym/fitness area available on-site at the property.

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