Venue

Venue

The conference venue will be the Wohnresidenz Sankt Jakob in Grächen.
Nestled in the heart of the Swiss Alps, Grächen offers a unique blend of breathtaking landscapes, beautiful hiking trails, and tranquil retreats. For more information, please visit Grächen´s website. 

Grächen is located near Zermatt, featuring the most iconic of all Swiss mountains, the Matterhorn. If you would like to join us on a day trip to Zermatt on Thursday after the conference, please extend your stay at the hotel. 

If you would like to extend your stay to the CRP in Lavin, please contact Ruedi.

Travel

Grächen can be reached easily by public transportation within a few hours from Zurich, Basel, Geneva or Milan. Once in the village, all accommodation and venues are within walking distance. For train timetables, see the Swiss Federal Railways SBB website. The final stop is called Grächen, Zentrum. There are a number of special train offers for international guests available from the SBB here.

Parking

Please note that Grächen is mostly car-free. You cannot drive all the way to hotels Eden/Sonne or Hannigalp. You can leave your car in this parking garage (just draw a ticket when you enter and pay when you leave (12-15 CHF per day); the long-term parking lots are on the lower levels), or, upon availability, on this nearby parking lot (CHF 8 per day). The hotels are about 500m from there. If you have a lot uf luggage, ask us or your hotel to send an electro-taxi to pick you up. 

Accommodation

A limited number of accommodations is available at the Hotels Sonne and Eden next to the venue. Please get in touch with us.

Additional partner hotels (get 10% reduction with the promotion code NDES2024):

Hotel Hannigalp (book)

Hotel Gädi (book)