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Voted 3rd out of 14 reviewed ski resorts in Switzerland
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Beautiful place
Reviewed 9 May 2016
One of the best holidays I’ve ever had, it couldn’t have been better. The weather couldn’t have been better with sunshine every day. A beautiful setting with beautiful surroundings, Murren is a typical and quaint Swiss alpine village. There are only two main streets, and there’s an outdoor ice rink in the village which we enjoyed. If you want to chill out on holiday, it’s perfect. If you’re young and want to go out, there aren’t a lot of bars and restaurants. Murren has really challenging skiing and most of the runs are black. If you’re thinking it’s just a wee resort with easy runs, it’s not! We skied half and half in Wengen and Murren, Wengen is really easy to get to as the trains are really reliable and quick.
The all-time best ski run in Murren
Reviewed 1 Oct 2015
With your bravest face on, catch the cog-railway skywards to Kleine Scheidegg, where red 26 is a favourite. With the Jungfraujoch ‘the top of Europe’ on the horizon and the Monch and Eiger upwards, the start of the run is all about chins to the sky – then the skiing gets serious. Winding down mountainside, red 26 neatly tucks into 12 and 11 and speeds across open whiteness to the base of the Tschuggen lift. The toughest of the lot is the Inferno – this black is seriously demanding, covers multiple knee-creaking jumps and wobbly hairpin bends, dropping 2000m vertical and crossing 14.9km of wild terrain. Making it all worth it is the view from the starting line; on a clear day the Schilthorn provides a birds-eye view of the entire Jungfrau. In these parts you’ll find the park junkies, as the 300m Im Rad Snow Park is the place to be – the half pipe and Aquarium Bar never go a miss.
Stunningly beautiful, my favourite resort
Reviewed 3 Jul 2014
Murren is for people who have skied a bit before, who want pretty scenery, and somewhere quiet. I’ve been to many ski resorts, and it’s my favourite. I don’t usually go back somewhere more than twice but I’ve been here 4 times now. It isn’t really a beginner’s resort. The scenery takes the biscuit though, it’s absolutely beautiful. It’s traffic free as well – someone picked me up from the funicular in a kind of golf buggy thing! It was all very efficient.
You need to be aware that Murren is a bit dead in the evenings. I just went for the skiing so I wasn’t bothered about this. It’s not a resort for young people wanting to party though. I went over to Hotel Eiger by the station most nights because there was more going on there, but it was still quiet. I went up the Schilthorn while I was in Murren too which is really worth doing. You can go over to Wengen as well on the funicular, the skiing is easier over there, the pistes are wider.
Loads of history, beautiful scenery, massive ski area
Reviewed 27 May 2014
The fact that Murren is car free makes it very peaceful. It’s a very traditional village, one of the places where downhill skiing started, so there’s lots of history including a big statue of Arnold Lunn who has a big role in skiing history.
You have a huge ski area that can also cater very well for intermediates and there are some lovely views looking across at Wengen, the Eiger and the Jungfrau. You can actually ski in Wengen and also go to several other resorts if you get the big pass. In Murren itself you can go up to the Schilthorn where they have the revolving restaurant where they filmed James Bond. The top bit down from there is quite challenging but you can go part the way down on the lift and the skiing from the station halfway down is nice.
Every year they have a big old fashioned ski race called the Inferno where they go all the way from the top, past Murren and on down to the valley. It usually happens late Jan- early Feb so don’t try and book then as there’s not a bed in town!
Murren is high so it’s pretty snow sure, I’ve been late on in the season and still had good snow.
One thing you can do there, which you can do in a lot of Swiss resorts but is very appropriate here, if you have your own skis and luggage you can pay for Swiss Air to deliver them. Most people fly to Zurich from which you have to change trains several times – if you have young children with you or are taking your own skis; it’s much nicer to only have hand luggage.
Murren is probably not an ideal place for parties of people in their twenties, it’s quite sedate whereas Wengen has all sorts going on. It’s very good for families, individuals and groups of adults, there are a lot of older couples who have been going for years. If your idea of après is a hot chocolate, some ice skating and a quiet drink in a nice bar it has plenty for that.
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