About us
We’re part of the Baseltor cooperative, a local hotel and restaurant group with 120 employees that has been setting trends and new standards in Solothurn for more than 40 years, and where people and life are the priority.
Switzerland’s second-oldest guest house
The history of La Couronne, or ‘the crown’, dates back more than 500 years. ‘It’s documented as the second-oldest guest house in Switzerland and is inextricably tied to the history of the ambassadorial city of Solothurn. As a social and political centre, it often played a decisive role,’ wrote the Solothurner Zeitung in a two-part series. The hotel’s history naturally includes a number of illustrious guests, such as Casanova, Napoleon, Jane Fonda and Sophia Loren.
You can find out more about our building, its history and the renovation and reopening in 2017 here
Your hosts
Claudia Vogl, hotel manager of La Couronne since September 2019, together with Chef de Cuisine Martin Elschner, who has been spoiling guests with culinary delights since La Couronne opened in May 2017, and their team, warmly welcome you to La Couronne.