MORE LIVELY THAN YOU MIGHT EXPECT

Much of the après-ski life in Murren takes place in hotels. The liveliest bar is certainly the Tachi Bar of the Hotel Eiger (which has had a stylish make-over), but the Balloon Bar of the Palace Hotel is a good place for an aperitif, although the service can be lousy at times (Closed for renovations - Winter 09/10). The Stagerstubli Café is the place to stop off for a beer with the locals. This used to be one big fug-up but now there is a no-smoking zone. Later at night the locals are to be found drinking and dancing in the Bliemlichaller and there is usually a lively disco back at the Tachi Bar. The Inferno, beneath the Palace Hotel is a surprisingly modern disco, but it is only open for business during the second half of the week. At the foot of the slopes there is sometimes an igloo bar outside the Jungfrau hotel.