First Bedroom
A quiet room with a double bed, full blackout curtains, and a fitted wardrobe offering enough hanging and shelf space for extended stays. White walls and timber flooring keep the atmosphere calm.
Seventy square metres of considered living in southern Basel
The R Apartment occupies a well-proportioned flat on Dornacherstrasse 185, a wide tree-lined street in the Basel-Süd district that connects the city centre to the gentle slopes leading toward Chrischona hill. The building follows the classic early-twentieth-century Basel residential typology: solid masonry construction, high ceilings, and windows sized to let the northern European light work hard. Inside, the apartment has been finished with a restrained palette of white walls, warm timber flooring, and dark-framed fixtures that sit cleanly against the light surfaces. Nothing competes for attention; the space lets the light do the work.
The neighbourhood around Dornacherstrasse is genuinely mixed in the best sense. Within a short walk you find independent bakeries opening early, a weekly market, pharmacies, and the kind of corner shops that mean you never have to plan too far ahead. The tram lines on Dornacherstrasse itself run frequently into the old town and onward to the main station, and every guest receives a complimentary Basel Card covering all public transport — trams, buses, and suburban rail — for the duration of their stay. Getting anywhere in the city or into the surrounding three-country region requires nothing more than stepping outside.
The apartment sleeps four guests across two bedrooms and a well-equipped kitchen that functions as a proper kitchen rather than a kitchenette. The layout is linear and logical: bedrooms at one end, living and dining space at the other, with the kitchen sitting between them. It works well for two couples travelling together, a small family, or two colleagues who want their own rooms but a shared space to decompress in the evenings.
Elevate Schweiz GmbH manages the property directly, which means questions are answered promptly, arrivals can be arranged flexibly, and the small details — clean linen, working appliances, reliable Wi-Fi — are consistently attended to. This is a place to use as a genuine base, not a showroom to tiptoe around.
