History

It all began in 1906 when Mr. Bellwald, Mr. Ebener and Mr. Rieder joined forces to build the Hotel Fafleralp. It is no longer possible to say where the craftsmen came from, whether an architect was called in or whether plans ever existed. In any case, the start was a success: when Burkhard Reber from Geneva hiked up the Lötschental in the summer of 1908, he visited the barely completed hotel, which was already full to bursting with guests.

Planning for the Hotel Langgletscher began in 1928, and sources indicate that negotiations with the Fafleralp Hotels began as soon as construction was completed in 1930. Initially for the connection to the power station and the purchase of 2.5 kilowatts of electricity. This was followed by talks for a lease agreement and possible purchase of the Hotel Langgletscher.

Charlie Chaplin used to come up to the Fafleralp with his family - riding a mule. He is said to have once stood on the steps in front of the hotel and said: "There's nothing better than this!". Otherwise, however, he was a rather quiet and cozy guest. In the 1950s, he kept coming back to the Fafleralp during the summer months.

The first car reached Blatten in 1954. Compared to other mountain villages, this was nothing out of the ordinary, as many communities in Valais were only opened up by road in the interwar period and at the start of the economic boom. Plans to build a road up to Fafleralp had existed for some time, but the new road was not built until the early 1970s. Until then, all goods still had to be transported to the Fafleralp by mule.

In the year 19... the then Federal President Pascal Couchepin and the German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder came to the Faleralp. This was a great challenge for the chef, Christian Henzen, as Schröder complained of stomach pains. He was immediately served a "White April" - a local schnapps. Rumor has it that the two statesmen felt the magical effect afterwards.