About us

We are part of the Basel Mission family of organizations. Our hotel is housed in the former mission house, which is now a listed building.

In 1857, the Basel Mission bought 12,600 square meters of land just outside the city walls. Over the following years, the grounds of the Basel Mission with several buildings were built on this land. The mission house was inaugurated in 1860 and served as a training center for missionaries until 1960. There was a museum in the entrance area, which was open to the public. Masks, spears and ethnographic objects from the mission areas were exhibited. Today, the extensive collection is housed in the Museum der Kulturen Basel.
In order for the missionaries' children to receive a European education, they had to be sent to Europe when they reached school age. Children who could not be taken in by relatives grew up in the children's home. The children's house was built in 1859 and is now a private kindergarten.

Guided tours of the city's missionary history can be booked here via Mission 21.