You come home in the evening exhausted from work, from the traffic, from stress. You need a holiday, relaxation, to unwind. What if there were a hotel, a home away from home, a retreat where you could feel at ease? A place where the fox and the hare wish you goodnight, where it’s calm and you can do what you like, but also don’t have to do anything at all? Such a place does exist: Refugium Lunz…
Category Archive: Austria
The sustainable Alpin Juwel impresses with its unique panoramic location directly on the ski slope and in the middle of the hiking area. The four-star superior hotel scores not only with its modern and traditional architecture, but also with its cuisine. The restaurant cooks seasonally, puristically and exclusively with organic and regional products without industrial products and flavour enhancers. What else does the Alpine Jewel have to offer? A wealth of experiences and activities! Here are our top 3.
Quite literally! The 140-person team at the Gradonna****s Mountain Resort works where others take their holidays. Employees at the four-star hotel don’t just get a whole load of benefits for doing so, they also enjoy the appreciation of the hotel management and every one of the guests. Hotel director Thomas Krobath tells us all about it in this interview…
The SEPP boasts Alpine charm, modern twists and delightful coolness – you might call it exSEPPtional. The hotel doesn’t just blend old and new, tradition and contemporary influences – it also brings all of its guests together, in line with the philosophy that you’re never alone when surrounded by others. We found out why the hotel is only open to those over 21, whether SEPP is better in summer or winter in Maria Alm and what they actually mean by “open door, open mind”..
At the dasMAX lifestyle hotel in Seefeld in Tirol, there’s a bar. Nothing special about that, you might say. But oh, how wrong you would be! Because the philosophy of the Honesty Bar at the dasMAX is “Sisters (and brothers) are doing it for themselves”, and that means you can pour and mix your own drinks or cocktails 24/7..
Finally, you can have time for one another. Time to devote yourself to your favourite person in total tranquillity, in a setting simply made for well-being. At the four-star Alpenstern Panoramahotel in the Bregenz Forest, anyone longing for togetherness will find the ideal retreat…
The guesthouse “The Hang Over” of the Scheiblhofer winery is a real highlight for wine lovers who appreciate not only the taste of the noble drop, but also the ambience…
It smells pleasantly of essential oils and of herbs and spices. But we are not in India, but in the Austrian Vorarlberg, the Kleinwalsertal. A high mountain valley cut off from the outside world and accessible only by road from Germany…
Achim Biston verbrachte mehr als 40 Jahre lang Urlaube am Embachhof, lange bevor aus dem alten Bauernhof samt Pension das Puradies wurde. Wir haben ihn gefragt, was ihm aus diesen Urlauben besonders in Erinnerung geblieben ist.
3 Questions for Christian Rottensteiner, architect and partner in the renowned architecture and design studio noa*, about the planning of the new “Heaven Spa” building…
Can a 1960s spa house be transformed into a stylish hotel? Oh, yes! The proof: the new “The Comodo” in the Austrian spa town of Bad Gastein, which now offers alpine wellness with a designer look. Architect Piotr Wisniewski describes what it took to make it happen.
Puradies is getting culinary reinforcements: “Casual and yet with a lot of atmosphere” is how the new “Bistro” on the roof of the new “Heaven Spa” building is to be. The natural cuisine experience, which has already won top awards at ESS:ENZ, will move in here. It will serve “pure taste with a focus on high-quality, regional products”, says Puradies chef Michael Madreiter…
Achim Biston spent holidays at Embachhof for more than 40 years, long before the old farmhouse and guesthouse became Puradies. We asked him what he particularly remembers from those holidays…
Can wellness be a sin? Certainly not in Puradies: the new “Heaven Spa” has been carefully integrated into the landscape with a view to sustainability .
Everything is changing, including the hotel industry. Two people who have experienced this process firsthand and helped shape it are Michael and Philipp Madreiter, brothers and Puradies hoteliers with a passion. Reasons enough to talk to them about the past, present and future of the industry…
The ALMANAC Palais Vienna, which reflects the famous Viennese charm with its historic architecture, modern design and contemporary art, is a place where luxury can be experienced in comfortable furnishings and in a casual, relaxed lifestyle.
The issue of sustainability is becoming more and more prominent, even when you’re on holiday, so it’s good to know that hotels like the Alpenhotel Kitzbühel on Lake Schwarzsee exist. Read on to find out more…
Right near the slopes, at 2,000 metres above sea level at the end of the Ötztal Valley, you’ll find The Crystal VAYA Unique in Obergurgl, just made for unforgettable days spent in the snow. This is where you can enjoy a winter holiday in maximum comfort and with never-ending options up in the clouds. We spoke to hotel manager Siegfried Penzenleitner…