From breakfast straight into the floods? From the bed to the SUP board? These Austrian hotels with lake access guarantee cool moments in the hot summer!
Location: Wörthersee
Water temperature: 23 to 25 °C in summer
Hoteliére Helena Ramsbacher has created an extraordinary place with Hotel Schloss Seefels. Because here 120 employees take care of just as many guests. So it's clear that the service is impeccable. What's more, all the rooms and suites exude their own unique style. With precious fabrics and carefully selected designer pieces, they enchant guests. The Seefels spa pampers on all levels. Those who like can swim in the clear waters of Lake Wörthersee or go to the lakeside pool. It's heated and can be used all year round. The hotel also features numerous works of art. And the cuisine? It's simply divine! One of the chicest hotels with lake access in the country.
Hotel Schloss Seefels
Töschling 1, 9212 Techelsberg near Pörtschach am Wörthersee, Carinthia, Austria
Tel: +43 4272 2377
Web: seefels.at
Price: Doubles from € 330
Location: Lake Constance
Water temperature: 25 °C in summer
The Seehotel am Kaiserstrand scores not only as a hotel with lake access, but also with new management and acomplete facelift: one year lasted the conversion phase for the house with the iconic facade. Behind the castle-like battlements, bay windows and gables now hide a spa with a variety of wellness offers, gym, saunas and a heated pool. The 102 rooms have beautiful views of Lake Constance. From the bathhouse you can jump directly into its waters. And if you want to go to the Bregenz Festival, you can use the hotel's own motorboat.
Seehotel am Kaiserstrand
Am Kaiserstrand 1, 6911 Lochau, Vorarlberg, Austria
Tel: +43 5574 58111
Web: kaiserstrand.at
Price: Doubles from € 315
Location: Turracher See
Water temperature: 21 °C
Wer sich nach dem ursprünglichen Wortsinn von “Sommerfrische” sehnt, der ist im Hotel Hochschober auf der Turracher Höhe richtig. Denn rund um das modern wellness hotel tower high mountains. Clear air flows into the lungs. Lake Turrach refreshes even in high summer. A few degrees warmer you swim in the See-Bad, the pool in the lake. A 5,000 square meters large wellness area including Hamam, finest Alpe-Adria cuisine and many opportunities to get active convince. Also top: The peace and quiet!
Hotel Hochschober
Turracherhöhe 5, 9565 Turracherhöhe, Carinthia, Austria
Tel: +43 4275 8213
Web: hochschober.com
Price: Doubles from € 415
Location: Traunsee
Water temperature: 20 °C in summer
The beautiful and traditional hotel of the Gröller family is situated on a peninsula at the Traunsee in the legendary Salzkammergut. Already in its third generation, the hotel cares for its guests with a lot of heart and soul. Highlights are the rooftop rooms and suites as well as the roof sauna. They almost outshine the sparkle of the crystal clear lake. The Leisure offer rund um den Traunsee kann sich ebenfalls sehen lassen. Spätestens zum Dinner in der Poststube 1327 – samt schattigem Gastgarten – sollte man dann aber wieder zurück im Hotel sein!
Hotel Post am See
Ortsplatz 5, 4801 Traunkirchen, Upper Austria, Austria
Tel.: +43 7617 2307
Web: hotel-post-traunkirchen.at
Price: Double room from approx. € 229,- per night
Location: Lake Neusiedl
Water temperature: 27 °C
Der Neusiedler See, das (tropische) “Meer der Wiener”, erstreckt sich vom östlichsten Bundesland Österreichs nach Ungarn. Berühmt ist er für seine unusually rich flora and fauna. And its location in one of the country's best wine-growing regions. What could be more fitting than to treat it to a chic, new boutique hotel? The NILS am See is one of those hotels with lake access that combines tranquility, design and enjoyment with almost Mediterranean Dolce Vita connects. 65 rooms, a heated pool, extremely friendly concept and top location (only 50 minutes from Vienna!) convince.
NILS on the lake
Seepark vacation village, 1, 7121 municipality of Weiden am See
Web: nilsamsee.at
Tel: +43 2167 434340
Price: Doubles from € 195
