Autumn has arrived – and spa season has come with it. These 13 hotels in Switzerland, Austria and South Tyrol are perfect for a relaxing wellness weekend.
The options on warm autumn days at the Hotel Winkler Sport & Spa Resort in St. Lorenzen are seemingly endless. The name already suggests which activities are among the best here: Apart from sporty, guided excursions into nature and a generous sports area, the Winkler does right by its Premium Spa Resort moniker. The fantastic wellness facilities include seven indoor and outdoor pools. The 34 °C hot infinity pool outside, with a view of the Dolomites are especially amazing. For some peace and tranquility, the Premium Spa is only open to adults. In the event sauna, for example, you can break into a pleasant sweat during the show infusion. Those who want to take it easy are in good hands in the panorama sauna. Or make yourself comfortable on a floating lounger in the 360° relaxation area, with a direct view of the sunbathing lawn. The Winkler Balance Treatments are also not to be missed. For children and teenagers, there's a separate wellness and sports offer, including a gym with a climbing and bouldering wall. The culinary options at the Hotel Winkler are also diverse.
Hotel Winkler Sport & Spa Resort
Stefansdorf 28a, 39030 St. Lorenzen, South Tyrol, Italy
Tel.: +39 0474 549020
Web: winklerhotels.com
Price: Doubles from €380 per night
The renowned Dolder Grand, which since its founding in 1899 has evolved from a traditional house into a luxurious lifestyle establishment, invites guests to enjoy exclusive spa experiences on 4,000 square meters. Lady's and Gentlemen's Spas offer privacy, while the Dolder Grand Spa beckons with full immersion: On the one hand, into the pool and the whirlpool terrace in the Aqua Zone. On the other, into ultimate relaxation via the steam bath, sanarium, sauna area and relaxation rooms. If you feel like reading, take a look around the spa library. The exclusive spa suites promise plenty of privacy. If you're looking for more active options, you can always visit the hotel gym with cardio and strength areas and a personal trainer. For community sports, the hotel offers fitness and yoga classes, some of which take place outdoors – in the form of outdoor boot camps, parcours, yoga, and much more. The Dolder Grand has direct access to the Adlisberg Forest – and to Zurich, where the house offers various city tours – the perfect complement for a cozy wellness weekend.
The Dolder Grand
Kurhausstrasse 65, 8032 Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 44 456 60 00
Web: thedoldergrand.com
Price: Doubles from CHF 695 per night
At the foot of Trentino's Kronplatz lies the Falkensteiner Hotel Kronplatz, one of the group's most stylish wellness hotels. None other than star architect Matteo Thun was responsible for the design, which pays tribute to the four seasons. Accordingly, the five-star hotel with its 97 rooms and suites is incredibly impressive. In the Acquapura Mountain Spa, the unique style of the hotel is combined with the concept of the four-mountain elements: The Falkensteiner relies on the restorative effects of spring water, rock, mountain air and mountain sun. On 1,400 square meters, guests find a refuge consisting of pool, relaxation and sauna landscapes as well as sports and treatment rooms. At the rooftop pool, you can do your laps directly under the autumn sky, while highly active guests have access to a separate 25-meter pool. The panoramic view of South Tyrol is best enjoyed in the Finnish outdoor sauna. When it comes to treatments, massages and scrubs, the spa will pamper you with certified organic natural cosmetics by Pharmos Green Luxury and the high-quality products of Vitals Dr. Joseph. Those who like to relax in solitude will enjoy the Private Spa Suite with a Finnish sauna and individually tailored treatments to the fullest.
Falkensteiner Hotel Kronplatz
Seilbahnstraße 1c, 39031 Reischach/Bruneck, South Tyrol/Trentino, Italy
Tel.: +39 0474 862400
Web: falkensteiner.com/kronplatz
Price: doubles from €359 per night
Guests are flocking to Salzburg to stay at DAS EDELWEISS, where the Hettegger family has created a personal, yet equally luxurious hideaway for connoisseurs of all kinds. Starting with culinary delights under the direction of Chef Alexander Hettegger and the comfortable, modern rooms and suites, all the way to the EDELWEISS Mountain Spa. The oasis of relaxation covers a whopping 7,000 square meters. There's something for everyone, including family as well as adults-only areas, tailored to everyone's individual needs. At the indoor aqua park with five water slides on two levels, kids will have the time of their lives. The little ones can learn to swim at the indoor pool, complete with a baby and toddler area. There's also a separate sauna area for families. At the adults-only Mountain Spa, on the other hand, you can let your thoughts run free and enjoy some much needed rest and recreation. The large sauna area or a lap in the infinity pool will make sure of that. You can also float in the brine pool under the open sky. On the wellness menu, guests will find a rich activity and sports program at the gym or the exercise room. In addition, there are soothing treatments – the dermatologically tested cosmetics are made exclusively for DAS EDELWEISS by pharmacist Monika Wirnsberger.
DAS EDELWEISS Salzburg Mountain Resort
Unterbergstraße 65, 5611 Großarl, Salzburg, Austria
Tel.: +43(0)6414-3000
Web: edelweiss-grossarl.com
Price: Doubles from €360 per night
Where Austrian country house style and finely calibrated, nature-oriented wellness meet: the Aktiv & Wellness Resort Schwarzbrunn is located in beautiful Stans in Tyrol. The four-star superior hotel takes its name from the Schwarzbrunnquelle spring right above the town. It provides the spa's extensive 3,000-square-meter area with water. Guests can float in two pools, both of which are open year-round, outstanding among them is the 180-square-meter indoor rock pool with water relaxation loungers. The heated open-air rooftop pool also invites guests to relax. You can lie back and relax in a nude as well as a textile sauna. Or in the beauty spring: the team of experienced therapists and specialists pampers guests at the Schwarzbrunn with massages and fine treatments, also in the private spa suite, if you wish. By the way, you can get a workout in in the surrounding Karwendel Silver Region as well as the 850-square-meter Fitness & Health Club. And if you want to go on a wellness vacation with your family, you can look forward to separate areas for younger guests, including clubs or the outdoor pool with a slide, supervision and special sauna times. After all, feeling good here is first and foremost: for everyone.
Aktiv & Wellness Resort Schwarzbrunn
Vogelsang 208, 6135 Stans, Tyrol, Austria
Tel.: +43 5242 6909
Web: schwarzbrunn.at
Price: Doubles from €232 per night
On the idyllic Lake Wolfgang lies the Hotel Seevilla, a small, very exclusive retreat with direct access to the cool waters. In a cozy and elegant ambience, guests will find numerous places to relax, starting with the luxurious suites and rooms, which feature comfortable king-size beds, free-standing tubs and private balconies. Feel free to sleep in in the morning, the hotel offers offers extended breakfast hours. After all, you need to gather your strength for a day of utmost wellness: Dive head first into the heated infinity pool and do your laps with a view of Lake Wolfgang. If you like, you can wrap yourself in a fluffy towel and dream away on the hotel beach amid peaceful nature. Or enjoy the panoramic view all to yourself, on the loungers of the elegant indoor bunks. If you need to ease your tension, peruse the carefully curated massage menu. For a workout, head to the hotel gym and enjoy a sauna session afterwards. Finnish and steam saunas and an infrared cabin offer plenty of variety in the sweat department. To finish off a day of relaxation, hit up the pool bar and the fireplace lounge.
Hotel Seevilla Wolfgangsee
Markt 17, 5360 St. Wolfgang, Upper Austria, Austria
Tel.: +43 6138 200 55
Web: seevilla-wolfgangsee.at
Price: Doubles from €222 per night
Just last year, the 7132 Therme was acquired by the New York Times in the list of the 25 most important buildings of the postwar period aufgenommen; Peter Zumthor erhielt für den Bau sogar den renommierten Pritzker Preis. Abgesehen von der grandiosen Architektur aus 60’000 Platten Valser Quarzit punktet die Therme auch mit dem hochmineralisierten, heißen Wasser der St. Petersquelle. Dieses sprudelt in sechs verschiedene Becken in Therme und Spa. Die Therme ist zudem direkt mit dem luxuriösen Fünf-Sterne-Superior Designhotel 7132 Hotel verbunden – einem der wohl besten Häuser der Schweiz. Hier wird Wellbeing auch kulinarisch gelebt: Fünf Restaurants haben hier ihren Platz gefunden, vom Schweizer Restaurant mit Fondue und eigener Metzgerei bis hin zum 7132 Silver mit zwei Michelin-Sternen und Mixologe! Übernachten heißt in den 7132 Hotels: Architektur erleben. Für die Gestaltung der Zimmer und Suiten zeichneten sich die vier internationalen Star-Architekten Tadao Ando, Thom Mayne, Kengo Kuma und Peter Zumthor verantwortlich.
Recommendation from the editor: For the 25th anniversary of the 7132 thermal batch, they captured the path of the St. Peter's Spring on film. You can watch the video here.
7132 Hotel
Poststrasse 560, 7132 Vals, Switzerland
Tel.: +41 58 713 20 00
Web: 7132.com
Price: Doubles from CHF 400
Tiroler Landidylle im Spätherbst – was könnte es schöneres geben? Die Jahreszeit des Wandels zelebriert man im Natur & Spa Hotel Lärchenhof, dem höchstgelegenen Hotel in Seefeld, mit den fabelhaften Wellness- und Spawochen von 20. November bis 02. Dezember 2022. Während es draußen immer kälter wird, heizt der Lärchenhof mit dem mehrmals in der Woche stattfindenden Late Night Spa ein. Bis 22:30 Uhr darf sauniert, geschwommen und genossen werden. Spezielle Treatments – vom Kräuterpeeling bis zum Rosenbad – im marVitaSpa unterstützen dabei, den grauen Herbstalltag hinter sich zu lassen. Im fabelhaften skySpa mit Panoramasauna, Infrarotkabine und bester Aussicht scheint es, als wäre die herbstliche Natur direkt im Raum. Die Saunameister Andreas und Diana sorgen mit täglich neuen Aufgüssen für Abwechslung. Diese gibt es auch auf kulinarischer Ebene: Im Restaurant serviert man eine ayurvedische, besonders gesunde Menüalternative. Sie ergänzt das Fünf-Gänge-Wahlmenü des Lärchenhof. Davor darf man den Sonnenuntergang auf der Terrasse mit einem Aperitif feiern. Oder soll es doch eine Verkostung regionaler, feinster Edelbrände sein? Ein Genuss ist darüber hinaus die Live Musik, die während der letzten Novemberwoche erklingt. Wen die Sehnsucht nach Abenteuer packt, der kann sich untertags mit ins Jagdrevier zur Wildtierfütterung aufmachen. Ein einmaliges Erlebnis! Im Zuge des Aktivprogramms und bei gutem Wetter stehen natürlich auch Klassiker wie Biken, Yoga oder Wandern zur Auswahl. Überhaupt lädt man in den Wellness- und Spawochen gerne an die frische Luft. So werden im Hotelgarten Kastanien geröstet, Gäste wärmen sich am Feuer ebenso wie mit köstlichem Glühwein. Viel besser könnte der Spätherbst wohl kaum werden.
Natur & Spa Hotel Lärchenhof
Geigenbühelstraße 203, 6100 Seefeld in Tirol, Austria
Tel.: +43 5212 2383
Web: marcati.at/laerchenhof/
Price Wellness and spa weeks: Double room incl. half board from € 138,- per night and person
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As the lush green of the Tyrolean Zugspitz Arena turns bright shades of red and orange, the family-run Alpine Luxury, Gourmet & Spa Hotel Post officially proclaims the wellness season. The temperatures drop and the desire for hot sauna sessions and long evenings with the best culinary specialties of the season rises. A whole 3,000 square meters are available to guests in the Alpine SPA to recover from the change of season. Be it by jumping into the indoor and outdoor pools - including even a salt water pool - or visiting the spacious sauna area with and without textiles. "Hot" highlight here is certainly the pine sauna house with panoramic views. However, it is above all the treatments in the Hotel Post that do particularly well in autumn. The credo of the SPA team is: harmony - in every massage, every cosmetic treatment and every bath. The offer ranges from Vinoble purification wraps to dry brush massages with pine honey lotion to pedicures and manicures. Variously beyond that also the Kulinarik in the hotel post shows up: Chef Thomas Strasser and its team provide with the alpine Haute Cuisine for more than only content palates. For its kitchen there were already two hoods of Gault&Millau and three forks of Falstaff! In true Lermooser style, the best wine is served with it, the selection from 1,000 positions is more than sufficient to give the wellness weekend the finishing touch.
Alpine Luxury, Gourmet & Spa Hotel Post
Kirchplatz 6, 6631 Lermoos, Tyrol, Austria
Tel.: +43 5673 22810
Web: post-lermoos.at
Price: Double room from € 400,- per night
At the VIVAMAYR Altaussee, autumn is spa time. Because when the temperatures drop and the air becomes wonderfully fresh, our bodies are usually overwhelmed for a short moment. Colds, coughs, nausea are the buzzwords, along with general physical exhaustion. However, the transition from hot summer to cool season can be mastered with flying colors - with the help of a soothing wellness weekend at the VIVAMAYR at Altaussee. The professional team of the VIVAMAYR compiles for each guest a 100 per cent individual program for the improvement of the health and helps with the reaching of personal goals. In the transitional season the immune system is in the focus: By means of the VIVAMAYR Health Concept one strengthens its defense still before the winter with a cure. The concept takes tailor-made and long-term care just as importantly as old and new medical knowledge and most modern techniques. Health can be quite relaxing - the plan includes medical examinations, analyses and treatments, as well as sports courses and therapies. In addition, there are individually tailored treatments and massages and the appropriate culinary supporting program for a cure with freestyle. So the wellness weekend at VIVAMAYR is the best start to the fall.
VIVAMAYR Altaussee
Fischerndorf 222, 8992 Altaussee, Styria, Austria
Tel.: +43 3622 71450
Web: vivamayr.com
Price: doubles from €190
An oasis of wellbeing, directly above the spa town of Merano: just recently, the five-star Villa Eden was added to the prestigious list of members of the Leading Hotels of the World. A coronation as one of the leading luxury hotels worldwide, which is quite deserved. And one should convince oneself of it on cool autumn days - the reward is holistic and long-term well-being. This is ensured by host Angelika Schmid and her fifty-strong team of staff, including an outstanding medical team - and have been for decades. In the first-class Longevity Spa, they deal extensively with beauty care. One pampers with exclusive treatments, soothing massages, but also with breast lifting or peelings. Longevity, but in the health sense, plays a central role at Eden's Health. Holistic programs with nutrition, sports and leisure plans are tailored here to the individual needs of guests. Added to this is the claim to create healthy dishes with gourmet appeal: Healthy Gourmet Cuisine is the name of the successful result. The Mediterranean garden is waiting for the digestive walk afterwards. Here you can stroll through the colorful season with a view of the Merano countryside.
Villa Eden - The Leading Park Retreat
Winkelweg 68-70, 39012 Merano, South Tyrol/Trentino, Italy
Tel.: +39 0473 236583
Web: villa-eden.com
Price: Double room from € 450,- per night
The Parkhotel Egerner Höfe is one of the most stylish wellness addresses on Lake Tegern. While the lake turns into a true paradise for hikers, cyclists and pleasure seekers in the fall season, the hideaway on the shores of the lake entices guests more than ever to enjoy sauna, spa and indulgence. In the Mangfall Spa - named after the Mangfall Mountains in the eastern foothills of the Bavarian Alps - the desire for relaxation is combined with elegant design standards. Guests will find a modern retreat with sauna landscape, pool and park on 1,500 square meters. Whether Finnish or bio sauna, alpine salt sauna or steam bath, everyone decides for himself. Afterwards, the ice lounge by KLAFS is refreshing. On sunny autumn days, you can swim in the 20-meter pool from the indoor area into the magnificent hotel park. A spot of paradise in autumn - and ideal to simply switch off and recover deeply during a walk in the fresh air. A carefully composed treatment menu is the perfect complement to the wellness weekend at Lake Tegernsee. Whether herbal stamp massage or classical massage with Pino aroma oil, Wellfeeling is highest priority for the trained team in the park hotel. For the Beauty applications one sets on lasting as well as effective products, for instance of AUTEUR or Dr. Duve. Around the wellness offers, the Parkhotel serves a harmonious menu of feel-good rooms and suites in the style of "quiet luxury" as well as fine cuisine. In one word: perfection.
Parkhotel Egerner Höfe
Aribostraße 19-26, 83700 Rottach-Egern, Bavaria, Germany
Tel.: +49 8022 6660
Web: egerner-hoefe.de
Price: Doubles from €300 per night
With the start of the autumn season, the trendy Hotel Bussi Baby also starts the new season. For the re-launch, the hip hotel presents itself with a completely new facade, new Spa Royal and Boom Boom Restaurant, Bar and Lounge. This offers an innovative food-and-drink concept with Southeast Asian cuisine or extravagantly interpreted cocktails. The perfect spa for the young, free spirits and connoisseurs with a flair for trends: The Spa Royal invites you to the last floor of the Bussi Baby: On the roof you can now swim your laps in the open-air infinity pool. Or would you rather work up a sweat? A steam bath and a free-floating sauna cube with a view of the lake are available. But there's also a gym open around the clock. Afterwards, you can relax in the lively relaxation room with bar. If that's not enough socializing for you, you can find game partners in the playroom, which is also new and features a pool table, table tennis and table soccer. After a fine round of wellness, you can of course also go to the private cinema with its exclusive 22 seats - the Bussi Baby simply offers a somewhat different social program. Unconventional, just like the guests. By the way, they spend the night in 50 rooms with a view of the lake or the mountains. The design ranges between a traditional Bavarian look and modern design with extravagant interiors. Ideal for good nights after unique days.
Hotel Bussi Baby
Sanktjohanserstraße 46, 83707 Bad Wiessee, Germany
Tel.: +49 8022 8670
Web: bussibaby.com
Price: Double room from € 122,- per night
