Route length: 11.8km loopEstimated time: 2.5hLoop routeMölltaler Gletscher
Mölltaler Gletscher is a designated winter sports area. It offers skiing opportunities on a glacier environment and has an official website for more information.
Hotel Alpenblick Bad Gastein
Hippach-Schwendau, Zillertal, Austria
A quiet family hotel above the Zillertal where local guide Erich Eder leads guests to secret summits and off-trail routes that mainstream tourism never reaches.
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Uniqueness
Hotel Alpenblick sits on a hillside above Hippach-Schwendau, looking out across the full width of the Zillertal. The 700 m2 garden feels oddly Mediterranean, with citrus trees and palm fronds framing alpine panoramas. It is so quiet here you hear the valley breathe. Do nothing at all. Or maybe you do.
The hotel rejects mainstream tourism outright. The Alpenblick Insider portal gives every guest access to secret local spots, from unmarked summit routes to forest carving sessions and bad-weather walks. Each week, Erich Eder guides a different mountain tour, covering peaks like Mannskopf, Hamberg, and Rifflerkogel. These are experiences with depth, not destinations ticked off a list.
activities at hotel alpenblick bad gastein
Erich Eder leads weekly guided mountain tours to summits like Mannskopf, Hamberg, and Rifflerkogel. Routes change by season and weather, following trails most visitors never find. The Alpenblick Insider portal unlocks further off-trail itineraries.
Winter brings natural ice bathing and grilling sausages in snowfall. Summer opens forest picnics and woodland carving sessions. Bad weather days become forest walks under dripping canopy. Andrea offers outdoor massages in the garden with Zillertal views. The hotel is adventurous by nature, but only if you want to be.
Hiking
Trekking
Walking
Foraging
Swimming
Mindfulness
Activities Nearby
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Gastronomy
Mornings at Hotel Alpenblick begin with a relaxed breakfast overlooking the Zillertal. The kitchen focuses on a calm start rather than rush, setting the rhythm for the day ahead. Detailed menu and sourcing information is not yet published.
Atmosphere & Setting
Wellness
The garden at Hotel Alpenblick stretches 700 m2, lined with citrus trees, loungers, and a turquoise refreshment pool. A gazebo shelters the outdoor jacuzzi, which faces the Zillertal panorama. An on-site sauna rounds out the heat options.
Andrea provides massage treatments in the garden, open air, with mountain views above the table. The Alpenblick Insider programme adds natural ice bathing in winter streams. Relaxation here means being able to do everything and not having to do anything.
Hot Tub
Pool
Massage
Nature Immersion
Cold Plunge
Relaxation
Views
Sustainability at Hotel Alpenblick Bad Gastein
Hotel Alpenblick operates as a small, family-run property where scale itself limits impact. Few rooms, a compact kitchen, and a garden that grows alongside native plantings keep the footprint modest by design.
The hotel's Alpenblick Insider programme steers guests toward low-impact activities: walking, forest bathing, ice bathing in natural streams. No motorised tours. No helicopter transfers. The Zillertal is explored on foot, quietly, at the pace the landscape sets.
Sustainability
Rooms
Hotel Alpenblick Bad Gastein offers 11 accommodation types.
Kuschelsuite
The hotel's largest accommodation, featuring an indoor fireplace with a tiled stove and lounge seating area, designed for cosy retreats.
Kuschel Room
A spacious double room featuring a canopy bed, sofa, desk, TV, and windows.
Romantic Appartement
A spacious apartment-style room with a double bed, suitable for up to four guests.
Single Rose Room
A compact single room with a desk, seating area, large window, and balcony.
Rose Room
A double room with desk, chair, and desk lamp; part of the hotel's rose-themed room category.
Sternguckerzimmer
A spacious room featuring a double bed with a view toward a TV and three large windows with curtains — the name translates to 'stargazer room'.
Turmzimmer South-East
A tower room with a double bed and views toward the opposite mountain, oriented south-east.
Turmzimmer-East
A spacious east-facing tower room with a double bed featuring wood panelling and two seating areas with a small table.
Turmzimmer South-West
A south-west facing tower room with a double bed and bedside lamps.
VIP Room
A double room with a large white bed and beige tones.
Garden Room
A double room with a large window and pastel green tones, oriented toward the garden.
Reserve
Sleep above the Zillertal. Let Erich Eder show you the trails nobody else knows.
www.hotel-alpenblick.at
Johann-Sponring-Strasse 91, 6283 Hippach-Schwendau
info@hotel-alpenblick.at
+43 5282 3627
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