Lifestyle Resort Zum Kurfürsten in Bernkastel-Kues on the Moselle.
3 year-round heated pools, 12 saunas, various relaxation rooms, and 2 restaurants, including a fine dining experience and a hotel bar, ensure your perfect vacation.
Just waste more time being happy!

Its secluded location at 700 meters provides the necessary distance from everyday life. Up here, surrounded by meadows and forests and a few scattered old farms, the clocks go slower. It's as if the good old days are hiding up here. You can forget the hustle and bustle and stress, they don't come up here. The Watzmann outside shows us how it's done - calmly reminding us of what's really important in life: Taking time for yourself and your loved ones. "The best times in life are the little moments when you feel that you are in the right place at the right time," is the Alpenhof motto.

At the 4-star superior hotel, you are always in the right place. This starts with the hut-style reception. Of course, the hotel has modern card keys, but there are still a few of the beautiful old key rings with the family crest hanging on the hooks. Tradition combined with modern comfort is how you could describe the style of the Alpenhof. This can also be seen in the Almbar, which has much of what is commonly understood by Bavarian coziness. The restaurant area is more elegant. Here you can enjoy the sumptuous breakfast buffet and the magnificent view outside. In the evening, there are various menus to choose from.

The comfort rooms are designed in a variety of ways, sometimes in a modern, sometimes in a classic country house style. The feel-good Sauna-Alm is really rustic, as the sauna area is reminiscent of cozy alpine huts and Stad'l. The infrared cabin made of Swiss stone pine provides gentle deep warmth, the steam bath is filled with wonderful brine and herbal mist and perhaps the best thing to do after a sauna session in the Hütt'n sauna with a view of the valley in winter is to rub yourself down with powder snow in the sheltered outdoor area. Afterwards, you can retreat to the relaxation rooms, which are designed like tunnels in a salt mine or old barns, where you can relax wonderfully. The adjoining wellness oasis offers an all-round pampering program. The various massages and treatments provide true wellness pleasure. In addition to classic massages, there are Far Eastern SPA massages, Ayurveda massages and special massages for expectant mothers. The cosmetics department uses the organic cosmetics line from Dr. Spiller, an effective skincare line from the region.

Next door in the indoor pool, you should definitely take a leisurely lap on your back and take a look at the hand-carved wooden ceiling. This ancient carpentry technique is no longer found very often. Small carvings on the pillars look very elegant - which is typical of the Alpenhof. Tradition meets modernity and rustic meets elegant. In the outdoor pool, hot meets cold, at least when it's winter and you can swim through the snow-covered landscape. The outdoor pool is heated to a pleasant 30°C all year round, as is the pleasantly warm 37°C whirlpool.

Afterwards, you can lie down in the sun pavilion, look out over the meadows and forests to the mountain peaks and relax. Here, unwinding becomes a tangible reality. And if you haven't had enough exercise while hiking, you're sure to find it in the fitness room with Techno-Gym equipment. Behind the Alpenhof is the Zapletal family. While Stefan Zapletal looks after the hotel with its 52 rooms, his wife Gabi, a trained chef, is in charge of the kitchen. But the most important thing for both of them is their staff. "We provide the frame, our employees paint the picture," says Stefan Zapletal, who is happy to have such a strong team. After all, guests should simply feel at home in this beautiful hotel in the midst of glorious nature.

The Cinderella Beauty & Relax Spa on 1500 m² leaves nothing to be desired. In the indoor area of 900 m², an indoor pool with a vortex canal, massage niches and a plunge pool, filled with Tauern spring water, invite you to take a dip. In the comfortably warm outdoor pool with massage bench, you can look directly at the breathtaking mountain peaks of the Tauern. The highlight is the hot tub right on the Edelweiss slope. If it is more than 36 degrees warm, close your eyes and let your mind wander, it couldn't be better. Two original Finnish Kelo saunas with a view of the unique mountain landscape, the steam bath with hand-shaped ceramics, the brine grotto and the tepidarium get tired muscles going again. Recharge your batteries in the "Room of Silence" and "Room of the Sun", switch off and find peace of mind - a guarantee for slowing down and taking a break from everyday life.
In the certified GUINOT institute, the highly qualified beauty team pampers you with the exclusive cosmetics line. Innovative treatment methods in technology and relaxation, always individually tailored, have their finger on the pulse.
The fitness room is equipped with the latest "Technogym" equipment, there is something for every workout and with a view of the imposing Plattenkar massif, motivation comes naturally.
Passion and cordiality - the credo of the hosts - is reflected in the whole house. The combination of natural building materials and modern design, paired with extraordinary eye-catchers, gives the house its unique atmosphere. "We look forward to your eyes!"
Delicacies from the region and around the world await you in the dining room. The late riser breakfast with regional organic products is available until 11 a.m., the perfect start to the day. As a refreshment in between, treat yourself to the ski snack, which is available from 3:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. In the evening, you will be tempted by the finely composed 4-course menu, daily with crisp, fresh salads from the buffet and the exquisite “Cinderella Fondue Evening”. End the evenings in style and in good company at the elegant bar with cozy lounge furniture by an open fireplace. Moments that become memories.
The leading house on the square in the heart of Obertauern is looking forward to your visit.

10.500m² of Wellness & Wellbeing (separate wellness, water and sauna areas for those looking for relaxation and for families):
Water area with a lots of pools indoor and outdoor, saltwater area with outdoor brine pool (32°C), brine grotto and Salounge (dry-salt inhalation room), 4 sauna oases with a total of 25 saunas and numerous relaxation areas with water, hay and relaxation beds.

Spa & Beauty with 2 Beauty Centres and selected treatments: Ayurveda, Lomi-Lomi, Pantai Luar, Shiatsu, Haki, Prana healing, Anti-Aging.

A 7000m² Relaxation Park with swimming pond and cosy relaxation islands, love lounges and ergonomic floatation beds

1000m² Medical Wellness Centre with a focus on preventive medicine and care (prevention and Good Aging) and beauty medicine (skin rejuvenation with Botox, filler, chemical peeling or microdermabrasion, Carboxytherapy in case of cellulites, sclerotisation of spider veins) and much more...

3 exclusive gourmet restaurants: the "underwater restaurant" with fish specialities, the "Sky Restaurant Teppanyaki" with Japanese dishes and the "Quellenhof Gourmetstube 1897"

Fit and active with 2 perfectly equipped and supervised fitness rooms, exercise room and comprehensive active fit programme (Pilates, Nordic walking, Do-In, Acqua fitness, Flexi-Bar, power plate, Gymstick, back gymnastics, bike tours, guided hikes…)

Our own 4-hole golf course with putting, chipping and pitching green, driving range, PGA school with 2 professionals and course programme

6 tennis courts, tennis lessons, weekly courses and competition programme, paddle tennis, pickleball court,...

Riding hall of international standard, riding paddock, approx. 15 trained school horses, riding school and organised riding excursions

Children's world with its own children's area (adventure outdoor pool with giant slide, 2 family indoor pools with Jacuzzi, family sauna area, children's care all year with varied programme, 4 well equipped playgrounds, trampoline, pet zoo)

Kids Action Parc with a large trampoline park, go-karts, an air graffiti wall, a crawl tunnel maze, airguns, ValoJump, ValoClimb, MultiBall PRO, a bouldering wall with LED-illuminated holds and much more

Griaß di
Even Aunt Lisl knew that in addition to mountains and well-fluffed pillows, you also need a good meal, a cozy place to relax, an open heart and good food for a really good gut feeling. That was over 70 years ago.
Since then, we as a family have gone many new ways to preserve this special feeling of home and to reinterpret vacation for you. Our wellness and hiking hotel Gassner **** superior has grown out of the small forest guesthouse - and the pretty Gassner tree house too.

As a genuine family business, we are the perfect complement, because we could hardly be more different. Together with our wonderful Gassner Seilschaft, we bring a lot of warmth, charm and life into the hotel. That's probably why so much of our work is so individual and varied.
Come and join us and be surprised by the wonderful way in which our contrasts attract you. Mia gfrein ins auf di!

Feel good
Still waters and cozy warmth. Deep-rooted naturalness and airy lightness. From inside to outside. From above to below. From sweet idleness to conscious being. In our Crystal and GardenSPA on over 1,200 m², the opposites merge so naturally that you will realize with a satisfied smile how wonderfully enriching it can be to always find a new favourite place for yourself. Before, after, instead or in between - you can mix everything with everything for a relaxing break.
1,200 m² wellness indoor color light pool, natural "mountain lake" pool, salt sauna, panoramic outdoor sauna, organic sauna with spruce scent, mountain crystal steam bath, Swiss stone pine sauna, ice fountain, infrared loungers, family relaxation room and family dress-on-sauna

Out and about
Are you a true child of nature and just as drawn to the outdoors as we are? Wonderful, because as a member of the best hiking hotels in the Alps, our main aim is to find strength and inspiration in nature all year round.
On at least 5 guided hikes, we, hiking guide Monika and boss Hans-Peter Gassner, would like to introduce you to the diversity of nature in the surrounding mountains, hike with you through blooming alpine pastures and climb over perpetual ice to the region's panoramic peaks.

We would like to accompany you on snowshoe and winter hikes to the idyllic snow-covered places of the Hohe Tauern National Park and show you personally how renewing it can be to walk at eye level with nature.

Gassner tree house
Wonderfully close to nature and also a little off the beaten track. 147 m² all to yourselves. A retreat for newlyweds, longtime lovers and the whole family. We believe that when it comes to togetherness, you need a particularly cozy place on this earth and so our dream of an extraordinary vacation nest is yours.

There are many beautiful houses. But the most important thing is the people who live in them, laugh together and do their best together. So feel free to speak from the heart and meet us at eye level.

The Gassner family with the entire rope team.

Certified hiking hotel of the Wanderhotels, Austrian Hiking Seal of Quality & Ecolabel Award, EU Ecolabel, HolidayCheck Award Winner 2024

We create space and time for you for unforgettable moments and moments of true joie de vivre. The eternal ice of the glaciers, lush green alpine meadows and alpine village idyll surround our 4-star superior hotel in the Stubaital. In the village of Krössbach, at an altitude of 1,100 meters, your thoughts will be free and your heart will be light.

Alpine RELAXATION on 1,300 m²
Enter a world of warmth, water, steam and exquisite essences of Alpine nature. Time stands still in the Bergwiesen SPA - the everyday makes way for the extraordinary. Our spacious indoor pool invites you to enjoy a soothing swim, while the year-round heated outdoor pool in the clear mountain air gives you a feeling of freedom. So you can enjoy relaxation indoors and outdoors - at any time of year.

Vitalhotel Edelweiss KULINARIUM
Because good food keeps body and soul together, we will spoil you according to all the rules of culinary art. Get to know the delicious diversity of Tyrol. Immerse yourself in the sensual world of flavors and textures. Our head chef Andreas Fürthbauer, a true Upper Austrian who has been with us since 2007, will enchant you with the outstanding taste of our homeland, irresistible Tyrolean delicacies and modern interpretations with an international touch. From the gourmet breakfast to the afternoon snack to the 6-course dinner menu - the finest ingredients from the region await you here. Because when you know where it comes from, it tastes best.

Active vacation in the STUBAITAL
From October to May, the Stubai Glacier, Austria's largest glacier ski area, beckons with irresistible powder snow and guaranteed snow. In the warmer months of the year, it is the perfect vacation region for hikers, mountaineers and bikers, with truly magical natural sites and impressive mountain scenery awaiting them. The nearby Tyrolean capital inspires with exclusive shopping experiences and cultural highlights.

Experience the legendary Edelweiss flair. We look forward to getting to know you.
See you soon at the Vitalhotel Edelweiss, your hotel in the Stubai Valley.

1. Unsere Philosophie – Ein Refugium voller Lebensfreude
Am sonnigen Südhang des malerischen Luftkurorts Lam, eingebettet ins idyllische Dreiländereck Deutschland–Österreich–Tschechien, entfaltet sich auf über 180.000 m² ein exklusives Wellness- und Erlebnisresort. Mit Panoramablick auf den Großen Arber und die majestätischen „Acht-Tausender“ des Bayerischen Waldes vereint der familiengeführte Sonnenhof Weite, Ruhe und authentische Gastlichkeit.
Ob eine romantische Auszeit zu zweit, aktive Sporttage oder ein unvergesslicher Familienurlaub – hier findet jeder Gast sein persönliches Glück.
Vielseitig – so wie Sie.
Highlights wie unsere Trainingscamps mit Olympiasiegern & Weltmeistern, unsere Genusswoche mit kulinarischen Höhepunkten, stilvolle Eventnächte sowie ein umfangreiches Familienangebot machen den Sonnenhof zu einem Erlebnisresort, das inspiriert und begeistert. Exklusive Specials wie 4=3, „Kids for free“ oder bis zu 25 % Langzeit-Rabatt runden das Angebot ab.

2. Culinary Delights – A Feast with a View
The Sonnenhof culinary experience is a perfect blend of traditional Bavarian cuisine and international sophistication. Executive Chef Christina Mühlbauer transforms regional, seasonal, and sustainable ingredients into culinary masterpieces that delight both the palate and the eye.

• Gourmet breakfast buffet with live cooking, sparkling wine, fresh juice station, and à la carte specialties included
• 6-course gourmet dinners or specialty buffets with creative presentation
• Vegan menu or buffet options available
• Traditional Bavarian specialties in the rustic Petrusstube (12:00–17:30)
• Summer BBQ events with live music
• Toni’s Spa Bistro
• Fine beverage selection at the hotel bar

Dining on the sun terrace is accompanied by breathtaking panoramic views of the Arber, turning every meal into a multisensory ritual.


3. Wellness & 5-Element Asia Spa
On 6,500 m², a wellness oasis opens where body, mind, and soul come into perfect harmony. The 5-element concept creates a sanctuary of relaxation, allowing you to recharge your energy.
Pools & Water Worlds:

• Infinity Pool (25 m, 34 °C): Water meets sky – a panorama where nature and luxury blend seamlessly
• Panorama Outdoor Pool (33 °C): Sunbathe with stunning views of unspoiled landscapes
• Indoor Sports Pool (14 m, 29 °C, 1.60 m depth): Ideal for training, water aerobics, or swimming laps
• Warm Bubble Pool (35 °C): Massage and air jets for ultimate relaxation
• Plunge Pool (14 °C): Refreshing cool-down after sauna or pool
• Yin-Yang Kneipp Fountain (15–40 °C): Alternating warm and cold water stimulates circulation and immunity
• Sky Whirlpool (36 °C): Bubbling wellness moments in the textile-free area with panoramic views – all year round

Additional Spa Highlights:

• 9 saunas & steam baths, luxurious relaxation areas
• Textile-free sky pool & sauna area; textile guest & family areas with saunas and steam baths
• Floating, Rasul, JetPeel & Wavebalance treatments
• Vinoble & O.P.I. cosmetic treatments
• Kid’s Spa – pampering moments for the little ones
• TCM Outpatient Clinic – branch of the TCM Clinic Bad Kötzting

4. Active Holidays – Sports Opportunities at Sonnenhof


The Sonnenhof is a paradise for active holidaymakers:

• 9-hole panoramic golf course with golf school (PGA Pro)
• 2 outdoor & 2 indoor tennis courts, squash court, ball sports hall
• Panorama fitness room (220 m²) & Milon circuit training room
• Guided hikes & e-bike tours
• Classes: Pilates, yoga, aqua fitness & more
• Exclusive training camps with Olympic champions & world champions
• 16 km to the Großer Arber ski area

Whether gentle movement or challenging workouts – activity at Sonnenhof becomes a lifestyle full of energy and inspiration.


5. Accommodation – Comfort with Heart
149 stylish rooms, family rooms, and 17 elegant suites in Bavarian country house style combine modern comfort with rustic elegance. Particularly popular are family combinations of up to three connecting double rooms. Many rooms feature a balcony or terrace with breathtaking panoramic views of the Lamer Winkel.
6. Your Family Getaway

• Ball sports hall with inflatable castle
• Foosball, darts, and more
• Outdoor playgrounds & dog playground
• Kids Club (with supervision on request)
• Family room combinations
• Child-friendly amenities down to the last detail

Here, a sense of security and comfort is paramount – for couples, families, and everyone seeking something special.


Sonnenhof Lam****Superior – more than a hotel.
An experience resort that combines wellness, culinary delights, active holidays, and unforgettable family moments into a unique lifestyle.