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Official Rating - n/a - Half Board [Saturday arrivals and departures only]
The family run Hotel and Gastehaus Harfenwirt is situated in a sunny position, less than a 10 minute walk from the centre of Niederau, in the Wildschonau Valley. New leisure facilities, due to be completed for Winter 08-09, make this hotel even more popular.
How to Get There
Closest airport INN/MUC/SZG. The guests may get to St Johann in Tyrol from Innsbruck-Kranebitten Airport (INN) 73 km away, Munich ? Franz Josef Strauss Airport (MUC) 152 km away or Salzburg-W. A. Mozart (SZG) 100 km away. Please note that check in and check out day for this property is only Saturday. Your stay should be either for 7 or 14 nights.
Accommodation & Facilities
The family run Hotel Harfenwirt has been extended in Summer 2008 and now features 86 comfortable bedrooms. The Austrian twin rooms can accommodate up to three persons and feature bath or shower, toilet, telephone, radio, satellite television and balcony. Single rooms are also available for a small supplement. Studios, which are similarly equipped and can also accommodate up to three persons, are located in the Gastehaus (150 metres from the hotel). These do not feature a radio or balcony, but do feature small kitchenettes The Hotel Harfenwirt features reception, spacious lounge bar, traditional Stuberl, dining room, lift and a wonderful sun terrace with adjoining apres ski bar (bar is planned for Winter 08-09). The hotel also has a new indoor swimming pool, sauna and infrared cabin (planned for Winter 08-09), plus a whirlpool and solarium (local cost). Guests staying in the Gastehaus take meals in the Hotel and have access to all hotel facilities. The half-board arrangement includes a cold buffet breakfast and a three course evening meal, with a choice of main course and a daily salad buffet. Guests staying in the Gastehaus take their breakfast and dinner in the main hotel.
A festive meal is included on Christmas Eve and New Year?s Eve.
Location
The Hotel and Gastehaus Harfenwirt are situated approximately 800 metres from the centre of Niederau. The nearest drag lift is located just along from the Gastehaus and opposite the hotel, and conditions and ability permitting, one can ski back to the hotel. The ski bus which runs to Niederau centre and the neighbouring villages of Oberau and Auffach stops close to the hotel.
Ski Facts
Niederau lies in the pretty Wildschonau Valley. This relaxed, friendly resort, with its good range of gentle slopes, is an ideal family destination and is also suited to beginners or second/third time skiers who are hoping to build up confidence. Known as The Friendly Skiing Area, the Wildschonau may not be the largest of areas, but the skiing available is varied and it offers something for all standards of skiers. Although not interconnected, the lift pass covers all lifts in Niederau, Oberau and Auffach. The north facing slopes, Lanerkopfl and Markbachjoch in Niederau, were first developed into ski slopes in 1947, so the Wildschonau has a long skiing history.
There are some pleasant runs back through the woods and some challenging dark red to deep black runs, suitable only for experienced skiers.
The runs on the Schatzberg in Auffach, the larger Wildschonau ski area, are a little more placid, the terrain is more open and the pistes are wider. Beginners, families and snowboarders feel comfortable here on the sunny skiing-motorways. There is a rather good off piste mogul field and, at a length of 10 kilometres, the red run back to the valley demands good form!
In Oberau there are five draglifts, mostly for beginners with one short black run on the Riedl slope. In a recent survey conducted by the ADAC Top Ski Resorts in the Alps Guide, the Wildschonau won first prize in the category Small but Excellent! The following information relates to the entire Wildschonau ski region:
Resort altitude: 83
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