Just got back from Kronplatz and have been really impressed by both the hotel and quality of the ski area .
In brief
The hotel .
Location excellent just 500 metres from the slopes and a comfortable 10 minute walk.
Food . Breakfast good choice of cerial , juice , rolls , meat ,cheese . There was also an egg chef but she wasn't great . Toaster a disaster . It took about 5 goes and about 5 minutes to toast one side of bread ( it wouldn't toast the other side ) . Overall pretty good.
Free salad buffet between 3pm and 5pm . Good standard .
Dinner . Very good . Salad buffet most nights was varied except for the dressings and of a good standard . Mains ,only once had a quibble when we were served trout with pieces of sprouts ! Other than that really enjoyable ! Always varied and sometimes very innovative .
The bar . Good but expensive .
Staff . Really professional and very friendly .Gave the hotel a really nice atmosphere .
Room . Excellent with a balcony and great view of the mountains . Bed comfortable . Bathroom great . My quibble would be that a hotel of this stature should have a bath in all its rooms !! Really missed not having one and a shower isn't an adequate replacement after a day on the slopes . Shame .
Kronplatz . Wow what a hidden gem .NO drag lifts !!! Mainly fast running gondalas ( even for the nursery slope) and the occasional chair lift . Skiing was varied and for blue/red run skiers like us ,simply excellent .We also had private tuition from the ski school with 3 different English speaking ski instructers . They were really good . The mixture of their tuition and the quality of the runs ,meant we really learnt fast . I was a blue run skier when I arrived , and left in a position to tackle the black runs ( didn't this time maybe next year !) . The pistes were immaculately looked after , no slush or ice to be seen ,everyday felt like powder day ! ( didn't snow once , but there were snow cannons everywhere ). Food expensive but over 60 restaurants in the ski area you'll never go hungary .
All in all a fantastic place for a weeks skiing . Only concern is that not many people seem to know about the place and I think only Neilsons currently go there . It would be a major shame if they didn't continue to do so . My advice is go to this hotel and you won't be disappointed !
- Aktiv Wellness Hotel Petrus
