I saw two reviews of this hotel (after I booked it!) on the web. Both terrible. But its a great place to stay!

Firstly,I booked on price. It was very well priced compared to everywhere else in the area. Think 'posh travel inn' and you hit the mark. The view from the room was of the frozen lake. The hotel is opposite the square from the white horse inn- a hotel that has an operatte named after it (its a bit danny kay to my ears mind you) and the square is the centre of St Wolfgang (and just where the skibus stops). There was another absolutely marvellous restaurant across the square (venison/trout/lots of austrian special/ deserts to die for (and of)), the hotel breakfast was excellent - cold meats/cheese/ fresh bread rolls, cake, jam , butter , cream cheese, ample coffe and four types of tea..and as the concierge introduced to us with a flourish as she lifted the lid of a basket... 'zee varrrrm heegs'. Your room key opens the hotel door also as the reception is on the first floor. It was warm, perfectly clean (yes one of the the sheets had been darned, but austrians do that - the hotel opposite darned its tablecloths....), well decorated with some excellent pictures on the walls, oh and we were told there was tv but no english channels ...almost true, there was a CNN english news channel (but thats american so point taken).

We would go back.

One important point. The week in feb we picked was a holiday for austrians. The brilliant restaurant opposite and the four star white horse were all the eateriers available! (There is suppose to be a pizzeria somewhere and also a fish and chip shop but they remained hidden). There were three bars we found. Nicely appointed and EMPTY. Actually one or two locals used them- they were vey cultural. Everyone we met howevere was exceptionally pleasant. :) No shops open on sunday or saturday afternnon mostly (again this was a holiday week so may not have been too representative- but St Wolfgang is a summer 'day trip' resort it appears. It IS very pretty howver and the inside of the wonderful church in the square is one of the best you will ever see. Honest! Lots of walking for summer visitors too (and a rack and pinion train up the mountain)

So I thought the previous review of this place was a bit harsh. (black) horses for courses??


NB Skiing at Postalm was my first experience of such places. Mostly easy runs Im told. They looked pretty steep to me.... Did hear one or two negative comments about the standard of teaching - impatientce and stuff like that- but I dont do skiing so thats all hearsay and could we be a one-off. I enjoyed snow shoing through the woods just fine,.,.,.

Carl

We originally booked to stay here for 5 nights. However we moved after only 2, because this hotel was dingy and depressing. The hotel looks as if it has not been renovated in years - the furniture/beds in our room were very shabby. The sheets had holes in, and were obviously very old indeed. The en suite facility was like a 'pod', similar to what you get on aeroplanes, and the toilet was smelly.

There was no lounge or bar. The breakfast was ok, and we did have a room with a balcony which had a great view of the square. The manager was not able to tell us where to park our car, or give us any helpful information.

There are lots of really nice hotels in St wolfgang - do yourselves a favour and give this one a very wide berth.

Family from Nottingham, UK