Fantastic hotel in the middle of Kaprun, a short walk to the shops and the Maiskogel slopes - an even shorter walk to the bus stop for the Kitzsteinhorn glacier or Zell am See.

Awesome staff, very friendly, polite and helpful and such good food!

Excellent value for money and would certainly stay again!

We stayed here for one week in April 2012 and booked as a last minute half board ski deal with Crystal Ski.

The Hotel Sonnblick is really very nice. The owners are extremely friendly and welcoming. The rooms, dining area, bar, sauna/whirlpool and outside pool areas are all excellent (only slight negative is that the whirlpool wasn't very warm when we were there!). We had a standard room with a balcony, the room was quite small but it was nicely decorated and it was very clean. There was surprisingly a desktop computer with internet access in the room.

The buffet breakfast was substantial and very good - lots of everything! Cold meats, breads, cheese, jams, honey, fruit, bacon, scrambled eggs, boiled eggs, cakes, cereals, yoghurts, fruit juice. There was a complimentary afternoon snack of soup/bread/pasta dish/cakes provided every day (I think from 3pm ish) and this was nice to come back to after skiing. After that the evening meal & salad buffet were also superb and the wine list was extensive (wine charged extra).

The major disappointment of our stay at this hotel was that it was spoiled by a large corporate group (Nokia phones) from Eastern Europe. They took over the hotel and were very unfriendly and rude, pushing their way past people to get to the bar/buffet area, generally taking over all space and then partying very noisily throughout the night, we could see them from our room and they were smoking and drinking in their rooms and throwing their rubbish down towards the pool area - they were a disgrace to their company - I've never witnessed behaviour like this at any hotel I have ever stayed at previosuly. Thankfully we weren't in the rooms beside them but other guests who were beside them were very upset and angry. We complained (as did others) to the staff the next morning about the noise however they didn't do anything about it and the same happened again the next night. I think this is very disappointing for a hotel which advertises as a family hotel - for the sake of other guests if the Hotel Sonnblick are going to take bookings from large corporate groups I feel they should take on the responsibility of making sure they behave properly.

In April it was only the Kitzsteinhorn Glacier ski area which was open, the ski bus stopped directly outside the Hotel Sonnblick and the bus took about 15mins to get to the bottom cable car, then another 10-15mins to get to the ski area via a couple of cable cars.........although very scenic this journey got a bit tiresome by the end of the week. For this reason we'd probably not choose Kaprun for skiing again (maybe it's not so bad when the Maiskogel ski area is open as that is closer?) - after this trip we decided we prefer ski in/ski out!

In summary we enjoyed our stay at the Hotel Sonnblick and would recommend it to others............as long as you don't mind taking the risk of it being spoiled by a large corporate group! Although unlikely,if we were to come back to Kaprun to ski again, we would probably take the chance with Sonnblick again, as other than the problem discussed it is a gem of a hotel.

Very friendly staff and warm welcome. The food was plentiful and good and the drinks are quite cheap. The pool is very warm, even when below 0 outside. The bus stops to ski pistes are not too far away.

We stayed at Sonnblick before Christmas just as same as last year since we are back here for the 2nd time. The location is excellent, just few steps from Kaprun center and the ski bus passes just in front of the hotel. The staff is more than helpful and very friendly. The rooms are clean, comfortable, warm and newly equipped. The best thing for me in this hotel is its heated outside pool where I could have a swim after skiing even when the outside temperature was below -10C. There are also 3 saunas and a jacuzzi which to my opinion is a bit old (I would replace it) but overall the spa offers great relaxation. I would really recommend this hotel because it's a good value for what you pay.
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