Just returned from our 2nd trip to Hotel Post. Last year we were there over the New Year and this year we gave Christmas a try. It was just as expected, there were many families who had been back yearly since the early '90's and it is easy to see the relationships that have built over the years. Heimo, the Sommelier and dining room manager continued to recommend wonderful wines, we continue to be absolutely impressed with many of the Austrian reds!! Last year we had more of a suite with 2 bedrooms - very, very nice and quiet (room 107). This year we had 2 separate rooms, ours was 106 - a regular type of hotel room, and also 105 - one bedroom with a sitting room, for our 3 boys. The rooms were fine, not as good as last year due to the family being split up and also they were not appointed quite as well as the suite. We heard the bass from the club in the basement of the hotel a little bit this year, too - our suggestion would be simply to ask for a 2nd floor or higher room or to be on the first floor nearer the stairway/elevator area. It was not a major inconvenience, but simply an observation we would pass on to friends if booking in this hotel, which we would HIGHLY recommend. The food is always amazing, multi-course dinners for adults, with a childrens menu available. The breakfast is also a very large buffet with alot of options, I can't imagine anyone being anything but completely satisfied with the food overall. Breakfast attire is generally very casual and ski attire is also common. Dinner is more of a 'dressed up' affair - there were 2 "Gala" dinners during the week we were there, Christmas Eve and then again on teh 29th of December - the dress code is no jeans and most everyone had on cocktail/holiday dresses and suits on the men. All evenings our family and our brother-in-law and his family (wife and 2 daughters) wore nice slacks/shirts/sweaters and skirts for the adults and the boys always wore collared shirts with nice jeans and girls in dresses and nice pants. I only point this out because if you did not know that there was a Gala, you would feel under-dressed for sure.
We found their pick up and delivery service to and from the train station very convenient. We used it only for our luggage, the walk to the hotel, which is directly straight ahead from the train station exit, is about a 5 minute walk in the snow. You must cross a street and go up some stairs, and with our 9 pieces of luggage, it was best to send it in the car to the hotel. There is no laundromat available in St. Anton, so be sure to bring enough clothes to get you through the ski week. There is dry cleaning available at the hotel, but it is expensive.
Train access to St. Anton is easy, about 1 hour from Innsbruck and 2 or so hours from Zurich (the Main Train Station - which is about 15 minutes from the airport train station). One tip if you come from Zurich - take the train from the airport, it will be about 21 SF for a family of 5 versus the 60 SF for a taxi to the city.
The walk to the ski lifts is about 3-5 minutes down a dry, well lit tunnel for part of it. VERY convenient to the lifts. Apres ski was alot of fun at Base Camp, right at the base of the main lift. We had lunch at our favorite 'on mountain' restaurant called Heustadl, on the way down the main gondola. Love the food and beverages there!
The big hit for our 2 families is the Rodelbahn, sledding, available at Nasserein. This is about a 15 minute walk from the hotel, just go directly to the gondola, Nassereinbahn, and the rental of the sleds is available right below the lift. It is super accessible and was ALOT of fun for all!!! Although they have evening sledding (7-9pm on Tues., Wed., Thurs. nights) we would recommend the daytime (12-4 daily) sledding if you have children under 13 or so. Really fun, high marks from all of us!!
We will continue to return to this really great experience that is consistently delivered at this hotel. We may try a spring or summer trip, too. Until we return again......
Room Tip: Given the option we would select room 107 or 102, or at least nearer the stair/elevator if we have a...
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