The valley below the door
Bad Gastein,
from the quiet side
A belle-époque spa town built around a thundering waterfall, in a valley that runs from thermal baths to the edge of the Hohe Tauern National Park. The Stubnerhof sits just above it all.
Check availabilityA town built around a waterfall.
Few alpine towns look quite like Bad Gastein. Grand belle-époque hotels climb the sides of a narrow gorge, and straight down the middle the Gastein waterfall drops in a chain of white cascades. Its sound carries through every lane, and the town was built to face it.
Guests have been coming for the cure since those hotels went up: warm mineral water that rises out of the rock, and the healing galleries driven deep into the mountain.
The Stubnerhof sits above all of it, up the Kötschachtal on the forest edge, where the road carries on toward the national park. The railway station in Bad Gastein is 4 km below us, about 10 minutes by car.
— Your hosts at the Stubnerhof
Powder above, quiet below
In winter it is a short walk from the house to the ski bus stop, and from there to four ski areas in the Gastein valley with over 200 km of piste between them.
Schlossalm: the home mountain above Bad Hofgastein, one valley stop away.
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Ski amadé
The Stubnerkogel valley station is about 4 km from the door, around 10 minutes by car; the Schlossalm rises above Bad Hofgastein. The wider Ski amadé ticket opens 760 km of pistes across five regions.
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Snowboard & freeride
Wide open runs and off-piste lines on the Stubnerkogel for those who want more than groomed pistes.
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Cross-country
Groomed cross-country tracks run up the Kötschachtal and along the valley floor. They are the calm counterpart to the pistes, and they start close to the door.
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Skating & toboggan runs
Outdoor ice skating down in the valley, winter walks and a toboggan run for the evening: snow days that need no lift pass.
The pistes are minutes away. The quiet stays with you.
Green valley, long light
The walking starts at the door: four scenic trails climb out of the Kötschachtal. Biking, golf and tennis, the older Gastein pastimes, wait a short way down the hill.
The Gastein valley in summer: meadow, forest and peaks from the valley floor.
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Hiking the National Park
Paths climb from the Kötschachtal into the Hohe Tauern National Park and its protected Kernzone. No drive, no transfer, just boots on from the door.
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Mountain biking
Valley cycle paths and high alpine singletrack, from a gentle roll along the river to serious mountain rides.
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Golf
The valley golf course sits among the peaks. An unhurried round with a mountain backdrop.
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Tennis & padel
Open-air tennis and padel courts in the valley, an easy way to fill an afternoon between the trails and the baths.
Warm mineral water, deep in the mountains.
The reason people first came to Gastein: the thermal springs that rise warm from the rock, and the healing galleries carved into the mountain.
- Felsentherme: the town baths in Bad Gastein, mineral water at 1,100 m against a mountain backdrop.
- Alpentherme: the larger thermal world in Bad Hofgastein, with its RelaxWorld pools and sauna world.
- Gasteiner Heilstollen: about 8 km from the house, around 15 minutes by car; a small train carries you into the warm galleries of the Radhausberg.
The Gastein Card is included with every stay; take it with you when you go down to the baths.
The Gastein spa culture
Pools that look out over the valley, quiet sauna worlds and the warm galleries of the Heilstollen. This is the wellness side of Gastein, all of it down the hill from the house.
Local seasons, local traditions
The valley keeps its old customs. In Advent the villages hold their Krampus runs, with costumed figures and torchlight in the December dark, and the calendar fills through the year with markets, mountain festivals and spa-town events.
Ask us when you arrive and we will tell you what is on in the valley that week.