by It is on a July day at noon and I am on the edge of a glittering infinity pool and drink a cocktail.
The sun is shining, but I don’t hurt in an air -conditioned hotel lobby. I am also not surrounded by British tourists who crowd around a place under a parasol because I am not on the medium. In fact, I’m not near the coast. This summer I’m in the Alps.
The best known for its 270 kilometers of skiing, which is the Alpine city of Hinterglemm, is not the goal that most British would look for for a summer vacation, but with the snow and apres shorts the rest of the year is left here in Austria.
The city is embedded in the Glemm valley of Salzburg and offers a panoramic view of the surrounding, lush green mountain ranges, and it will be difficult for them to find someone in the area without hiking or a bicycle helmet.
With nine gondolas, 400 km of hiking trails and over 90 km downhill bike, this is a hiking and bike paradise, and crucial is equipped with a welcome high altitude.
The cross of the hiking trails via Hinterglemm (Samantha Herbert)
Take a look from one of the high-quality cable cars and you will see an extensive network of paths that cross the landscape and are covered with anti-like hikers, freeriders and mountain bikers across every slope.
The city itself is charming and untouched, the buildings in the Dark Wood Lodge building, which are adorned with traditional window boxes made of bright red pelargonies.
Here you will not find Rowdy night clubs or doddering trainer parties. Instead, the city is reserved quietly. The High Street is lined with demanding bars and cafes that are only interrupted by high-end outdoor shops and art galleries. It could only be the answer from 2025 to the trendy Dolomites.
Where to stay?
Whether in the city of Trek mountains or simply luxurving and soaking in the view and fresh air, the Run Alpin Juwel family offers a modern but relaxed basis.
The Alpin Juwel, a traditional hotel in the Alpine Lodge style, laid down in his inheritance with inviting warm forests and pelzes, but promotes an inviting New Age Böhmian feeling with hanging pasture swing, cream-colored crochet textiles and extensive sofas, which could even relax and relax and relax to relax.
Alpin Juwel, Austria (Alpin Juwel)
And relaxing is really the agenda here. The spa and wellness area offers an extensive menu of massages, beauty treatments and Ayurvedic medicine, which can withdraw into the sauna with a glass front with a mountain view. Cool outdoors in the Infinity pool, surrounded by tropical plants in your own alpine oasis before you climb into a cozy outdoor area and order a cocktail from the bar.
If self -care also includes movement and nature for it, this place could not be better located. In a few minutes on foot from the city’s ski lifts, visitors can reach nine different mountain peaks in a very short time. Use the local joker card granted from the check-in from May to October. It enables the free use of gondolas as well as local buses and trains – and opens the entire Salzburg region.
For an even easier excursion, you start one of the daily guided hikes or cyclists of the hotel to see some of the region’s most breathtaking prospects in the region. For those who are looking for something really unique, take part in the morning hike of the sunrise. You have to set off at 3 a.m. to climb a nearby summit in time to flood the horizon with gold – but it’s worth it.
The hotel’s hotel serves breathtaking dishes that are made biologically and from ingredients from the region (Alpin Juwel).
Then go back to fill up and nourish with Alpins Exquisitem Eating. The hotel’s food is really innovative. From mushrooms, raspberry and carrots amuse bouches to artichokes and apple soup, the unique taste combinations met every time. The pear -Helene -dessert -a poached pear puree with a cream layer that was built into delicate white chocolate to imitate a perfect mini fruit -was a real work of art.
Walk through the city after dinner and catch one of the summer street parties in the region in which shops are late, live music outdoors and picturesque stands that sell local crafts and products.
Even on these lively evenings, the loud crowds of the region’s winter season are hardly imaginable. The mood remains cool, calm and family -friendly.
The Alpin Juwel in Hinterglemm offers sports, wellness, adventure, view and exactly the right sun and offers a relaxed but sophisticated European escape.
The summer rooms start at half boards of € 164 per night. Alpinjuwel.at
