Top Hotel Hochgurgl

Top Hotel Hochgurgl

Top Hotel Hochgurgl sits directly on the piste at Hochgurgl, above Sölden, where guests clip into their skis right outside the door and glide to the Grosse Karbahn lift or the Hochgurglbahn gondola, with a ski shuttle and storage room on hand for the days conditions call for it. The hotel has stood on this spot since 1961 and now holds 71 rooms, ranging from a 215-square-foot Standard King Room to a 646-square-foot Luxury Queen Suite with its own safe and telephone. Guests come down off the mountain to a restaurant and breakfast room, a terrace set with outdoor furniture, and the Top Mountain Spa, which spreads across more than 1,300 square meters with panoramic pools, several saunas, a steam bath and private spa suites. What separates the hotel from other big-name addresses in the resort is its two Michelin Keys, the accolade that the hotel says makes it one of the most renowned properties in Austria, built on facilities, cuisine and hospitality it calls first-class. This suits skiers who want their room to double as a locker room and diners who take the restaurant as seriously as the slopes. It will not suit anyone chasing a town-center base or a bargain rate; pets are welcome, but only for an additional fee. Check-in runs from 3pm, checkout is at noon, and an extra bed costs 130 euros a night depending on room category. Sölden's center is 8 kilometers down the valley, close enough for a change of scene, far enough that the mountain stays the main event. Top Hotel Hochgurgl has sat ski-in ski-out at Hochgurgl above Sölden since 1961, with 71 rooms and a 1,300-square-meter spa. Its two Michelin Keys set it apart from the resort's other big names. It suits skiers, not anyone wanting a town-center base.