SPA-Hotel Jagdhof

SPA-Hotel Jagdhof

Wake in Neustift im Stubaital and the first thing through the window is the Stubai Glacier, sitting over the valley the SPA-Hotel Jagdhof calls home. This is a Relais & Chateaux resort of just seventy rooms across five floors, with one of the largest spas in the Alps built into it, twenty saunas, baths and relaxation rooms in total. The kitchen at Hubertusstube draws game from the hotel's own hunting grounds, plated with wines from its own cellar, a supply line few Alpine properties can claim and one that has earned the restaurant four Gault-Millau toques. Winters bring a ski school, a ski shuttle and passes handled at the desk. Summers bring hiking routes straight from the door and a heated outdoor pool alongside the indoor one. Families get a kids' club, a playroom and rooms built for four. Skiers get storage and shuttles without leaving the property. Dog owners can bring their pet along for a daily fee. None of this suits someone after a compact city base or a spa visit without the commitment of the mountains around it; Neustift is a valley village, and the Jagdhof is built around staying rather than passing through. Rooms range from smaller doubles to the Jagdhof suite at 104 square metres, with its own sauna and south-facing balcony, and all are furnished in Tyrolean style with local antiques. Checkout is 11am, check-in from 3pm, and the hunting grounds outside are shot for the table, not styled for a brochure. A Relais & Chateaux resort in Neustift im Stubaital with views of the Stubai Glacier, one of the largest spas in the Alps, and a restaurant fed by its own hunting grounds. Seventy rooms, ski school and shuttle included. Dogs travel for a fee; minimalists may prefer elsewhere.