The small village of Hallstatt lies at the center of the UNESCO World Heritage area of Hallstatt-Dachstein-Salzkammergut. With a human history more than 7,000 years old, it is the location of the world's oldest salt mine. Hallstatt was originally built to be serviced by boats; therefore, automobile traffic is restricted, giving the village a quiet, peaceful air. Hotels in the tiny town all offer stunning views of Lake Hallstatt and the surrounding mountains, no matter what the price range.
The Heritage Hotel is owned by the Azalea Hotels and Resorts management company. It is a four-star luxury hotel offering upscale rooms and suites in three separate, renovated, historical buildings. The first is Haus Kainz that houses the reception desk, Heritage Café and Heritage Bar. The second, Haus Stocker, was built 500 years ago and is the oldest building in the city center. The third is Haus Seethaler, also more than 100 years old. These three buildings have 12 suites among them plus 42 double rooms. Each floor plan is different from the next.
Overnight prices include breakfast buffet and en suite bathrooms. Accommodations include the requisite televisions, telephones, and other amenities of a four-star establishment such as mini-bars and coffee machines. Guests can also avail themselves of the aforementioned bar and café, as well as a sauna and infrared room. The Heritage Hotel also offers business packages for those needing seminar and meeting space.
Heritage Hotel Hallstatt
Landungsplatz 101
4830 Hallstatt, Austria
+43-6134-200-36-0
heritagehotel.at
The family that owns and runs the Hotel Gasthof Zauner has been dishing out hospitality in Hallstatt for more than 117 years. This three-star hotel is located on the historic market square. Room prices include en suite bathrooms and a breakfast buffet. There is a 10 percent discount for stays of five nights or more. The rooms are decorated in traditional Austrian style with carved-wood balconies and heavy wooden furniture made by local craftsmen specifically for the hotel. The hotel offers both lake-view and mountain-view rooms.
Under the same roof is the Seewirt restaurant which serves traditional Austrian fare such as pork and local lake fish. The restaurant has dining rooms that can be reserved for special occasions such as wedding receptions, birthdays and baptisms.
Hotel Gasthof Zauner
Marktplatz
A-4830 Hallstatt, Austria
+43-6134-8246
zauner.hallstatt.net
Run by the Lobisser family, this hotel offers eight rooms in a former brewery right in the middle of Hallstatt. Under the same roof guests find the restaurant and bar, along with a beautiful lakeside terrace affording scenic views of Lake Hallstatt.
The Gothic building dates from at least 1472 and the Lobisser family has lived in it for 150 of those years. However old the foundation is, the rooms are updated with modern amenities such as satellite televisions and en suite bathrooms with showers. Furnishings are Austrian style with balconies opening onto the lake on most rooms. A breakfast buffet is included with the room price. There is no elevator to this three-story building, and it is only a three-minute walk to the town square and main lake ferry.
The restaurant serves traditional Austrian and local fare, including lake whitefish and Grüner Veltliner wine. It has recently begun opening year round after closing during winter for most of its entire history. Visitors can tour the workshop of Arnold Lobisser, a family member and well-respected musical instrument maker by appointment.
Braugasthof
Seestraße 120
A-4830 Hallstatt, Austria
+43-6134-8221
brauhaus-lobisser.com
