Alpenland St Johann

The village- city of St. Johann Im Pongau is absolutely gorgeous. Our family enjoyed the cleanliness, and genuine kindness of the town's business owners and workers. It's the perfect place of you enjoy being away from busy city life. The facility itself is extremely comfortable and clean, although dated. It's location is convenient! Right next to a grocery store with clothing shops and several restaurants. The grocery sells fresh bread daily too at very reasonable cost. Staff at Alpenland Sporthotel, including restaurant, cleaning crew are also courteous, helpful. Very patient with our attempts to speak the language. Spa and gym were reviewed well (clean, good aesthetics) by my older teen. This location is within one hour, easy drive to Salzburg and other quaint towns Hallstat and Mattsee (Ferdinand Porsche museum).

We had a two-night stay at the Alpenland St Johann hotel. Our main reasons for staying here were easy access to Burg Hohenwerfen and also the Liechtensteinklamm gorge. We walked from the station to the hotel (as the distance was quite short), but it was slightly uphill so it would have been better to either wait for the bus or get a taxi. The Alpenland is large hotel, but August must have been out of season as a lot of facilities were not operational. We booked a family room, but ended up with two linked rooms which was brilliant – my son’s room has a decent kitchenette and a dining table. As we had two rooms we ended up with two sets of Nespresso capsules (that kept me very happy). There was nice views from the room balcony. There is a large (for a hotel) swimming pool with plenty of outside seating. Sauna area was not so good, I tried it once but it was not relaxing. There is also a gym, but I did not try this out. Breakfast was very average (we were probably spoiled by excellent breakfast in our two previous hotels). We were half-board; evening meals were OK, but there are several restaurants within a short walk of the hotel and these may have been a better option if not on a tight budget. There are a few supermarkets just meters away (from where we purchased lunchtime snacks); but could also have been used for getting whatever you needed for self-catering. For great ice-creams, we would recommend J&D Coffee company which is between the hotel and the shopping center. Local guest card provide free local transport to the railway station (great for trips to Saltzburg, Burg Hohenwerfen and also Bad Gastein) and also locally to the Liechtensteinklamm gorge – both buses running hourly.

It was our 4th time at Alpenland Hotel. The hotel has a great location, you can reach a lot of nice places in a short time. The room was good sized, comfortable with a nice terrace. We had a quick check-in, the employees at the reception desk were kind and helpful. Generally speaking all the employees we met were polite, kind, The food in the restaurant was great as usual - half pension, a la carte, buffet we tried all of them. The hotel has a nice wellness area- much to our regret the jacuzzi was out of order when we arrived and on Friday there was some sparepart problem with the swimmingpool too, so they closed it down. Otherwise we enjoyed our stay again at the hotel and would definitely come back again.

The reception desk was very helpful in answering all our questions. The rooms were fabulous and cleaned well. Everyone we encountered working at the hotel was helpful, kind and friendly. We enjoyed our stay very much and hope to return one day. Our only constructive comment would be for the laundry facilities. The machines were in good working order and the instructions clear. However, the iron and the ironing board have seen better days. I would encourage the hotel to replace them. Thanks again for a fabulous stay!

Had a fantastic vacation - loved the free mobility passes to get around Salzburg. Loved there was so much to do and all the staff members were extremely friendly.

Nice hotel in a charming town. Close to services as shops, bakery, nice restaurants and surrounding hiking trails. Convenient parking garage with possibility to, for an extra fee, charge electric car.