AUSTRIA
RELAIS & CHÂTEAUX ROSENGARTEN
Helpful and friendly staff, a good spa area and impressive rooms are all to be expected in a quality five-star property, and all can be found at the Rosengarten. But the standout feature of this contemporary hotel on the edge of Kirchberg is definitely the food. In this neck of the woods the cuisine tends towards the traditional and hearty – big portions of tasty Tirolean grub, but not particularly refined. The Rosengarten,
however, is owned by award-winning Austrian chef Simon Taxacher, who has his own
restaurant on-site, and the food is comparable to a top-notch restaurant in a major city.
TIROLEAN DELIGHTS: Hikes, bites and bikes
Cookery courses are available in the hotel’s top-floor studio where you can meet the chef and follow his team, and there is private dining for special events for up to 12 people. Inghams offers seven nights at the
Rosengarten on half-board followed by a three-night city-break in Innsbruck at the
sights, culminating in a picture- postcard view combining that wonderful waterfall against a backdrop of lush green forest and a snow-tipped peak. Along the way we stopped at a mountain hut for a ‘snack’ (it was massive) of a jammy pancake dish called Kaiserschmarrn, then later took lunch at the Kasplatzl dairy, which bills itself as ‘the perfect spot for savouring cheese’. I was rather excited about this; the combination of a platter of the good stuff and a huge glassful of beer was very welcome. All the cheese is made on site, and tours
with expert explanations of the processes involved are available (
kasplatzl.at). We were promised a visit
to a spa at the end of our walk, although I think something must have been lost in translation. Rather than enjoying a sumptuous pampering treat, we found ourselves in a series of outdoor water therapy stations at the brilliantly named Spertentaler Kneippwasser, featuring ice-cold fountains, ice-cold pebbly steps and an ice-cold pool that our guide insisted we walk around extremely slowly despite the hard-to-avoid
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four-star Hotel Adlers on B&B from £1,439 per person. The price includes return flights to Innsbruck and resort transfers. Regional flights are available from Bristol (+£69), Birmingham (+£49), Manchester (+£49), Leeds Bradford (+£59) and Edinburgh (+£69).
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