Excellent opportunity to stay in a good value guesthouse
- Pension
- Bed and Breakfast
- 2 minutes' walk to the St Johann gondola, 3 minutes' walk to the resort centre
- Small, simple and good value guesthouse
- Wellness facilities in the nearby Hotel Park
Overview
The Pension Mair is a small guesthouse in a great location, just 3 minutes' walk to the main St Johann gondola. The guesthouse is offered on a bed and breakfast basis, allowing you the opportunity to sample the various restaurants the resort has to offer. Alternatively, you can upgrade to half board and enjoy evening meals in the Hotel Park next door. The Mair may be simple, but it has free WiFi so you can stay connected throughout your holiday.
Description
Location
- 3 minutes' walk to the resort centre
- 2 minutes' walk to the St Johann gondola, Schneewinkel ski bus stop, nursery slopes and ski school meeting point
Rooms
Twin room - sleeps 2: Austrian twin beds, private shower, WC and balcony.
Single room - sleeps 1: Single bed, private shower, WC and balcony.
Austrian twin beds are very common in Central Europe. They’re simply one large bed frame containing two single mattresses, both with separate duvets and linen sets, that cannot be separated. Separate twin beds are less common and can often be head to head beds, rather than side by side, if they are available
Facilities
- free WiFi
- free use of the wellness facilities in the Hotel Park
- free entrance to local Panoramabad swimming pool
Meals
Offered on a bed and breakfast basis with the option to upgrade to half board if required. Breakfast will include a selection of hot and cold options including cereals, fruit, yogurts, freshly baked breads and pastries, and fresh coffee and tea.
- hot and cold buffet breakfast taken at the Hotel Park
- optional upgrade to half board with 4-course evening meals taken at the Hotel Park
Many Austrian hotels do not serve free tap water with meals.
About St Johann in Tirol
St Johann is part of the Schneewinkel pass, which offers a total of 182km of runs. Even though Kitzbuhel is only just over the mountain, the two aren't lift-linked due to bureaucratic conflicts. There are only 60km of pistes locally and these are very much for beginners and lower intermediates. This is predominantly a family resort or a place to learn. This is equally true for boarders, with the ski school and childcare facilities further emphasising the beginner/learner element of the resort. Most of the slopes are north facing so snow is pretty well preserved, but the resort has a good record for snow anyway. This does mean that if snow fails in other areas, St Johann can become overrun by day-visitors, with the same holding true for weekends. 'Langlaufers' have an impressive 75km of trails to use.
The village itself is traditional and traffic-free, with lots of good restaurants and reasonably quiet nightlife. It is quite a busy place and most people stay in hotels that are located near to the lifts, although it is still a five minute journey. For those who don't want to ski, there are plenty of other things to do. St Johann has its own railway station, so access from Salzburg or Innsbruck is very easy.
Overall, St Johann in Tirol is a good spot for a family ski holiday in the Austrian Tyrol, with reasonable skiing and a traditional mountain village. This may not be the best if you want tough terrain and challenging skiing/boarding.