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ELIXHAUSEN GARGELLEN

Romantik Hotel Gmachl In the family since Alpenhotel Heimspitze This hotel feels remote,
1538, and totally refurbished in 1987, the Gmachl tucked away across the river from the small ski
is a profusion of old prints and dried flower resort of Gargellen. It’s a homely place, with
decorations. The hotel’s own butcher’s shop sells woven rugs and painted furniture, and an
its renowned Bratwurst to the locals as well as to adventure playground for children. The award-
guests. An annexe has 22 pleasantly done-out winning kitchen produces a daily-changing
double bedrooms. Tennis and horse-riding. menu; home-made jams and cakes.
N 5161 Salzburg-Elixhausen, Dorfstr. 14. Map p188 C3. N 6787 Gargellen. Map p188 A4. § (05557) 6319.
§ (0662) 480212. ` (0662) 48021272. ` (05557) 631920. $ hotel@heimspitze.com
$ romantikhotel@gmachl.com 0 b,l,d. Rooms 34. ∂ 0 b,l,d. Rooms 23. ÷∂ ¢ mid-Oct to mid-Dec; mid-
S÷ ¢ late June to mid-July. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡ Apr to June. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡¡
FAAKERSEE GERAS

Gasthof Tschebull Hans and Willi Tschemernjak Alter Schüttkasten Geras The huge 17th-century
must be doing something right because their building, once a granary belonging to a local
comfortable restaurant with rooms on the edge of monastery, has been perceptively and unfussily
the Faaker See is always busy. In the restaurant they converted. The atmosphere is peaceful, the style
serve up home-cured hams, home-made sausages, simple. Two dining rooms offer local fish and
home-smoked fish and even home- distilled game. There is good hiking in the woods of the
schnapps. Rooms range from simple to luxurious. Waldviertel. Under new management.
Swimming lake, tennis courts, private beach. N 2093 Geras, Vorstadt 11. Map p189 E2.
N 9580 Egg am Faakersee, Egger Seuferstr. 26. § (02912) 332. ` (02912) 33233.
Map p189 D4. § (04254) 2191. ` (04254) 219137. $ hotel.schuettkasten@ telecom.at 0 b,l,d.
0 b,l,d. Rooms 13. ∂¢ Never. / AE, DC, MC, V. ¡¡ Rooms 26. ¢ Never. / DC, MC, V. ¡¡

DÖRFL FAAKERSEE
Pedro’s Landhaus Extravagant and luxurious Inselhotel Informal hotel set on a small island;
furnishings characterize Pedro’s, a lavish joint guests park by the shore and cross by private
venture by opera star Jose Carreras and Pedro launch. Tennis, sailing; nanny in July, August.
Massana. Set in a park in the Vienna Woods. N 9583 Faakersee, Faak am See. Map p189 D4.
N 3072 Dörfl 19, Kasten. Map p189 F3. § (02744) § (04254) 2145. ` (04254) 213677.
7387. ` (02744) 7389. 0 b,l,d. Rooms 14. ¡¡¡ $ info@inselhotel.at 0 b,l,d. Rooms 32. ¡¡
EICHENBERG BEI BREGENZ FREISTADT
Hotel Schönblick Dazzling views across Lake Gasthof Zum Goldenen Hirschen In the centre
Constance lure both locals and visitors. There is a of this fine medieval town, a guesthouse with
good restaurant and an indoor swimming pool. large bedrooms and imaginative cuisine.
N 6911 Eichenberg bei Bregenz. Map p188 A4. N 4240 Freistadt, Böhmergasse 8-10. Map p189 D2.
§ (05574) 45965. ` (05574) 459657. $ hotel. § (07942) 722580. ` (07942) 7225840. $ golden.
schoenblick@schoenblick.at 0 b,l,d. Rooms 25. ¡¡ hirsch@hotel-freistadt.at 0 b,l,d. Rooms 32. ¡¡