The season for this holiday is:
06 January 2024 - 16 March 2024
04 January 2025 - 15 March 2025
7 nights: 06 January 2024 - 16 March 2024 & 04 January 2025 - 15 March 2025
Start Saturday | End by latest date(s) shown above
Starting | Adults |
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06 Jan - 20 Jan 2024 | £1530 |
27 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 # | £1605 |
02 Mar - 09 Mar 2024 | £1480 |
Single traveller supplement | £65 |
Includes all elements of the holiday itself (accommodation, meals and any additional elements as described), plus flights (usually from London) and onward travel as described.
Included travel: British Airways Heathrow or Gatwick to Innsbruck (2h05) (times vary, please contact us for details; hold luggage included), connecting journey by rail from Innsbruck main station (2h05) & transfer (0h30)
The 'Single traveller supplement' applies for solo travellers. A supplement is also payable for a single room – see 'Additional prices' below
Prices are subject to availability and flight supplements may apply. Book early for Christmas, New Year and school holidays. We can also book different flight routes (see flight section below). Please contact us to discuss any pricing implications.
7 nights: 06 January 2024 - 16 March 2024 & 04 January 2025 - 15 March 2025
Start Saturday | End by latest date(s) shown above
Starting | Adults |
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06 Jan - 20 Jan 2024 | £1870 |
27 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 | £1940 |
02 Mar - 09 Mar 2024 | £1810 |
Single traveller supplement | £175 |
Includes all elements of the holiday itself (accommodation, meals and any additional elements as described), plus Eurostar and onward rail services from London St Pancras, plus any transfer to the hotel as described below (see 'Rail option from London' section).
Prices are subject to availability and supplements may apply. Book early for Christmas, New Year and school holidays.
Room upgrades (supplement in £ per room per night)
Naturhotel Moosmair, Ahornach | ||
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Roof top terrace 'starry sky suite': 06 Jan - 16 Mar 2024 | £70 | |
Single room: 16 Dec - 16 Mar 2024 | £24 | |
South facing balcony 'Arcana': 06 Jan - 16 Mar 2024 | £24 |
Travelling from the UK
Outward route | Airline |
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Birmingham - Innsbruck | Charter (contact us), jet2, TUI |
Birmingham - Innsbruck (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
Outward route | Airline |
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Bristol - Innsbruck | Charter (contact us), easyJet, jet2 |
Bristol - Innsbruck (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
Outward route | Airline |
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Edinburgh - Innsbruck | Charter (contact us), jet2 |
Edinburgh - Innsbruck (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
Edinburgh - Innsbruck (via Gatwick) | British Airways |
Outward route | Airline |
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Glasgow - Innsbruck (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
Glasgow - Innsbruck (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
Outward route | Airline |
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Leeds Bradford - Innsbruck (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
Outward route | Airline |
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Liverpool - Innsbruck (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
Outward route | Airline |
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London City - Innsbruck (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
Outward route | Airline |
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Gatwick - Innsbruck | British Airways, Charter (contact us), easyJet |
Outward route | Airline |
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Heathrow - Innsbruck | British Airways |
Heathrow - Innsbruck (via Frankfurt) | Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa |
Heathrow - Innsbruck (via Vienna) | Austrian Airlines |
Outward route | Airline |
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Manchester - Innsbruck | Charter (contact us), easyJet, jet2 |
Manchester - Innsbruck (via Frankfurt) | Austrian Airlines, Lufthansa |
Outward route | Airline |
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Newcastle - Innsbruck (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
Outward route | Airline |
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Teesside International - Innsbruck (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
This list of alternative flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time stated above, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice if you would prefer to fly via a different route to the one included in our standard arrangements. A supplement may be payable for other flights.
Recommended route
Outward journey - departing London Thu or Fri |
Departure time from London |
Arrival time at hotel |
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St Pancras–Amsterdam (Eurostar, 4h), Amsterdam–Innsbruck (NightJet sleeper, 14h), Innsbruck–Franzensfeste–Bruneck (Brunico) (Eurocity & regional rail, 2h10), transfer to hotel (0h30) | approx 1100 | next day at approx 1400 |
Homeward journey - departing hotel Sat or Sun |
Departure time from hotel |
Arrival time in London |
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Transfer to Bruneck (Brunico) (0h30), Bruneck (Brunico)–Franzensfeste–Innsbruck (regional rail & Eurocity, 3h), Innsbruck–Cologne (NightJet sleeper, 10h), Cologne–Brussels–St Pancras (ICE & Eurostar, 4h) | approx 1430. This allows time for dinner in Innsbruck before boarding the sleeper train | next day at approx 1400 |
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The hotel was superb, real haute cuisine. It is a bit of a trek to get to some of the other valleys and the local walks graded as easy I found quite steep, especially at 4-5000 feet of altitude. Public transport was however excellent.
Road walking is not really what we were hoping for, and we got a lot of it.
Great hotel in every respect. Air travel in line with current low quality of BA and LHR. Disappointing range of walks from hotel itself.
The hotel was superb, real haute cuisine. It is a bit of a trek to get to some of the other valleys and the local walks graded as easy I found quite steep, especially at 4-5000 feet of altitude. Public transport was however excellent.
Road walking is not really what we were hoping for, and we got a lot of it.
Great hotel in every respect. Air travel in line with current low quality of BA and LHR. Disappointing range of walks from hotel itself.
Overall this was a most excellent holiday at a wonderful destination, which was, in our opinion, of the highest value for money. It is hard to praise the hotel enough for quality, value, friendliness and effort to offer the widest possible range of possibilities.
This hotel is a gem. The best hotel we have stayed in with Inntravel. Perched on the side of the mountain, it is sunny all day and our pine-clad room (210) had beautiful sunrise and sunset views. Breakfast is incredibly generous, with a huge buffet, and you could easily make an excellent lunch with the lunchboxes for hire from the hotel to fill yourself. Or bring your own. Dinner in both restaurants is excellent and generous. The sauna facilities are superb and massages are good. Tips: try the 6 mile sledging route from Speikboden and go to Weissbach on them, then walk up to any of the 3 Weissbach mountain huts for lunch and sledge back down.
If you are snowshoeing, it is better to hire snowshoes, as the hotel's are not the most modern or gripping. Sometimes useful to borrow boot chains from the hotel for forest up hill walks in shaded valleys where ice accumulated on paths. The mountain huts don't always take cards, so take a bit of cash. The walk into the National park at the end of the valley is a bit of a bus ride but worth it for the stunning bowl of mountains and the second hut has a sunny terrace and a delicious venison pasta (and no music banging out). We walked to the Bizat hut and found it closed, so best always to check beforehand by calling. Our notes from the hotel's walk suggestion said it would be open. Try to plan walks to finish so you do not end up waiting 45 minutes in Sand in Taufers for the Ahornach bus. Although there are bars and nice coffee and cake shops.
In summary, a superb hotel and great walking and sledging. Look up the Guardian newspaper article on Bogganeering for a full account of sledging and hiking which inspired us to choose this.
We did have good weather and enjoyed some good walks. The hotel was good and the food was excellent. The photograph in your brochure for this holiday shows one of the trails we did and very much enjoyed, it is of the trail from Kassern to Adleralm. If you want to do this walk one would leave the hotel at about half past the hour and then wait half an hour at Sand for a bus to Kassern. The bus journey then takes 40 minutes, so about 1 hour 20 minutes travel. I think the photograph is misleading as to what is available locally.
We so enjoyed staying at this hotel, everything about it was excellent, and the food was outstandingly good - just what you want after a day out walking. If you do the Knuttenalm walk, we can recommend the apple strudl at the Knutten hut at the end of the walk - it was delicious.
We had never had a holiday in the mountains in winter before and this was a perfect introduction. The hotel is pleasant, warm and friendly with lovely views and the food is amazing. The walks you can do depend on the conditions but we were lucky to have superb walking every day but one. For most of the walks you have to catch the (hourly) bus down towards Sands and connect to other services but it mainly worked well. The region has an interesting history - depite being Italy it is quite Germanic (Austrian) so if you speak German that will come in handy!
The food at the hotel is world class - 5 delicious but not overwhelming courses prepared with love, pride and professionalism. Scenery is magnificent and mountain huts/restaurants warm and welcoming. We only walked on roads or prepared tracks. The many paths could only be accessed with snowshoes and some were virtually impassable. Bus network fantastically efficient but mostly only hourly so 2 buses at each end of the day have to be built into one's schedule. There is no shop in the village - nearest is in Sand an hourly bus ride away. But hotel will prepare a picnic pack for 7.50 euros.
A warm and welcoming hotel with fantastic food and lovely views.
We loved this holiday and the personal touches and atmosphere of the hotel and the family who own it. While not all walks originated from the hotel, transport was dependable and efficient. The hotel owners also gave us useful information regarding walks. We would particularly recommend the meal in Arcana, which was truly memorable.
We spent a wonderful week at the Hotel Moosmair. The whole experience was exceptional from the quality of the rooms and service to the meals. Special mention must be made about the evening meal which was beyond any expectation and turned into a daily gastronomic experience- you order your 4/5 course meal at breakfast and it is prepared on an individual basis from local sources.
The winter walking is more limited in this valley than other areas of the Alps but the bus service is easy to use and connects with all the other villages. There was very little snow in the village this year so that meant that we had greater options for walks than there would usually be.
The transport and transfer from Innsbruck to the hotel is much longer than you think. The website suggests 2 hours which is the actual travelling time but does not include waiting at stations for each of the connections, of which there were 4 on the outbound trip.
Overall, we could not recommend this location and holiday more highly
Moosmair is an exceptional hotel in all respects. The attention to detail of the whole staff team is amazing. Food is superb - 5 course meals each evening - and beautifully presented. As well as snow shoes, "spikes" to put on your walking boots are also available at reception - invaluable for walking on the very well maintained snowy paths in the area. I cannot recommend it highly enough - we will be back!
To add: the local bus service is excellent (and free with the holiday pass provided at the hotel) and buses depart hourly, every day, from right outside the hotel to Sand in Taufers bus station from where connections to many villages can be made for the start of walks. Ordinary walking boots are fine - together with the "spikes", available at the hotel. Although we didn't go on any, it is possible to join organised walks, bookable the day before - usually possible to reach the start by bus - info is on the holiday pass leaflet. Cross country skiing is good from Rein and there is a small downhill area at Speikboden - both accessible by bus. There are also many superb toboggan runs. This holiday is excellent if a variety of winter activities is a priority - and winter sunshine - the South Tyrol has over 300 days of sunshine a year and on all 3 of our winter holidays in the region, we have experienced 21 of those days!!
The hotel is perfectly located with outstanding views. The atmosphere friendly and relaxed and the food superb. We thoroughly enjoyed the sauna after a day's snowshoeing. It is definitely worth selecting a south-facing mountain view room.
The Ahrntal Valley website is very useful. The bus services are excellen.
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