Hotel Der Waldhof

We stayed at the Hotel Der Waldhof in January 2025. Our group was a mixed group of six friends (all roughly in our 40s) on a skiing trip to Zell Am See. We booked the Waldhof through Crystal Ski, and stayed in 2 of the Junior Suites, 3 to a room. The price per person for the week was £1144 - this included just the room, half board and flights. I did feel that this was quite pricey for one person sharing a room with 2 others, that's nearly £7000 for 2 rooms for the week!! The suites have a European style double bed (which is more like to small double mattresses on a single bed base with individual bedspreads), a pull out sofa bed, and a separate room with 2 bunk beds. It slept 3 quite comfortably, though if you were very familiar with your co-travellers you could probably push the numbers to 5 or 6. The shower room and toilet are separate rooms, and all rooms are separated by glass doors. The pictures on the website are a good representation of what you get. Overall, the rooms were warm, clean, and the beds were comfy. There are no kettles in the room, which was a bit of a pain when you're gasping for a cup of tea!! Our rooms were in the new part of the building; there are a couple of social areas within the landings, so do be prepared for some noise in the night. The building also houses a children's area, so it can get quite noisy. WiFi is good throughout the hotel. Half board included breakfast, evening meal, and an apres ski snack between 1530 and 1730. Breakfasts were alright, with a typical hot options (bacon, sausages, eggs etc) and plenty of cold options. Dinner was alright - couple of hot options (stews, roasts), and lots of traditional colder options. The apres was a bit hit and miss - if you get there at 1700 when they're looking to get ready for dinner service there isn't a huge amount of options left - if anything! Whilst the food was all pretty decent, it gets a bit repetitive after a few days. The service area is also not big enough for the hotel, so it does get a bit busy from time to time. And with only 2 coffee machines in the morning, when everyone is trying to get out and on the slopes there is usually a decent sized queue for coffee. Drinks are somewhere between average hotel prices to expensive. a Beer is approx £5.00, a large Coke is approx £5.00, and a triple whiskey is approx £18.00. They don't accept card, only cash or room charges! A jug of topwater on your table with dinner is charged at 4.50 Euros !!! Moving on, the boot room was pretty decent. There are plenty of lockers and your equipment is always dry and warm in the mornings. The slopes are either a 3 minutes bus ride up to the main gondola station, or down to the lowest gondola station. The bus stop is a 1 minute walk from the hotel and is included in your left pass. Heading down on the bus takes you to the "postplatz", where you can easily catch buses to Salbach or Kaprun (also included in your left pass, and definitely with the 20-30 minute trip!!

This hotel was perfect for a summer holiday with children. Really family friendly with loads of play rooms and two swimming pools. The waiting staff were attentive at dinner and our drinks order often arrived as we did, Vivianne did an excellent job looking after us. We stayed in a junior suite which was great for a family. We were close to all amenities. The walk up the hill was tough in the heat but the 71 bus was free with the guest card. It was clean and tidy all over the hotel and the reception staff were helpful for advice on what to see and where. We travelled with TUI who also had a rep at the hotel. Beautiful views, lovely lake, highly recommend.