Live the high life in a luxury boutique hotel in Bad Gastein with Small Luxury Hotels of the World. In the snow-capped Hohe Tauern National Park, you’ll find yourself at 1,000-metres above sea level. After days on the white Salzburg ski slopes you can soak tired limbs in a thermal hot tub in this elegant, 19th-century spa town.
Luxury skiing in Bad Gastein
Seasoned skiers take the carousel lifts to the 2,600-metre high Sportgastein to venture off-piste or jump mogul runs on the black slopes. In the Gastein Valley’s laid back Schlossalm and Angertal ski areas you can take it steady with a personal ski guide. Long runs carve past scenic wooded trails.
Luxury things to do in Bad Gastein
Bad Gastein spa town sits atop 18 alpine thermal springs. Here, you can harness the healing powers of the radon gas-infused thermal waters at hot baths like luxury Alpentherme. Champagne facials and vitamin cocktails follow. At the 18-hole Golf Club Gastein, outdoor types tee up during warmer months. Emerald-green fairways are edged by sprawling pastures and hill farms. Test your roulette skills at the lavish Casino Bad Gastein with its Art Deco, Jugendstil-style architecture.
Gourmet Bad Gastein
Dine après ski in the luxury chalet-style restaurants scattered along the town’s valley ravine streets. Hearty Austrian dishes include sumptuous veal wiener schnitzel. On the main Kaiser Franz Josef Street, towering, imperial-style restaurants from the Belle Époque era serve up feasts of venison stew and apple strudel.
Book a luxury hotel in Bad Gastein with Small Luxury Hotels of the World and breathe in fresh alpine air in a rugged national park setting. At a boutique, high altitude resort, you can soak in 32-degrees Celsius thermal pools. Indulge yourself with herbal spa treatments sourced from the surrounding mountains.