하모니 호텔 하르펜비르트

Host/owner was Very good, came and talked to us every day, even dig a round of shots with us on the house, nice gentleman, service was excellent, hotel food was excellent, and hotel room was very good for the price that we payed, will definitely stop again if we come back to Austria,

We had a lovely room overlooking Niederau. Clean and comfortable with a fridge, safe, bath and shower. The sauna and pool were popular and great after a day on the slopes. The outdoor temperature was changeable from 10 though to -6 so it was very mixed. The hotel's thermostat never got of high and we had to sleep with the balcony door wide open otherwise it was too hot to sleep. The restaurant was the same and we had to buy tee shirts to wear as we had packed jumpers and warm clothing for winter. We did ask for it to be turned down and even tried to open a window but that wasn't good as it was too windy. We were half board and breakfast opened at 8 meaning you couldn't get out skiing very early which was a shame as the lifts opened at 8.30 am and the majority of buses to go to Auffach to ski were less regular after 9 am. It was a real dash. Some of the meals were lost in translation - meat balls were in fact a large burger, mushrooms with tartar sauce were battered mushrooms and we has several meals that were a total surprise from what we thought we'd ordered at breakfast. Hilarious. The owner was in a wheelchair and very friendly, greeting us most evenings and the receptionist was lovely too. Some of the staff were not at all customer focused. Very mixed. You can only buy small bottles of water to have at dinner and this makes it expensive and we were having lots of water due to the heating making us hot. Shame they didn't have any larger bottles. The mains water is fine and we did drink in our room and take it in our flasks. I do like Niederau, The Tyrolean night at the Witches Hut was exceptional we left after two and a half hours and it was still going. The Dragon Night event in the next village was also excellent apart from the heavy rain. The buses ran on time and we got there and back very quickly. A great family night out. We had some great skiing, however the pistes were very mixed, lots of machine made snow which on a cold day was hard and packed - not a good experience and very noisy. Overall a good stay - thank you to the hotel owner and some of his staff.