Hotel Albona Nova

We have stayed at the Albona Nova every year for the past 11 years and it has always been amazing. Isobel has been an amazing owner with astonishing food, luxury new spa and lovely rooms. They are always clean with super comfortable beds. The chefs never fail to deliver delicious meals that are beautiful. The spa has a lovely relaxation area, with drinks and squash available, a steam room and sauna. The pool, kids room and teens room are all have great entertainment. Highly recommend for families and anyone wanting a lovely hotel with a homely, cosy, personal feel.

We have just had a fantastic holiday staying at the Albona Nova in Zurs. It’s a wonderful, small, family-run hotel that completely exceeded our expectations. We arranged the trip ourselves i.e. flights, accommodation and transfer, so no third party holiday company involved, and it was so easy to do. The hotel replied quickly to emails and offered to help organise transfers etc. We flew to Innsbruck and it was a straight forward transfer to Zurs with minimal twists and bends to make the kids feel sick. The hotel itself is done out in typical Austrian style and is very comfortable, clean and well staffed. We received a really warm, friendly welcome and we had 2 connecting rooms; a double for my wife and I and a triple for the kids. The rooms were clean, beds comfortable, loads of space and we also had a welcome mini bottle of Prosecco waiting for us. The rooms were cleaned daily and I could not fault anything. The hotel was pretty much ski in/ski out, with the nearest chairlift just 50 yards aways or so, literally less than a minute’s walk. That particular chair lift is great as it takes you up to a nice easy blue, 2 easy reds and an easy black, although part of the black may not have been open as it seemed too easy. You can also access other lifts and runs from up there. The chairlift was really quiet and we never queued, we pretty much got straight on, and that was in UK half term. Zurs itself has a good number of runs, nothing too difficult, and from Zurs you can also reach Lech, Warth, Stuben, St Christoph and St Anton easily. The whole ski area is massive, runs were almost always quiet and we barely queued for any lifts. The free bus goes between Zurs and Lech and is very regular. You can ski to Lech but we just took the bus as the stop was literally down the hill from the hotel, 50 yards or so. I would recommend visiting Warth as it is quiet and has great snow and some great runs. The food at the hotel was outstanding with 6 or 7 courses every night. The help-yourself salad buffet starter was a particular favourite of the kids. The waiting staff were super friendly, really chatty and spoke great English, which helped as my German is pretty lousy. The sommelier was really knowledgable and introduced us to some great Austrian wines, which was quite an eye opener. Breakfasts were equally good with a huge choice at the buffet including muesli, fruit, hams, cheeses, salmon, pastries, boiled eggs, bacon etc. You could also order porridge, omelettes, crepes, waffles etc. The hotel offered lunches and had a good selection, but we ate out on the slopes every lunch time. The hotel has a cosy lounge and bar and most evenings we chilled out there. In the basement was a very modern, relaxing spa with a small pool for the kids and an adult (16+) area with sauna, steam room, infra-red room for back pain, and a chill out area with reclining seats and beds where you could help yourselves to water with various cordials. There hotel also

Mittlerweile sind wir seit mehr als 15 Jahren Stammgast in diesem Hotel und haben natürlich auch schon viel erlebt. Nach einer etwas schwierigen Saison (Corona bedingt), waren wir wieder 2 Mal diesen Winter in diesem Hotel. Gleich zum Anfang: Das Essen ist grandios und schmeckt einfach herrlich - darum auch 2 Hauben - absolut gerechtfertigt! Service, Rezeption, Housekeeping und sogar der Hausmeister, der die Autos kompetent parkt und auch das Auto vom Schnee befreit, waren durchgehend freundlich. Wie immer ist der Spa-Bereich sauber und es fehlt an nichts… Weinkarte im Restaurant: Schöne Mischung aus Österreich und anderen Ländern, faire Preise und gute Präsentation Wir haben schon für die kommende Wintersaison 2 Mal gebucht😉 Einziger Wunsch an die Direktion: Bitte gebt uns unser schönes Fleischfondue zurück! Auch wenn sein muss, gegen Aufpreis😊

Wir waren schon sehr oft in diesem Hotel und es gefällt uns immer wieder gut. Natürlich ist es unter den gegebenen Umständen etwas schwierig eine korrekte Kritik zu schreiben. Die gesamte Gastronomie und Hotellerie leidet und den Folgen der Covid-19 Krise. Trotzdem muss ich sagen, dass es sehr schön und angenehm war. Wir wurden sehr verwöhnt (der Maitre im Restaurant ist ein Vollprofi). Die Zimmer sind wie immer sehr sauber, das Housekeeping extrem professionell. Der Spabereich sauber und sehr angenehm. Unser Sohn fand es toll, jeden. Tag ins warme Pool zu springen. Wir haben bereits für den kommenden Winter 2 Mal 1 Woche gebucht