Feuerstein Nature Family Resort

Surrounded by the breathtaking natural backdrop of the Pflersch Valley, a winter holiday in the Alps stills the inner longing deep within all of us, the yearning for comfort and warmth.

The snow falls gently on the mountains, the spruce forests, and the Feuerstein Nature Family Resort, transforming the world into a glittering winter wonderland overnight. Furthermore, here you will find everything that enriches a family holiday in South Tyrol.

Explore the still, snowy forests with your children, enjoy intense moments of wellbeing in the Mountain Spa and make the most of the holistic childcare in the play barn and the wood workshop.

The family-friendly offers at this 5-star family hotel in Italy are guaranteed to delight nature lovers of all ages. Here children and adults find enough space to express themselves – according to their needs. A place, where winter still looks like it came straight out of a fairy tale. A family hotel that offers unforgettable memories.

It’s family time in this area of boundless energy and closeness to nature in the Alps. Here at the end of South Tyrol’s Pflersch Valley, where countryside packed with family walks, ski resorts and farms awaits.

The Feuerstein Nature Family Resort in Italy has evolved over the years, and hosts and staff alike are wholeheartedly dedicated to ensuring that family time together means a successful holiday for guests of all ages.

With meaningful services tailored to your own individual needs, based on shared values. Where sincerity, warmth and harmony with nature are rooted in an area whose primal energy can be felt with your every sense.

Or, in other words: Family is everything! And to ensure that you live each day of your holidays to the full, it’s good to know: The high quality at the Feuerstein is founded on well-established principles.

Naturally, the positive feedback from our guests speaks volumes. As do the many families who return to the Feuerstein and recommend us to their friends. Nevertheless, we’d like to offer you a list of ten good reasons why you should consider us when choosing your hotel for your family mountain holidays with children in the Alps.

Hiking in the Alps or a swimming costume for your family holiday? Why not go for both? The mountains of the Pflersch Valley are packed with adventure winter and summer alike, and the family spa with its numerous pools welcomes you to enjoy a break in and around the water.

Observing, learning and understanding. Our all-round child care service follows these Maria Montessori principles of education. Children of all ages develop in every way with these custom-tailored services. A total of 70 hours of childcare per week are offered.

Not just any old slide: Our water slide is over 100 m long, guaranteeing non-stop fun and happiness in the family spa. You can also break records in the pool: A stop-clock times your descent down the speed-slide.

Whether you’re together with the whole merry band or enjoying some time for two, a trip to the family spa is a guarantee of relaxation for the whole family. There’s a snuggle-corner in the family saunas and a sensual “For Adults Only” area. Whichever one you opt for, the atmosphere is filled with the energy of nature.

Be honest: Do you think that family hotels are not for lovers of fine dining? Just book a stay at the Feuerstein and soon you’ll be enjoying the creative, regionally-sourced Alpine-based cuisine at our 5-star hotel.

We set great store by it. Discovering an atmosphere where you and your partner or other adults can feel comfortable. From the hotel bar to the chalets, mood-lighting, natural materials, design and style set the tone.

Nothing can stop your active holiday in South Tyrol, even on holidays with toddlers. The walking trails are often buggy-friendly, and with skilled ski instructors to help, kids as young as 3 years old can learn to curve with confidence and speed down the slopes.

For some of our guests, young and old, this is an absolute blessing. Thanks to our location at 1,250 m a.s.l., the air is practically pollen-free and particularly suitable for an allergen-free holiday in South Tyrol.

Another big plus for your family mountain holidays: No cars pass by our family resort, which means your kids can rampage around to their hearts’ content in the open air. Our guests park in the underground garage, and enter and exit via the hotel barrier gate.

Each to his own, as long as it’s meaningful for all the senses. This philosophy lies at the base of all our hotel offers. Walk through the countryside, alert in your every sense, strengthen your family bond through shared experiences, develop your taste buds, and experience the sensation of slowing down. The sense of… Discovering the difference.

ROOMS & SUITES
No matter whether you’re alone with a child or holidaying with a patchwork family: Room options are many and varied, as are layouts and furnishing style, all without compromising on our high-quality guarantee.

We will be happy to advise you personally in the choice of your perfect family room at the Feuerstein. Take a look the following pages for more information on our accommodation options and standard daily rates outside of special-offer weeks.

CHALET BERGKRISTALL
Cosy living room with kitchenette, bedroom with double bed, separate children’s room with 2 bunk beds, bathroom with bathtub, shower and double washbasin, separate toilet with bidet, terrace on the ground floor or balcony on the first floor with lake and mountain view

CHALET STRAHLSTEIN
Cosy living room with kitchenette, bedroom with double bed, separate children’s room with 2 bunk beds or with a loft bed and sofa bed, bathroom with bathtub, shower and double washbasin, separate toilet with bidet, terrace on the ground floor or balcony on the first floor with lake and mountain view

FAMILY SUITE ALPENJADE
Cosy living and sleeping area with double bed and lounge with oven, separate children’s room with bunk bed and single bed, spacious bathroom with bathtub, shower, double washbasin, toilet and bidet, balcony with mountain view

DOUBLE ROON GLIMMER
Double room with the possibility to add a bunk bed (can be folded out of the wall), bathroom with shower, double washbasin, toilet and bidet, balcony with mountain view

DINING
In keeping with a sustainable and regional gourmet philosophy, the kitchen of our family hotel in the Dolomites sources products primarily from Southtyrol. Everything that the local countryside and the season offer can be found in chef Tina Marcelli’s kitchen.

Experienced in catering for gourmet guests of all ages, she and her team conjure up creative dishes using nutritious ingredients.

Each day, you experience a creative, refined Alpine cuisine which has drawn its inspiration from the contrasting harmonies of our lands: South meets north, and specialities of the Italian cuisine meet age-old regional recipes handed down from generation to generation.

Our cooks also look beyond local boundaries: Inspired by the big wide world, the Feuerstein cuisine is nothing short of a gourmet culinary journey.

The South Tyrolean cuisine can count itself lucky: Situated on the border between two cultures, its Mediterranean and Alpine sides merge in Tina Marcelli’s recipes. We also place high value on sourcing our products locally, and they are delivered fresh daily.

Every call to dinner during your stay at the hotel, breakfast and dinner alike, is an invitation to get acquainted with our homemade cuisine. Enjoy the mouthwatering variety at all times of day in our dishes, which also include vegetarian, gluten-free and lactose-free meals, as well as the popular children’s classics which also play a very important role.

THE BREAKFAST
From 7.30 to 11 am in the morning, our guests can help themselves to their heart’s content from the richest breakfast buffet in the Pflersch Valley.

Free-range eggs, fresh milk from local cattle, oven-fresh bread from the village baker will cheer the spirits of even the most hardened morning-hater, as will the refined sausage specialities, Alpine cheeses and vitamin-packed, freshly-squeezed juices.

And if all of that doesn’t help, an Italian cappuccino or double espresso served with a smile is bound to do the trick.

THE LUNCH & AFTERNOON BUFFET
We’ve expanded our 3/4 board. Until now, we served a small snack in the afternoon from 3 to 5 pm. As of now, we will be offering a full lunch buffet with numerous hot and cold delicacies from 12.30 to 4.30 pm.

Homemade cakes made to granny’s recipes in our patisserie also guarantee a lip-smacking treat and the homemade syrups, diluted with sparkling spring water from the Pflersch mountains, make a refreshing drink and are within hand’s reach to quench your thirst at the refreshment stations.

THE DINNER
Candlelight and fine table linen set the scene for the culinary highpoint of the day. With a 5-course menu of extraordinary creativity, our chefs once again demonstrate the gourmet experience that is possible with the ingredients of our lands.

And while the parents are enjoying some alone-time, children can eat at the kids’ table with our child carers. Naturally, only if they choose to, and our young guests are free to make up their own minds from day to day.

ARTIFEX RESTAURANT 
Only four evenings a week, only four tables. Four tables and the door into a small and very particular world. Passionate, sincere, young and wild. And surprising. That’s what awaits guests at the gourmet restaurant Artifex at the Feuerstein Nature Family Resort, located at the end of the Pflersch Valley.

The kitchen artist is Tina Marcelli, a young chef full of vigor and drive, full of new, unconventional ideas. Join her on a culinary journey with unique taste experiences, characterized by traditional craftsmanship, regional products, creativity and multi-layered influences, along the following lines “South Tyrol meets the world”.

The delicacies are accompanied by renowned wines and sought-after rarities from South Tyrol and from all over the world.

THE WINES
South Tyrolean wine. The culinary offer at the Feuerstein wouldn’t be the same without it. For years in a row, the quality wines made by our local winegrowers and cellars have been leading the rankings of international wine guides.

And the selection of wines and aromas is extensive indeed: Despite the relatively small area, over 20 grape varieties grow in South Tyrol, each in its own particular terroir, and they thrive in the Alpine-Mediterranean climate.

We store a select array in the glass wine cube and in our new wine cellar: Mineral white wines, full-bodied reds, sparkling prosecco from South Tyrolean cellars. Ripened on steep, sun-kissed slopes, from the Eisacktal Valley on the Wine Trail all the way to the Vinschgau Valley.

We also stock celebrated wines from Tuscany and interesting rarities from our young wine makers find their way to our guests’ glasses as an aperitif, or paired with your evening meal.

THE BAR
Feuerstein hour for kids is a break at the hotel bar for parents. Before bedtime, there’s still enough time for the cheerful, relaxing atmosphere of this spot to work its magic on you. Elegant lounge chairs, pleasant music and a stylish bar design.

Behind the scenes at the family resort is a specialist, who pursues his profession with skill and passion that is clear to see. He will mix up your favourite cocktail to perfection, or offer you a taste of a whisky from South Tyrol.

Or how about a prize-winning gin from Great Britain? Your holiday days draw to a close in the best way possible – in our bar and lounge, beside a crackling fire with a well-mixed drink in your hand.

ONLY REGIONAL & FRESH INGREDIENTS
The fact that our chefs are true masters of the stove is something that our guests will find out for themselves as they savour the taste of the Alps at the Feuerstein, from our homemade pasta made with the best of wheat, ravioli to the traditional Schlutzkrapfen pasta stuffed with freshly-picked spinach.

The smell of freshly-baked apple strudel wafts through the air from the hotel’s own bakery, and even the jams, cordials and various ice creams are homemade. Our chefs love to recreate old recipes anew, and to break new ground in their culinary experiments.

And always and ever with an abiding passion for the cookery profession and love of food – which, in keeping with our natural and sustainable philosophy, is used in its entirety wherever possible.

Down-to-earth and rooted in our homeland. These are the values which guide us each and every day, and which we exemplify with enthusiasm. In our sense of social responsibility, we support the production of South Tyriol and if possible the Pflersch Valley.

And we’re delighted to do it, as we are delivered products which are seasonal, fresh, and of the highest of quality – not to mention zero-kilometre, another contribution to protecting the environment.

We also place great value on the quality of our foodstuffs, as in the rest of the family resort. We achieve this through species-appropriate animal farming, GM-free fodder, artisan production and independent inspection. In addition to this, the incomparable taste of high-quality products from South Tyrol.

This geographically favourable area, the fertile soils and a farming culture which has flourished for generations has created agricultural products which inspire our regional cuisine to take culinary flight. We would like to offer our most heartfelt of thanks to the following producers:

The free-range eggs from the Marginter farm in Gossensass taste so good because the hens breathe in the fresh mountain air, roam freely outside and are fed with natural foodstuffs. The eggs are collected carefully every day by Peter Marginter and are brought to the Feuerstein in no time.

A variety of vegetables are cultivated at the Lenzen farm in Ausserpflersch. A variety of lettuces, cabbage, red cabbage, kohlrabi, carrots, beetroot, courgettes, onions, leeks, rocket lettuce and potatoes all thrive in the nitrogen-rich soils. The fresh climate of this high altitude gives the vegetables an intensely aromatic flavour.

Gabi and Sepp Holzer and Bernhard Auckenthaler are the green fingers behind the Wipptal Herb Garden. Together the dedicated herb farmers tend the Steirerhof in Wiesen and the Botenhof in Pflersch, two herb gardens with a range of altitudes and soil conditions that enables them to meet the natural needs of the plants to the full.

The precious herbs and flowers are hand-harvested at auspicious “Balsamic Moon” times and brought to the Feuerstein as tea blends, aromatic herbs, liqueurs and syrups.

Verena Angerer and Alexander Guadagnini manage the Jörgner farm together on 1,470m in the Pfitschtal Valley. With much passion, experience and love, they take care of their pigs and cattle, so that only the very best quality comes to the table.

Species-appropriate and organic animal husbandry you can taste! The Feuerstein even adopted a pig: our Frida will have a long life as a breeding sow.

The Meatery – Meat Boutique from Olang focuses on quality meat from the region. Constant exchange and a good relationship to the farmers play an important role. The company even goes one step further by commissioning selected farmers to produce beef, veal and pork with the South Tyrolean Quality Seal.

The South Tyrol Quality Seal guarantees the origin of the animals and offers complete traceability of the animals back to the farm. Only meat that meets the high standards is processed. This is one of the reasons why the production is kept manageable. This is the only way to guarantee the high quality standard.

With Europe’s highest salmon smokehouse at over 1,200 meters above sea level, Benedikt Röser and his wife realized a lifelong dream. There, where you can feel the sky with your fingertips and where originality and genuine craftsmanship still have great importance.

In addition to Scottish salmon of the highest quality from the North Atlantic, regional, South Tyrolean Arctic char and salmon trout are also refined here.

Genuine craftsmanship and high-quality raw materials are the most important ingredients for the hand-smoked specialties. In addition to long resting periods, in-house spring water and hand-picked ingredients, smoking is done exclusively with apple-juniper wood.

Völs at Schlern, 7 am. The day´s first raw coffee beans go into the drum roaster. 20 minutes later, an enticing aroma spreads through the air. A great deal of knowledge, experience and passion goes into each cup of Caroma coffee.

The beans are selected for their quality, with a focus on organic cultivation and fair trade. Valentin Hofer – Italy’s first coffee sommelier – runs the Caroma coffee roastery in Völs am Schlern.

Here in the midst of mountains in the fresh air, he processes coffee of the highest quality for a pleasure without regret. The raw coffee is gently and slowly roasted and packaged for sale by hand.

Sterzinger yoghurt makes the hearts of all yoghurt lovers beat faster. It stands out for its unique taste. The best grass and clear water are on the menu of the dairy cows, whose milk is processed into yoghurt, butter and other delicious dairy products in the dairy farm on the green outskirts of Sterzing.

They are milked daily by diligent mountain farmers. A milk collection vehicle picks up the milk and takes it directly to the dairy farm where the milk is processed within 24 hours.

The price for one litre of milk varies according to the quality. The better the milk quality, the more the farmer gets for it. This is an incentive for constant top quality which can be tasted in all products. The most popular product is yoghurt: 1.5 million cups leave the Milchhof Sterzing dairy every day.

Probably the best grey cheese in South Tyrol can be found at the farm Moarhof in the valley Ahrntal. Only milk from their own cows is used for production. The unique taste is not only owed to a special production process as well as to the loving treatment of the animals.

Farmer Roland and his wife Claudia live and work on the farm Moarhof at 1300 above sea level. From the very beginning, it was important to both of them that the milk from their own cows will be used for cheese production.

If you want to make a great product, you have to plan well every single step, starting with the care of the animals. These are kept at the farm Moarhof in a loving and species-appropriate manner and fed with high-quality feed.

Hubert Stockner, cheese master, fromelier and certified beer sommelier from South Tyrol in Italy proves taste: A natural cave in the tyrolean mountains – as a relic from the world war – serves as a maturing cave for his exquisite South Tyrolean and international cheese specialties.

There he cares raw milk cheese from selected dairies several months or years and refines them to cheese specialties with a very special touch. The natural cave is for his climatic conditions ideal for ripening hard cheese, blue cheese or pecorino.

All year round, there is a temperature of about 10° C and a humidity of almost 100%. This special ripening climate and the special microflora in the natural stone bunker give the cheese a creamy smooth texture and a special aroma. A ripening room without energy expenditure – pure nature so to speak.

“Che bontà!” means Pure goodness! with every bite, since 1925. For all this time, we have been offering you the pure, natural goodness and pleasure of our magnificent creations. This long confectionary tradition started with Alfons Loacker, who first started making wafers in his little pastry shop in Bolzano.

Really not much has changed since then: we now make all our delicacies at 1000 meters above sea level, high up in the mountains in Auna di Sotto and Heinfels, using only carefully selected natural ingredients, with no trace of any added flavors, colors or preservatives, and we pack our specialties fresh out of the oven to preserve their full fragrance.

But, to achieve perfection, goodness demands more than this, which is why we are constantly committed to greater social and environmental sustainability. Because, at Loacker, goodness is a choice.

SPA & WELLNESS 
At 1,250 m a.s.l., the power of the mountains is so tangible you can feel it. It connects us with the world and gives us the sense of our roots, of living at the heart of our being. Here at our family hotel, we absorb the primal energy gifted to us by nature, and give it space and form.

In the first Mountain Spa in Europe to be fuelled by natural resources, parents and children experience how water and warmth strengthen the bond between them. Wood and rock, two elements from the Pflersch Valley, complete our holistic wellness concept designed for a wellness holiday with your children with a lasting impact.

Protective mountain peaks, gurgling waterfalls and sunny Alpine meadows. Here in South Tyrol’s Pflersch Valley, nature offers itself to you in all its pure wonder, gifting you with strength and relaxation during your family wellness holiday.

The essence of this concentrated energy is yours to enjoy at the Feuerstein Mountain Spa, the first spa in Europe to run on alpine natural resources and offer age-specific development and meaningful quality-time for all generations.

Guests of all ages can immerse themselves in the mountains of the Pflersch Valley throughout the four stories of the MountainSPA and connect with the healing properties of water, warmth, wood and rock, the natural resources that find their true vocation in the exquisite Spa treatments.

Here at the valley’s end, nestled in the heart of breathtaking natural surroundings, you can feel it all so clearly: The primal power of the mountains welling up inside, stirring within us and inspiring us here at this site where the energy of nature converges.

Here, where you find answers to the questions that burn within us: Where we come from? Where are we going? Where am I in life? How do I find balance in life? This site of power encourages us to live life mindfully. If I know where I am in life, I can find balance where it’s needed.

And we can also draw our energy from the natural resources which, through meaningful treatments in the Mountain SPA, become both a valuable assistance and a tangible essence.

Our natural resources. Our sources of energy and our guides. By simply being true to their nature, they bring balance to all. Water: the sparkling spring of life, never still. Feel lighter, let yourself go and see things clearly once more. Warmth that comes from the heart. When you feel warmth, you feel closer to yourself, and more trusting towards others.

Feel the comfort. Rock represents stability. Become aware of your own strength and power, and face life with courage and determination. Wood the primordial element. Rooted in the earth, always reaching towards the light. Allow yourself to grow, and open your being to renewed vitality and creativity.

VITALIS TEAM DR JOSEPH
Our partners are the embodiment of our sustainable, conscientious and natural care. Nature is of the essence for the certified biocosmetics Vitalis Team Dr Joseph, which aims to bring you the power of nature’s active ingredients through modern techniques blended harmoniously together with holistic products and treatments.

The certified biocosmetics draw on the expertise of our Alpine culture, typical regional herbs and modern methods.

NATURE COSMETICS
The new highlight in our Mountain Spa: The new in-house cosmetics line Feuerstein Nature Cosmetics. It was developed together with Alpienne, the leading manufacturer of natural cosmetics.

Feuerstein Nature Cosmetics stands for pure, high-quality natural cosmetics. Each product contains highly concentrated, wild (or wild cultivated), organic and herbal active ingredients, nothing else. The most powerful, wild medicinal plants in the Alps are hand harvested and combined with certified, natural ingredients that are extremely effective.

TREATMENTS
How would you like your skin to feel after your treatment? What kind of massage would you like? Our Mountain Spa specialists will take you by the hand, tailoring your treatment to match your own specific needs with the utmost of skill and sensitivity.

No matter whether it’s a nourishing facial ritual or a relaxing back massage – all of our treatments work together with the natural energy of natural resources.

DAY SPA
The Feuerstein opens its doors to external guests who want to escape their daily routine for a day. Relax alone, with your family, or with friends in our Mountain Spa and enjoy the delicious afternoon buffet.

On-site you will also receive a spa bag with towels and slippers. On request you can also book breakfast, brunch, lunch and / or dinner as well as treatments. Ideal as a gift for your loved one!

WATER WORLD 
There’s no doubt about it: Play and water are an intrinsic part of a family holiday in the Alps. Even babies and toddlers react enthusiastically to water, not to mention older kids and teenagers. Swimming, splashing around, speeding down the water slide.

The primal element of water also has a positive, cleansing and harmonising aura. As a family hotel, we do not just have one swimming pool, but offer an array of unique water places with so many special attractions that everybody is sure to find their favourite, even for our adult guests who want to relax in the water or enjoy a good, sporty swim.

The pool for the youngest kids, and where mum and dad are also happy to spend time and enjoy tender family moments in warm water on holiday with their baby.

Even tiny kids are fascinated by the water, the shimmering, clear element that grasps their attention so fully. Our 15 m2 baby pool in the family spa offers you the chance to enjoy playing around in the water with your baby.

At a constant 34-35°C, the water temperature works a positive effect on your baby at a level that’s more than skin-deep: The warmth reminds babies of their time in the womb.

The close contact with their mother’s skin also strengthens their innate trust, and the gentle calming effects releases countless happy-hormones. Floating weightlessly in the water also promotes motor skills and is a whole lot of fun.

THE OUTDOOR POOL WITH A VIEW 
Dive in, and resurface relaxed to the full. Far from the world, no edges to be seen, just the sound of silence and the sense of vastness at 1,250 metres above sea level.

For many of our guests, swimming is their favourite sport. It relaxes stiff muscles, relieves joints and generally improves your fitness. The even, steady movement also create a kind of routine which calms the body and the spirits.

And while you’re gliding through the water, you experience the clarity of distance which helps to solve problems – and afterwards, you climb out of the water relaxed and balanced. The most beautiful place to enjoy the countless benefits of swimming on a family holiday can be found in our nature resort.

The twenty metre long and seven meter wide outdoor infinity pool “The View” is in “pole position” by the swimming pond at the foot of the impressive rocky formations and endless energy of the Dolomite mountains.

Feel the crystal clarity of the Pflersch mountain spring water for yourself and dive in to the outdoor pool. Thanks to the clean energy our hotel uses, it is a constant 28° – 30°C year-round. Just another reason to enjoy a morning dip in the outdoor infinity pool at our family hotel.

People pull together on the mountains. The closeness to one another gives you a sense of security, and you feel protected and cared for. Warmth does the same thing.

The centrepiece of our family hotel is filled with comforting warmth in a sauna and wellness world filled with natural materials, soft shapes and soothing colours. The discreet aesthetic style of this oasis creates a relaxing atmosphere which makes the revitalising powers of nature even more apparent in the various saunas and relaxation areas.

FAMILY SAUNA 
Take a family leap into a realm of gentle warmth, fine scents and warm colours. Three saunas make a wellness holiday with children a health-packed experience for all. A sauna session has a multitude of positive effects on people. Sweating relaxes your muscles and spirits, strengthens your immune system and stimulates your circulation metabolism.

The same goes for young children and kids, as recent studies have confirmed. This means that mum and dad can enjoy the pleasant temperatures of a sauna at the Feuerstein together with their child.

Above all, children love the intense closeness and gentle contact with their skin as they sit on their parents’ laps; the soothing combination of warmth, wet and the delicate scent of wood do the rest.

At times, families also have the chance to take part in a sauna-master ceremony. Just a few minutes in the bio-sauna or the Finnish sauna are enough to bring your body and spirits into balance.

Showered, dried and wrapped up in a fleecy bathrobe, covered with a blanket, you can cuddle up next to each other between sauna sessions in the snoozle corner of our family hotel, and wish that this heavenly feeling may never disappear.

How soft your skin is after a sauna, and how pleasantly drowsy you feel – from baby to adult. For kids, the relaxation rooms with an array of family cushions and loungers are a soothing, aesthetically pleasing spot to relax, where muted light and natural materials radiate a particularly calming effect.

FOR ADULTS ONLY
Children are not permitted in the three saunas and the variety of themed relaxation areas. This means that adults can enjoy some me-time as they relax on wood, stone and luxurious relaxation loungers.

If, on your wellness holiday in South Tyrol, you chance upon our For Adults Only sauna world, you will experience one thing above all else: “I’m important now”. Hand-selected materials and exquisite accessories furnish this area of slowing-down and relaxation.

Essential pine oil wafts through the air and warm stones from the depths of the earth, a natural energy store, pass their natural energy on to you. Beautiful interior design gives you room to breathe, and to step into a relationship with an ever-present primal energy.

The steam bath, Arolla pine sauna and a 90° Finnish mountain sauna with a panoramic view pass this primal energy on to our guests in concentrated form.

The sauna world for adults is on three levels where heat and damp, silence and a retreat, and a breathtaking view of nature take you on a sensual journey towards your inner being. Living in the now, your “me-time” takes on a whole new quality capable of charging every cell in your body with energy.

Afterwards, when you take a dip in the sparkling whirlpool with a view up into the skies, with the awe-inspiring Dolomite mountains before your eyes, you will feel the sensation of being where you’re supposed to be, here at the end of the Pflersch Valley, where wellness and spa, unique in the Alps, are fuelled by natural resources and quality time is a guarantee for all ages.

YOGA AND MEDITATION ON THE ALPS 
Like a tree, with energy flowing through its trunk… in the same way, Prana, or vital energy, is free through the gentle breathing and body exercises of yoga. Through the release of blockages, growth is possible and people are able to develop once more.

Through the Asanas, tensions are perceived and then dissolved, the muscles and the spine stretched and the inner organs strengthened. Even after the first hour, you can feel the relaxation in your body and mind, a sensation which can be taken a step further through meditation.

Yoga is, then, an important part of our health concept in the nature resort, and is a great favourite with our guests, even those who are beginners in this sphere. As a hotel with yoga, we have a unique Yoga Loft, where you can feel the warmth as soon as you step through the door, lit exclusively with natural light and a soothing aura.

Located on the top floor and leading onto the rooftop balcony high above the holiday resort, the imposing natural backdrop with the sleek Alpine architecture, with large windows which dissolve the confines between room and nature.

STRONG & STEADY AS A ROCK
As steadfast in life as a rock in the mountains. Strength of body and spirit help us to assimilate this innate trust.

The large Fitness Lounge, flooded with natural light, is open to everybody during your family wellness holiday, and an area where attractive features make a workout a pleasure: No matter whether you’re on the treadmill or the cable-crossover machine, the Pflersch mountains are in constant view through the wall-to-wall glass façade.

Our guests can also count on professional support from our movement experts here at the Feuerstein. Our qualified health trainers, with their extensive professional expertise, sensitivity and a sophisticated movement training ideology, follow the principles of “move to slow down”.

Inner balance, strengthened nerves and physical fitness are all accessible to our guests – with no stress or pressure, and using targeted individual plans that will help you to keep fit even after your holiday at the Feuerstein has ended.

THE FOREST & THE NATURE
Inspired by the educational philosophy of Maria Montessori, nature always joins in the fun, your holidays at the design family hotel in Italy come complete with our professional child care.

Watching, understanding, learning with all your senses: Excursions through woods and meadows, pottering in the wood workshop or climbing in the play barn are made for it. Falling and getting up again, laughing painting, learning about plants and animals.

Flammi’s Friends, our trained child carers, know what forest fairies and nature swashbucklers want on a holiday for children in South Tyrol. And together, they wander through the family resort in the Alps, your powerhouse of nature for a happy, luxury holiday with children in the mountains.

THE RIDING STABLE 
Attention, dear horse lovers, riding enthusiasts and all who want to become one! In May 2022, the new riding stable with horses and ponies will be opened at the Feuerstein. Riding lessons, pony riding, feeding and caring for the horses and much more will soon be on the program.

But that’s not all. Goats, sheep, chickens and rabbits will also move into the Feuerstein, so that parents and children can soon slip into the role of a farmer themselves. Currently, construction is underway diligently, here you can follow the progress.

A HUGE HOLE
A few weeks ago,the construction of the riding stable has begun behind the Feuerstein – hidden behind a small hill and barely visible from the hotel. It is still hard to imagine that this huge hole will one day become a riding stable and a small farm with many animals.

Slowly but surely the riding stable is taking shape. From the outside the stable already looks very good, now it goes to the interior. Here 12 boxes for our horses and ponies are being built.

Even our horses can look forward to a beautiful view. From the horse stable they enjoy a wonderful view of mount Tribulaun :). Also inside the horse stable we are busy building – the horse stalls are almost finished. Here, our ponies and horses are guaranteed to feel at home.

EXPERIENCES & ACTIVITIES
Leap through knee-high grass, dance through soft mossy woods, see the fire salamanders and the marmots. Our active hotel at the end of the Pflersch valley in South Tyrol is one enormous playground of adventure and natural countryside.

Gurgling brooks, sunny Alpine meadows, the clear mountain air. On holidays with children, everybody enjoys being out in the fresh air. Signposted walking and bike trails lead the way up to breathtaking viewpoints, ski resorts with a snow guarantee are the stomping ground for ski fans on a family holiday in the Alps.

The journey to get here to the Feuerstein nature resort is the first step to your active holiday in South Tyrol. To the south of the Brenner, sheltered from the wind by the mighty Alpine ridge, a world for all active experiences at every altitude opens out in the Pflersch valley.

Parents who like getting out and about in the fresh air will find every opportunity to do just that. Enjoy a mountain tour up to the highest mountain hut of the Alps or enhance your holiday with an idyllic nature walk to the sunny Alpine meadows.

And for adult mountain bikers, the Alpine countryside offers routes ranging from easy to difficult around your active hotel. Winter activities are incomparable: Best-known for ski tours in the Alps, the Pflersch valley awaits you with spectacular routes and downhills through the compact firn snow.

And while the parents are out and about on the glaciers with an experienced guide, the kids are enjoying age-appropriate adventures at the Feuerstein. And that’s how parents can enjoy a break and a spot of freedom for extra special moments on a holiday in the Dolomites.

HIKING
The Becherhaus, the Müller hut or the Magdeburg hut. Some of the highest-altitude mountain huts in the Alps are situated in the rocky lands around the Active Hotel Feuerstein. And the trails leading to them are just pure walking bliss.

MOUNTAIN BIKE
From nice and leisurely to breakneck speeds, over forest roads and downhills, up to the Alpine meadows and mountain ridges. Discover the Pflersch Valley on a mountain bike: For many parents, it’s the embodiment of an active holiday in Italy.

WATERFALLS
Where cowbells ring and marmots whistle. Where waterfalls spray the rosy cheeks of hikers and castles tower up into the skies, crowning each and every day of your active family holiday with new adventures.

Around the Feuerstein family hotel at the foot of the Pflersch Mountains and glaciers, an exciting family holiday lies in store for our guests every season of the year. From spring right through to late autumn, family friendly walks and bike tours are possible, while winter invites guests to ski, toboggan or ice skate.

The weekly family walk to the Allriss Alm mountain pasture is an exceptionally popular trip, and in winter we sledge our way back home again. All this and so much more awaits families on an active holiday in Italy.

CLIMBING
Balance on suspension bridges, pull yourself up on high on swinging nets and hang from wire ropes: Skytrek, the high-ropes course in Sterzing is a sure-fire adventure and adrenaline rush for the whole family. And as a partner hotel, they have even dedicated a trail to the Feuerstein family hotel in the Dolomites

The Skytrek climbing park in Sterzing boasts six routes with 80 features and an enormous variety of obstacles: Sometimes it’s a wobbly bridge, sometimes a tightrope, sometimes a net. And at the end of every route, you speed down the zipline and back to steady ground.

Excellently trained guides watchfully guard every step your children take when climbing. From as early as four years old, kids can enjoy a trip to the high-rope garden in Sterzing: Equipped with a harness and helmet, climbing fans of all ages can enjoy the dizzying heights.

Fun for all the family doesn’t get better than this. Apart from the sheer fun for fun’s sake, you need nerves of steel to conquer some of the obstacles as you balance your way from treetop to treetop high above the ground. It does wonders for your self-confidence and is great for building (family) team spirit.

WALKING & BIKING
Well-signposted bike routes and walking paths, some of which are classified as buggy-friendly, weave their way around the Alpine holiday world surrounding the Feuerstein

RAFTING
Still waters and raging torrents. The Eisack, second biggest river in South Tyrol, is the place to go for rafting in Sterzing, South Tyrol. It runs from Brenner and winds its way in ribbons large and small, sometimes a trickle and sometimes a flood, through the Eisack valley and past the three towns of Sterzing, Brixen and Klausen before flowing into the Etsch, 96 km downstream.

Some of the stretches of the Eisack are excellent for rafting tours at all difficulty levels. Kids and adults can enjoy the white-water rapids in a river-raft, with a paddle, a life jacket and experienced guides on board.

A number of rafting schools in the Eisack Valley specialise in this adventurous leisure activity and offer tours from June to September.

SKIING
Skiing fans of all ages will be in their element on a winter holiday at the Feuerstein family hotel in Italy. Snow falls thick in these northern reaches of the land, which means that you can start drawing curves on the slopes directly at the car-free nature resort.

Kids learn the ABC of the slopes with trendy boards, a magic carpet and a ski course on the practice slopes, while the ski resort of Ladurns just around the corner is ideal for honing your technique. The ski school in one of the most family-friendly ski resorts in South Tyrol, enjoys an outstanding reputation.

Lessons in Fichti’s’ Kinderland are just a five minute drive from the Feuerstein, and the hotel shuttle-bus offers an exceptionally practical service, transporting young skiers free of charge to the ski resort every day and picking them up again afterwards.

For adult skiers, the ski resort of Ladurns with its 15 km slopes is a winter sports gem. Wide downhills await carvers and snowboarders, friendly restaurateurs invite you to enjoy a slice of home-made strudel in the Stube parlour, and sunny mountain-hut terraces nestle into breathtaking mountain scenery.

If it weren’t for the other two ski resorts in the area, you would never want to leave. The Ratschings resort and the Rosskopf resort near Sterzing are covered by the same pass and are just a 30 minute drive at the most from the Feuerstein, your family hotel which makes a ski holiday in the Alps an unforgettable experience for beginners and experts alike.

TOBOGGANING & ICE SKATING
Like everywhere in the mountain valleys of the Alps, tobogganing also has a long tradition in South Tyrol. In the past, farmers used sledges as the only means of transport in winter to get down to the valleys from the high-lying farms, often on steep slopes.

Today, tobogganing is the perfect activity for fun times in the snow at the Feuerstein and the ski resort of Ladurns. Heading out from the Feuerstein, an easy toboggan slope is located at the Allriss Alm (3.5 km), which regularly organises family trips in the snow.

The 10 km long toboggan slope from the peak of the Rosskopf ski resort in Sterzing also adds a touch of magic to a winter family holiday the Alps. Take a gondola to the starting point and make your way down the valley in wide curves through snowy woods.

And if you fancy skating your way through the winter wonderland of Pflersch, you’re sure to find your own personal favourite among the frozen swimming lake at the Feuerstein nature resort. As soon as it’s cold enough, the natural ice rinks are open to one and all – and the necessary footwear is available for rental at the Feuerstein.

FAMILY TRIPS
Where Kaisers and Queens, artists and poets journeyed through the land: On a family trip in South Tyrol, you travel into the living past. For centuries the Eisack Valley was one of the most important trade routes from north to south, bringing prosperity to the towns along the Eisack.

Even today, imposing castles, palaces and fortresses of strategic importance are dotted around the Eisack Valley. Nobility, clergy and bourgeoisie alike have left their buildings to posterity, and their historic walls carry us back into the realms of the past.

Bold knights, elegant damsels and famed minstrels: A summer mountain holiday brings age-old legends back to vivid life as you stroll round the old walls and splendour of historic settings.

Exhibitions provide a graphic illustration of daily life in days gone by, and the interesting background information and cultural facts play their part in enhancing your family holiday in the Dolomites.

WOLFSTHURN CASTLE
The well-kept baroque castle enchants visitors with the magnificent splendour of its rooms, some of which house the South Tyrol Museum of Hunting and Fishing.

FRANZENSFESTE FORTRESS
Built as a dam and as protection against a possible French invasion in 1838, the renovated fortress is a masterpiece of Austrian military architecture and holds regular exhibitions. Legend tells that a hoard of gold from the Second World War is also hidden within the walls of the fortress.

RIDNAUN MOUNTAIN MINE 
On a family holiday in Italy, you can follow in the trails of thousands of miners who shovelled silver from the highest-lying ore mine in Europe up until the 80’s. The tunnels and the processing plant offer a particularly impressive insight into the working conditions underground.

REIFENSTEIN & SPRECHENSTEIN
On the sides of the valley to the south-west of Sterzing, two bastions dominate the picturesque scene. Visitors can enjoy a guided tour around Reifenstein castle, towering high on a rocky hill. Sprechenstein castle, a private residence which can be viewed from the outside only, lies on the other side of the valley.

Rooms: 30

Price: from 377 EUR per night

Source: www.feuerstein.info