Guest User
February 20, 2022
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