Saalerwirt

With long views, and easy access to the spectacular Rieserferner mountains, hikers, climbers and fresh-air fanciers will all be enticed by this family-run hotel. Spend your days hiking, biking and skiing around the smorgasbord of mountains, choose from easy-going, flat routes to tough mountain passes for the fit and fearless, then return to pamper yourself in the spoiling spa or loosen your limbs in a yoga class.

Settled in a pretty hamlet the hotel has 29 country-alpine rooms fanning out across the site. Parts of the building date from the 13th century, the newer buildings house bright and breezy apartment style rooms. You’re beautifully looked after by Gabriel and his family who feed you delicious breakfasts and dinners, served inside or out, and hearty suppers, with produce from the garden and wine from the cellar.

Visit the lively town of Bruneck (15-min drive) and head east to the jaw-dropping Pragser Wildsee lake (30-min drive).