Munich Kids

In Spring of 2005, we stayed at the National Park Hotel Felben.  From Munich, it is a pleasant, scenic, two-and-a-half hour drive to the hotel, located in Mitersill in a valley in the Austrian Hohen National Park.  The hotel has all of the facilities you would expect in a kinderhotel, i.e, child care available (from age 2), large indoor and outdoor play areas, comfortable rooms in a variety of sizes and arrangements, excellent dining, indoor swimming pool and baby pool, health and wellness facilities, etc. A children’s program is available throughout the day with puppet shows, free play, arts and crafts, and sledding and skiing in the winter.  In addition, the hotel is part of a working farm, so there are many opportunities for the kids to interact with the animals.  Children can hold the bunnies, watch the cows at milking time, see the goats and sheep, go for pony and cart rides, even take riding lessons.  The hotel is run by the Scharler family, and we found the service to be excellent.  Brush up on your German skills though, because not much English is spoken by the hotel management and staff.  We thoroughly enjoyed our 3-day stay, and only wish we had stayed longer to take better advantage of everything on offer.

Website:  http://www.felben.at