In the morning, the sun spills over the mountains into your room. Outside lies the Gastein Valley, still fresh and clear, while the first coffee is already waiting on the terrace. No plan you have to stick to. Just the question: what does this summer day feel like? Maybe like mountains. Like a hike through the Gastein mountain world, cool forest air, sunlit alpine pastures, and that feeling when the view suddenly opens up wide. Or like a morning that simply begins where it is especially beautiful: high above Bad Hofgastein, at DAS.GOLDBERG.
Back at the hotel, hiking boots are swapped for barefoot moments. The natural swimming lake sparkles in the sun, and right beside it the sandy beach awaits. A place that, right in the middle of the mountains, almost makes you forget that the sea is many kilometres away. A dip into the clear water. Then lie back in the sun, read a few pages, and at some point realise that time is not playing a big role right now. If you would like to unwind even more deeply, continue on to the Nature’s Nest Spa. In the infinity pool, water, sky and the mountain world blur into one. Perhaps a massage follows, or a soothing spa treatment. Or perhaps simply nothing at all. Because there is time for that, too, on a summer holiday in Bad Hofgastein.
As the sun slowly sinks lower, one of our favourite hours begins at DAS.GOLDBERG. The light turns warm, the mountains take on their golden shimmer, and on the terrace you really only want one thing: stay a little longer. A good dinner. A glass of wine. The view out over the Gastein Valley. And that pleasant feeling after a day when nothing was missing. This is what midsummer tastes like with us. Like mountain air and the warmth of the sun. Like a dip in the lake and sand beneath your feet. Like long evenings outdoors and the freedom to start the day the very same way again tomorrow.
Some summer days you do not want to hold on to. But simply experience once again.
