San Martino in Passiria, Italy · 1 hr 30 from Innsbruck · Spa resort
Quellenhof Luxury Resort Passeier
Twenty-three saunas, twelve pools and a glass rooftop infinity pool, with firm age zoning to keep them apart.
Twenty-three saunas. Twelve pools. This is the maximalist end of the genre and it does not pretend otherwise.
The glass Sky infinity pool on the roof is sixteen-plus only; the Lake Event Sauna is a nude zone with regular Aufguss infusions and has the awards to prove it; there is a dry-salt inhalation lounge, a brine grotto, a twenty-five-metre Olympic pool with electronic timing, and a natural bathing pond. Your key also opens the four-thousand-square-metre spa at the sister hotel down the road, which has its own adults-only rooftop.
The age zoning is the clever part — three separate spas at sixteen, fourteen and six — so it works for a couple and for a family with small children without either pretending the other is not there. Six tennis courts, two padel courts and a pickleball court, all free with rackets. At least five sauna infusions a day.
The Alps — the region, not the property. Photograph Claudio Biesele
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The facilities
10,500 m² across four sauna oases and three age-zoned spas
Award-winning glass Sky infinity pool on the roof, adults 16+
Lake Event Sauna, a multi-award-winning nude zone with regular Aufguss infusions
Salounge dry-salt inhalation room and brine grotto
25 m Olympic sports pool with electronic timing
Natural bathing pond, and the Acqua Family Parc water park
Guests also get the 4,000 m² spa at sister hotel Das Alpenschlössel, with its own adults-only rooftop sky pool
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The rooms
CategorySizeSleeps
Single room LaugenGuesthouse Q; single occupancy only18 m²1
Double room HirzerGuesthouse Q28 m²2–4
Single room Laugen deluxeGuesthouse Q28 m²1–2
Double room IfingerGuesthouse Q40 m²2–4
Double Room EdelweißGuesthouse F50 m²2–4
Double Room Edelweiß deluxePriced per suite rather than per person70 m²2–5
6 categories from the hotel's own pages, smallest first — see their own page ↗. Thirty-four categories across four houses; these are the entry level of each.
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What the rate covers
What you will not have to think about
Breakfast
time not published
Rich gourmet buffet
Dinner
time not published
Six-course menu of choice with a show kitchen and buffets, themed culinary evenings and wellness dishes
Welcome aperitif
Sunday evening
Drinks, and the small printNot listed as included. Gourmetstube 1897 and the Sky Restaurant Teppanyaki are charged separately. Elegant attire required at dinner.
Yours, at no extra cost
Activity programme
Yoga, legs-bums-and-tums, back exercises, aqua fitness, running by the river, Nordic walking
Guided hikes
Three to four per week (the A–Z page says two — the hotel's own pages differ)
Guided mountain bike tours
Two to three per week
Tennis, padel and pickleball
Six tennis courts, two padel courts and a pickleball court, all free with rackets and balls provided
Sauna infusions
At least five daily across 23 saunas
Wine tastings and winery tours
Several times a week
Beach volleyball, football pitch with weekly games, 4-hole golf course, 3D cinema, bowling
Free
Evening programme
Fashion shows, Casino Royal, live music, exhibitions
Fitness rooms
With personal trainers
Also in the rate
Spa bag with bathrobe and sauna towels in your room
Dorfer Med line products in the room
Birthday table with a small surprise
Free parking outside or in the underground car park
Relaxation park and many relaxation oases
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Before you book
Before you go6 things worth knowing first
Parts of the spa are textile-free. Rooftop Spa 16+; Vital Spa 14+ with sauna 16+; Family Spa from age 6 If bathing without a swimsuit is not for you, check which zones before you book — in much of the Alps it is the norm rather than the exception.
There is a dress code at dinner. Elegant attire is expected. Worth a jacket in the case.
The house takes children, but not everywhere in it. Rooftop Spa 16+; Vital Spa 14+ with sauna 16+; Family Spa from age 6 For the children themselves: Childcare from age 3, all day and all year (from age 2 at certain times, with registration). Free lunch at the Children's Club with registration. Junior Club, children's restaurant, Acqua Family Parc, playrooms, mini golf, ninja course, 3D cinema, climbing hall. Free hire of bottle warmers, baby monitors and prams.
Local tourist tax is extra — €3.30 per person from age 14, per night, collected at the hotel and not in the rate.
Dogs — €25.00 per day; dog-sitting €20.00 per hour.
Language. English is spoken throughout, but the hotel's own pages are often fuller in German or Italian — which is where several of the details above came from.
What is not included7 charges on top of the rate
Local tax
€3.30 per person from age 14, per night
Dog
€25.00 per day; dog-sitting €20.00 per hour
Bike, hiking gear and racket rental
Charged
Late check-out
50% of the room rate; spa-only late check-out €40 per room from noon
New Year's Eve
Compulsory surcharge €180 adult, €100 ages 5–13
Single occupancy
On request
Spa treatments and the two speciality restaurants
Charged
The facts, as published12 lines, plus a link to their own site
Classification5-star
CategorySpa resort
RoomsNot published
Spa10,500 m²
Saunas23
Pools12
Minimum stayNone
Check-in / out15:00 / 11:00
Spa on arrival dayNot published
Spa on departure daySpa-only late check-out €40 per room from noon
ChildrenChildcare from age 3, all day and all year (from age 2 at certain times, with registration). Free lunch at the Children's Club with registration. Junior Club, children's restaurant, Acqua Family Parc, playrooms, mini golf, ninja course, 3D cinema, climbing hall. Free hire of bottle warmers, baby monitors and prams.
Adults-only areasRooftop Spa 16+; Vital Spa 14+ with sauna 16+; Family Spa from age 6
Compiled from the hotel's own published pages where available, otherwise from trade and press sources, correct as at September 2026. Anything marked "not published" is something the hotel does not state — we would rather tell you that than guess. The image above is a generated illustration, not a photograph of the property.
