Hotel Hollweger

Booked this hotel after seeing their web site and was duly impressed. The entrance to the hotel was just as on the web site. The room originality allocated did not have a walk in shower but that was quickly changed to an excellent room, overlooking the town and lake with a large bathroom with walk in shower. The bar area and terrace were very pleasant. The let down came with the evening meal. The web site stated "Fine dinning" and showed a picture of one main course dish well presented. In fact the evening meal consisted of a self service buffet with the main course in metal trays rather like school dinners. The consistency of the food was also similar to that of school dinners. There was only one member of staff waiting on tables but her job was solely to collect discarded plates on the tables. As a minor point the web site shows a picture of the dinning room with each table laid out with a table cloth. This was not the case as each table had just a strip of cloth on it and the serviettes were just paper ones. We had the buffet meal on the first night as we had had a long day traveling. We tolerated the second night to see if the evening meal was as bad as we thought it might be and it was. As a result for the next five night we ate out in local restaurants. The hotel was an enigma; the hotel, bedroom and lounge/bar were excellent but the evening meal was the opposite and did not match the rest of the hotel.

This hotel is absolutely superb. It enjoys a stunning view overlooking the lake. Our room was spotless and perfect for a weeks stay. Breakfast and dinner were buffet style. The reception staff were very helpful. The hotel has its own lakeside bathing area which is a 20 minute walk away. A short walk takes you to the lake. There is a Spar opposite and bus stops directly outside the hotel.

From the warm welcome to checkout staff could not have been more friendly and helpful. Enjoyed beautiful room with small terrace in Annexe which is very accessible by enclosed glass walkway, stairs or lifts. Stunning setting; enjoyed lunch and drinks outside with beautiful view. Full complete choice of delicious cooked and cold food at breakfast buffet. Wonderful selection for dinner buffet. Lovely walk through town to the lake and boat dock for lake trips. Great location for bus travel: went to Salzburg and Bad Ischl. My first 'Solo' trip. My stay was 100% perfect in every way.

Hotel Hollweger did not disappoint on my second visit some years after the first. Frau Hollweger is ever present, the staff are wonderful and the hotel itself one of the best appointed. My partner and I were in the Annexe with lovely views of the mountains and vineyard, large room, comfortable and spotlessly clean. Food is fantastic and all the better for having such a view of Wolfgangsee whilst dining. The gardens are a delight and with the benefit of a swimming pool and spa treatments this hotel is impossible to beat in St. Gilgen. I have never stayed in a hotel where the personal touch is so evident; such a welcoming feeling. Cannot wait to go back soon.

In my long life, I have stayed in hundreds of so-called First Class and “executive” hotels around the globe for both business and leisure, but I can honestly say that the wonderful Hotel Hollweger in St Gilgen Austria is the place where I have genuinely felt the most relaxed, where you are treated as a trusted and respected guest throughout one’s stay. Family run by Gerda Hollweger and her friendly and efficient family members and staff who mostly speak English very well, the rooms and facilities are very comfortable, well-equipped to a high standard and spotlessly clean. The food is absolutely excellent with restaurant views over the beautiful Lake Wolfgang and surrounding mountains. A large buffet breakfast is included with room stay and there is a superb nightly buffet offering as well as an a la carte option. All guests have free access to the large swimming pool and spa area which offers various sauna and steam room facilities, there is even a hot-cold-hot footbath walk to improve foot circulation after a long day’s hiking! You also have a key to Hotel Hollweger’s private jetty on the lakeside which has a hot shower, toilet and a changing room, a perfect place for summer swimming into the crystal-clear lake water. There is also a gym inside the original hotel near the conference / seminar business area. The hotel has accommodation in three areas, the original hotel, the new block reached by an air bridge and also the “Das Lisl” Landhaus which is a separate building in the grounds; the hotel website has good photos showing all the options. Prices are very reasonable for the high quality of accommodation on offer. The location of Hotel Hollweger is excellent for exploring the Salzkammergut area (The Salzburg “Lake District”) as St Gilgen is equidistant between Salzburg and Bad Ischl on the very reliable 150 bus route. An essential tip is to download the “Salzburg Verkehr” app to check the exact bus times / connections, and you can buy the correct tickets on your phone, all in English, and you then just show the driver your phone ticket(s). Hotel Hollweger has plenty of car parking spaces and it’s a short stroll into the pretty and quiet town of St Gilgen on the lakeshore where you can get the boat ferry to places like St Wolfgang which has more shops and restaurants. The boat ferry also has a stop at the cog railway up the Schaffberg mountain for astounding views. St Gilgen also offers a fast and efficient modern cable car up the Zwolferhorn mountain. My wife and I are currently planning another visit to Hotel Hollweger, it is highly recommended.

Our 2nd week of our 2 centre holiday in Austria. We decided to stay once again in St. Gilgen and this was our hotel. What an excellent choice, we stayed in a very large room, with a balcony and a lake view. Very comfortable bed, large bathroom with bath / shower, toilet and B-day. Excellent and friendly staff who worked at this hotel, everyone from the receptionists, cleaners, to the waitering staff, all very friendly and could speak good English. It was nice to see the owner of the hotel helping her staff with everything. - well done. Although the Hotel is located on a hill overlooking St. Gilgen, there is a footpath which takes you directly down to the village centre and is quite an easy walk down, but it can be a bit of a hike backup. We used St. Gilgen as a base for visiting Hallstatt, St. Wolfgang, Salzburg and Fuschal-am-see. We would definitely stay at this hotel again.