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Summer in Haven

Beach is silver, mountains are gold. The concentrated beauty of creation. The world’s best freedom & adventure backdrop. Healing climate floods the lungs. Eyes insatiable. Heart infinitely wide. Almrausch at its finest. So vital. Mountain summer simply incorrigible.

Here in haven.

Summer offers
Sonnenterrasse mit bequemen Liegen neben dem Rooftop-Pool im Haven Mountain Retreat
Architektur von Hotel im Sommer mit Rooftop-Pool
Paar wandert in den Bergen mit Bergsee in St. Johann im Pongau
Familie hat Spaß im Rooftop-ool im HAven Mountain Retreat

The SummerCard of the Höllwart Hotels

The SummerCard is now included in the room rate for guests of the Höllwart Hotels* (Haven, Oberforsthof, & Sonnhof). This personalized card gives you access to many experiences. It also offers discounts at Intersport Kerschbaumer, on public transport, and with various bonus partners in Salzburger Land.

Pssst: with a stay of 3 nights or more, a gondola ticket is included.

Learn more.

Your summer-benefits
  • Guided hike & DIY hike with hiking shuttle Herbie // several times a week**
  • Cable car hiking by Bergbahnen Alpendorf on the doorstep*
  • Golf for free on the 18-hole OPEN GOLF St. Johann** course
  • Adventure sports concierge service
  • Yoga-Classes by Nature&Paradise*
  • Yoga-Classes by Sonnhof Alpendorf**
  • Free ascent & descent bookable from 3 nights or more with the SummerCard
  • Mozart city Salzburg only 60 km away

Lakes & Mountains

  • Rooftop pool with a dream view at Haven
  • Swimming at the Böndlsee
  • Lido at Goldegger Moorsee with diving tower and all the trimmings
  • Many beautiful mountain lakes for hiking & swimming
  • SUP boarding on Lake Zell and on the Salzach
  • Guided canyoning with water slides and jumps
  • Golf with a dip in the water at Mondsee Golf Club
  • Lake hopping by bike near Salzburg
  • Water world for kids on the Geisterberg
  • Themed guide with lots of tour & insider tips
to the adventure cloud
Spiegelnde Bäume im Bergsee am Gernkogel in St. Johann
Außenansicht vom Haven Mountain Retreat mit Infinitypool und Sonnendeck
 
 

Excursions

  • Many worthwhile excursions for culture, culinary, history and nature lovers
  • Shopping & more in the Mozart city of Salzburg 60 km away
  • Many highlights in the immediate vicinity, e.g. Pongau Cathedral, Liechtenstein Gorge, Eisriesenwelt, Hohenwerfen Castle
  • Themed guide with lots of tips for excursions and events
  • Themed guide for shopping fans
to the adventure cloud
Spielturm am Geisterberg im Alpendorf Salzburger Land
Familie mit Maedchen in der Liechtensteinklamm in St. Johann
 
 
E-Bike & MTB

With or without an E, high alpine or leisurely cycling, by cable car, on single trails, picnic biking, with swimming, cultural or culinary highlights. Name it and we’ll tell you where to go.

Our favorite tours
Mann und Frau beim E-Bike fahren im Salzburger Land
Racing bike

On mountain roads with little traffic in the neighborhood or in the Salzburg lake region. The highlight: the Grossglockner High Alpine Road, which takes you through protected picture-book nature to the highest peak in Austria.

Schmutziges E-Bike am Gernkogel im Salzburger Land
 
 
Hiking

From stroller-friendly walks right outside the door, leisurely picnic tours, alpaca & cable car hikes to alpine pasture & bathing hikes, high-altitude hiking trails and three-thousand-metre ascents. There’s simply nothing in this area that we don’t offer. Our service from the hotel: the free Herbie hiking shuttle.

Our favorite hiking tours
Paar wandert in den Bergen in St. Johann im Pongau
 
 
Adventures

Cool adventures with the professionals from Pleasure Elements. Spectacular nature experiences and thrills included. Also possible without previous experience. Just don’t be afraid of water.

Info & Booking
Liechtensteinklamm Schlucht in St. Johann Alpendorf Haven
Archery

Bogen Jagd Alpendorf is located right next to the Haven. Here you get the right equipment, coaching and adrenaline kicks on the archery course, where you hunt life-size wild animals in the forest – not real ones, of course. From 6 years.

Info & Booking
Mann schießt mit Bogen auf Zielscheibe
Climbing

At the free Kraxl Wednesday organized by JO Salzburg, with coaching in the St. Veit and Klammstein/Dorfgastein climbing gardens, on your own or with a private guide to the challenging routes Hüttschlager Wand, Schuhflicker and Saukarkopf in Grossarltal.

Via ferratas in the surrounding area
Kletterseil ist im Wald gespannt
 
 
 
 
Yoga

In an apartment, in the Sonnhof yoga studios, on the open-air platform on the Hahnbaum, with a personal trainer or with Viktoria at Nature & Paradise.

Yoga
Yogapose Baum im Yogastudio vom Schwesternhotel Sonnhof Alpendorf
Golf

On our 9-hole house course OPEN Golf you train and play for free. You can even play without a license to play. There are also 18 other golf courses within a 60-90 minute drive. With the GOLF ALPIN CARD at reasonable green fees.

Havenly Golfen
Golfhandschuh beim Abschlag am Loch Open Golf

21.06. - 14.09.2025

SuperSummer unlimited

from €268,– per person

  • ✓ incl. SummerCard☀️ of the Höllwart Hotels with great activities: Mini golf, archery, ghost mountain, tree course...  
  • ✓ free weekly program with daily yoga, guided e-bike & hiking tours, herb hike, climbing, unlimited & free golf at OPEN Golf St. Johann
  • ✓ in-house bike rental
  • ✓ free weekly children's program from JOSalzburg & mini farm (right next door)
  • ✓ free games rental
  • ... & all Haven services

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Paar wandert in den Bergen in St. Johann im Pongau

01.05. - 06.06.2025

Spring Break – save one night 3+1

from €348,– per person

  • 3+1 night free*
  • ✓ incl. SummerCard☀️ of the Höllwart Hotels
  • ✓ unlimited & free golf at the OPEN Golf St. Johann
  • ✓ free underground parking space for the duration of your vacation
  • ✓ free use of the pool and sauna deck: Infinity outdoor pool with indoor entrance and adults only sauna landscape
  • ✓ Free active & weekly program
  • *Arrival Sun or Mon, depending on the season

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Infinity-Pool mit toller Bergkulisse

24.03. - 20.06.2025

Spring Bliss

from €123,– per person

Experience an unforgettable spring vacation with bike tours along the Salzach, the first hikes through the blossoming nature, ski turns in the fresh firn or a free round of golf on the OPEN golf course.

  • ✓ Starting point for many different hikes
  • ✓ in-house e-bike rental
  • ✓ free game at the Open Golf St. Johann
  • ✓ free activity and weekly program
  • ✓ free use of the pool and sauna deck: Infinity outdoor pool with indoor entrance and adults only sauna area
  • ✓ book deck7 - Rooftop á la carte or culinary package
 

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