Holidays in Maria Alm & the Hochkönig Region

There are places where everything suddenly becomes quieter.

Your thoughts.
The constant noise.
The feeling of always having to keep up.

Instead: fresh mountain air, warmth, movement and time for yourself.

That is exactly why wellness retreats in Austria are being redefined right now. Not as a quick escape, but as a conscious break that restores energy and creates a feeling that lasts far beyond the holiday itself.

And honestly, the Alps around Hochkönig could hardly be a better place for it.

It doesn’t start with a plan.

It starts with a feeling.
The desire to slow down. To breathe. To reconnect with what really matters.

And suddenly, you’re here.
In Maria Alm at Hochkönig, surrounded by mountains, silence, and that rare sense of clarity.

A yoga retreat in Austria that doesn’t just happen.
It transforms.

A summer holiday that feels different from the start

It rarely begins with a big plan.
More with a simple thought: a few days away. Fresh air. More space.

And then you arrive.
In Maria Alm at Hochkönig, surrounded by mountains, nature and a quiet feeling that this is exactly what you needed.

A summer holiday in Austria that doesn’t need to be loud – because it stays with you anyway.

There’s this one moment…

…it doesn’t happen at the airport.
Not while packing your suitcase.
And definitely not between two emails.

It happens here.

Maybe in the morning, when the mountains still feel a little sleepy. Or in the afternoon, when the light softens and everything slows down.

And suddenly you think: “This is how a holiday should feel.”

Welcome to your summer holiday in Maria Alm at Hochkönig.

It often starts quietly.
With a simple thought: A few days away would do me good.

A few days without schedules.
Without to-do lists.
Without that constant feeling of “I still need to…”.

Instead: mountains. Light. Stillness.

A wellness retreat in Maria Alm at Hochkönig is exactly that — a conscious pause at the foot of the Austrian Alps.

Sometimes you don’t travel for the mountains.
You travel for flavours. For conversations between courses. For that one evening you’ll remember long after you return home.

With the Culinary Journey at HOCHKÖNIGIN, a stay in Maria Alm becomes a carefully curated gourmet escape in Austria. Three nights, three distinct culinary experiences – each memorable on its own, together forming a perfectly balanced story of taste.

Ideal for anyone seeking a culinary getaway in Austria in March. Refined, relaxed and deeply enjoyable. In between: wellness, gentle movement and plenty of time to breathe.

Skiing & wellness in January: peace, space and authentic winter moments


January has a quiet talent: it doesn't impose itself. And that is precisely where its strength lies. When the holidays are over and everyday life slowly returns, a time begins in the mountains that many underestimate – yet it is ideal for a winter holiday in Austria in January.

In Maria Alm am Hochkönig, winter is now spreading out. Clear. Unexcited. And that's exactly what makes it so soothing.

(…and why the Austrian Alps around the Hochkönig are the perfect place to feel it)

There’s a moment many city souls know well.
A moment when the noise of everyday life finally fades and something far softer begins to take over.
It often happens the second they step out of the car, breathe in deeply – and hear it:

Snow.
Real snow.
Not the grey city kind, but the sparkling, crisp kind that sounds like tiny secrets under your boots.

That’s where your winter story begins.

When the sun becomes gentler and the mountains are bathed in warm light, perhaps the most beautiful time of the year begins in Maria Alm: October.
Nature becomes quieter, the days gentler – and somehow everything seems to draw a little closer.
The perfect moment, then, to let go, immerse yourself and rediscover yourself.

Or, as we say here at the HOCHKÖNIGIN: time to put your mobile phone away – and instead feel yourself.

The mountains glow like a firework display of autumn colors, chestnuts crunch underfoot, and children laugh through a carpet of leaves.
Autumn holidays in Maria Alm?
Oh yes – it’s family time that smells like freedom.

A Place That Inspires – Stroke by Stroke

You don’t just stay at a design hotel in Salzburger Land. You live surrounded by art, emotion, personality, and imagination. At the HOCHKÖNIGIN, it’s not just the mountains that tell stories – our walls whisper them too.

Welcome to a hotel where art and design walk hand in hand. Where creativity has a name: Shirin Donia – the artist who brought a whole world of color into our home.

Gua Sha, forest & wellness - the new attitude to life