4 Star Hotel

Alpen-Karawanserai - incl Joker Card

Dorfstraße 222, Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria View Map

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In the center of Hinterglemm, the Alpen-Karawanserai - incl Joker Card is a hotel in a quiet and sunny location only a few steps away from the cable car. Tradition, modern design, influences of Asian cultures, and a unique spa oasis meet here in an impressive mountain landscape. The Alpen-Karawanserai - incl Joker Card represents a completely new hotel experience - a successful combination of modern concept of living, with a focus on the inner balance of body and mind. The modern spa oasis features different offers on several levels, from holistic treatments to classic massages and beauty treatments. All rooms boast a very pleasant atmosphere in a modern living design, as well as wide views of the surrounding mountains. The Reiterkogelbahn cable car and the Bergfried ski elevator are in the immediate vicinity of the Alpen-Karawanserai - incl Joker Card and provide direct access to the skiing, hiking and biking area of Saalbach-Hinterglemm-Leogang. There you can enjoy over 168 miles of ski slopes in winter and 249 mi of signposted hiking and mountain bike trails in summer.

86 Reviews

8.8Very Good
Cleanliness
9.1
Staff
8.8
Location
9.3

What Guests Say

  • “Hotel is comfort with very nice sauna and wellness area”
  • “The real gem in the Austria! We loved everything! It is very well located, comfortable rooms with all the details for the skiers to dry…”
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Top Amenities

  • Swimming Pool
  • Restaurant
  • Free Internet Access
  • Free Parking
  • Spa
  • Fitness Center
  • Accessible Rooms / Facilities
  • Pets Allowed
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Suite with Sauna1/4

Suite with Sauna

862 sqft • 1 King or 2 Sofabed

  • Accessible bath/shower
  • Accessible by lift
  • Air conditioning
  • Balcony
Double Room1/4

Double Room

194 sqft • 1 Queen

  • Accessible bath/shower
  • Accessible by lift
  • Bath or Shower
  • Bathrobe(s)
Family Studio1/4

Family Studio

431 sqft • 1 Queen or 1 Queen

  • Accessible bath/shower
  • Accessible by lift
  • Balcony
  • Bath or Shower
Double Room with Balcony1/4

Double Room with Balcony

216 sqft • 1 Queen

  • Accessible bath/shower
  • Accessible by lift
  • Balcony
  • Bath or Shower
Junior Suite1/4

Junior Suite

377 sqft • 2 Sofabed, 1 Queen

  • Accessible bath/shower
  • Accessible by lift
  • Balcony
  • Bath or Shower

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    What Guests Loved

    8.8
    Very Good

    Based on 86 reviews

    Location

    9.3

    Cleanliness

    9.1

    Staff

    8.8

    Overall Quality

    8.7

    Pros +

    • Hotel is comfort with very nice sauna and wellness area
    • The real gem in the Austria! We loved everything! It is very well located, comfortable rooms with all the details for the skiers to dry up the clothing. The breakfast choice is just excellent! One of the best we have ever been. Also the menu for the dinner is great. And we lived a small detail as a handmade soap at the reception! Highly recommended!
    • Great breakfast offering. Also thoroughly enjoyed the saunas and the outdoor pool. Rooms are equipped with very good shower and bath facilities, and are generally very comfortable. But what was best about this place was the friendly and relaxed vibe. The staff were very nice, everyone from the lovely women at the front desk to the cleaning staff, and the locals who drink at the bar were lots of fun to drink with, particularly one guy who very kindly gifted me a bottle of a very tasty chocolate chili schnapps he makes himself.

    Cons -

    • That I had to move my car to the nerby parkingThe guy who works as massage center doesn't speak english nor german. had to cancel massage reservation because of missunderstanding and at the same time no stuff was there in the hotel to help.
    • The only disappointment, which was totally understandable given it was winter, is my kids couldn't drop in on the half pipe. There was still too much snow. Can't have everything!
    • We enjoyed our stay a lot, but the pool could have been warmer and a security camera at the ski room would have been helpful in the prevention of theft.
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    7KarmenPosted on: 3-2-2025

    Hotel is comfort with very nice sauna and wellness area

    That I had to move my car to the nerby parkingThe guy who works as massage center doesn't speak english nor german. had to cancel massage reservation because of missunderstanding and at the same time no stuff was there in the hotel to help.

    10LuciePosted on: 2-25-2025

    The real gem in the Austria! We loved everything! It is very well located, comfortable rooms with all the details for the skiers to dry up the clothing. The breakfast choice is just excellent! One of the best we have ever been. Also the menu for the dinner is great. And we lived a small detail as a handmade soap at the reception! Highly recommended!

    9MarcPosted on: 2-20-2024

    Great breakfast offering. Also thoroughly enjoyed the saunas and the outdoor pool. Rooms are equipped with very good shower and bath facilities, and are generally very comfortable. But what was best about this place was the friendly and relaxed vibe. The staff were very nice, everyone from the lovely women at the front desk to the cleaning staff, and the locals who drink at the bar were lots of fun to drink with, particularly one guy who very kindly gifted me a bottle of a very tasty chocolate chili schnapps he makes himself.

    The only disappointment, which was totally understandable given it was winter, is my kids couldn't drop in on the half pipe. There was still too much snow. Can't have everything!

    10MikePosted on: 2-8-2024

    Central location. Marvelous breakfast. Good beds and excellent shower.

    We enjoyed our stay a lot, but the pool could have been warmer and a security camera at the ski room would have been helpful in the prevention of theft.

    2RichardPosted on: 1-22-2024

    The hotel in well situated for access to the main lifts.

    I stay in 4 and 5 star hotels on a regular basis. This Hotel doesn't come close to providing the kind of service one should expect. We arrived at about 19.30 to find that we had to self check-in. So we had to look for a member of staff to discuss the usual questions one has on arrival. There was nobody to take bags up to our rooms. The variety of food for breakfast was good. The problem was that anything that should have been hot was in fact cold. This includes the kettle which at best resulted in drinking barely warm tea. We were at breakfast at 8.30 so it wasn't as if the service was about to end.The bar becomes an honesty bar because it is not staffed after 11pm. On the one occasion we visited the bar after 11pm the bar was being run by a group of very drunk guests. One of them was falling over and crashing about the place. Not surprisingly this resulted in our bar bills being incorrect. For example billed for wine which we didn't have. Luckily not by much. There was a dental flossing stick dropped and left on the stairs between the 1st and ground floor. It was there for more than 1 day. Where were the cleaning staff?The check out was shambolic. No itemised bill. I asked one to be emailed to me so that we could get on with our day. Still chasing that one. Charged for drinks we didn't have. Paid Hotel and resort tax for 4 guests even though we checked in as 2 guests. Asked to pay Eur80 for parking which we didn't use and when we pointed this out being told it wasn't possible to reverse the card machine. We refused to pay this so the receptionist did input the correct amount. But we had to insist!

    8KerryPosted on: 1-8-2024

    Breakfast was very good, lots of choice from very healthy to a full fried breakfast. Lots of juice options including self pressed vegetables and fruit. The spa was pretty amazing, if you want a break with a spa for a non-skier this hotel would be a good option.The staff were extremely helpful and let us stay in our rooms for a very late check out without charge - a very nice touch.The beds are super comfy, just what was needed after a long day.

    As we booked through booking.com I think we probably had the most basic room. It was nice but certainly not 4* hotel nice. There were no tea\coffee facilities in the room, the toiletries were very basic, generic hand\body wash, there was no hand wash at the sink but the option of having your own handmade bar of soap from reception. There was a minibar in the room but it was not stocked either - we had 2 rooms both the same. The other slight niggle is that the downstairs cafe oriental does not have any snacks available to buy before 6pm, there do serve light food after 6pm but we couldn't even buy a bags of crisps! I thought this very peculiar especially for very hungry skiers who fancy a cup of coffee or beer and nibbles after a long day on the slopes.We have been to other 4* hotels in Hinterglemm where these sort of things are standard.

    10AdiPosted on: 1-5-2024

    Beautiful hotel. Great spa facilities. Located very close to slopes and rental shops. Staff were lovely and friendly. Will definitely come back here. Thanks

    10IoanaPosted on: 8-21-2023

    I liked the personnel and the services. The spa zone is incredibly well organised and very comfortable.

    The Wi-Fi was less pretty unstable and the speed is not great.

    8SzabinaPosted on: 8-18-2023

    Great location in the heart of the city, close to the gondola, many great hiking opportunities.The outdoor, indoor pool and the wellness area is cool. I expecially liked the extended opening hour (until 22:00).The breakfast is outstanding.They offered handmade soap each day.Check-in is super easy, joker card already filled out by the time we arrived.

    The furniture in the room is very basic and showing sign of usage already. Same is true for everything, the carpets on the floor, the doors, etc. A complete refurbishment would be nice because it would be an outstanding hotel otherwise. With these old fashioned and used furnitures, the rooms have a youth hostel feeling.

    9CorinaPosted on: 8-14-2023

    Breakfast was rich, diverse and very well stocked. If you went early in the morning the bread was warm.The welness area was also quite big - there are about 5 different types of sauna, 1 indoor pool, 1 exterior pool and a natural pond where you can also bathe if you are into bathing in super cold mountain stream water.

    The water in the indoor pool was a bit cold and the places was usually packed with children screaming and jumping into the water - not a place to actually relax.Apart from this, nothing to complain about.

    10DavidPosted on: 7-3-2023

    Absolutly perfect breakfast, very beautiful and clean interior, big wellness area

    8GaalPosted on: 2-27-2023

    Excellent location, fantastic wellness facilities.

    There was no receptionist available at check in. It was weird. There was no restaurant on Tuesday evening at all, we had to go out, but almost impossible to find a place in the neighborhood without reservation.

    9BartPosted on: 2-19-2023

    atmosphere, breakfast, rooms, sauna

    shower, in the bathtub, was not connected to the wall/ roof, so was a bit difficult to take a normal shower…

    9CazijnPosted on: 2-13-2023

    Location, breakfast, spa, bar and room was excellent

    Our bathroom was a little too small

    9OleksiiPosted on: 1-3-2023

    Location is superb, right by the chairlift. The Oriental Cafe has awesome Lebanese food and great pizza, the breakfast was also 5 out of 5.

    Our room (316) appeared to be the last one in the corner under the roof (attic) and there was no standing shower, which was really uncomfortable and we were not warned about it during/after the booking. Also the sound insulation in our room was quite bad, we could here literally everything that was happening in the neighboring room, even the snoring of the person during the night. I would recommend clearly marking this room as a slightly different one, putting it into a different category to set the right expectations.

    8ŽanetePosted on: 8-8-2022

    Stylish design with particular vibe, comfy rooms with balcony. Breakfast had variety and was very tasty.spa great with hot saunas! outdoor pools even greater! Perfect location with shops, restaurants and hiking trails around. We red the reviews before coming, and I can agree to some of them. Don't await the classical expectations from 4* hotels, where the staff will be everywhere to please your every need. The vibe is very relaxed in the hotel and sometimes you need more time to look for some staff member to ask them something. Although they are very responsive!A Must: enjoy a night out with cocktail & shisha at the outdoor pool.

    The spa could be taken care of more (the empty bowl with few nuts stayed there for 3 days and looked very poor).And there is no personnel at the spa to ask for something.The restaurant menu is very limited and had limited working hours. Their house cocktails were nice but other ones - nothing special. There are better places around the hotel where you can enjoy your meals.Still some place to grow.

    8HelenaPosted on: 8-1-2022

    the spa facilities were amazing and there’s a lot of variety at the breakfast. the location is perfect too, in the Centre of everything.

    the rooms are fine but not that cozy, there’s definitely not an Austrian feel to anything. some facilities in the spa could do with fixing, some showers were broken for example.

    10StrimaitisPosted on: 7-31-2022

    The location, the staff, the SPA was perfect. The rooms was clean and comfortable. For Breakfast I’ll give 5 stars.

    The Hotel bar menu was little bit poor.

    9Kyle H.Posted on: 7-10-2022

    Located in Hinterglam and made it easy for us to walk around town for the event. Hotel has everything with relaxing cafe and pool area.

    Room was small, With open shower design. You have to shower almost on top of the toilet. Makes for wet toilet and TP. Not nice for others staying with you or yourself. Bed plug was located on one side of the bed. Power outlet was connected to the main light. So when turning off the room light at night turns switch off. No charging of phone near bed.

    9ShelleyPosted on: 7-9-2022

    Great location, fantastic food in cafe oriental with a Middle Eastern twist. Super spa facilities.

    It wasn’t really clear how the hotel worked, breakfast times etc. In an effort to save paper you got information from a QR code which is great in principle but seemed to be a bit lacking with information.

    Amenities & Policies

    Amenities

    Swimming & Soaking

    • Swimming Pool
    • Heated pool
    • Indoor pool
    • Outdoor pool
    • Plunge pool
    • Pool with view

    Fitness & Spa

    • Fitness Center
    • Spa

    Food & Drinks

    • Restaurant

    Media & Technology

    • Free Internet Access

    Transportation

    • Free Parking
    • Accessible parking

    Health & Safety

    • Health Services
    • Daily disinfection
    • Professional cleaning services

    Accessibility

    • Handicapped Rooms/Facilities
    • Facilities for disabled guests available
    • Wheelchair accessible

    Kid Friendly

    • Family Friendly

    General

    • Pets Allowed
    • No Smoking Rooms/Facilities

    Guest policies

    Check-inAfter 3:00 PM
    Check-outBefore 10:00 AM
    InternetFree Wi-Fi is available.
    ParkingFree parking is available.
    Children & Extra BedsChildren of all ages are welcome. Children of age 0 to 2 can stay with cot, subject to additional charges.
    PetsPets are allowed upon request. Charges may apply.
    Room RatesAll rates displayed are for two guests unless otherwise noted.

    Important info

    Please be informed that this property is located in the center of Hinterglemm where in summer weekly outdoor festivities and in winter apres-ski parties take place. Some noise disturbances can occur. The resort fee is a energy cost contribution. With the Joker Card you can use the mountain railways for free and there are many free discounts.

    Location

    Alpen-Karawanserai - incl Joker Card

    Dorfstraße 222, Saalbach-Hinterglemm