Team Hochalmspitze On Tour – Adrian, Sandra and Jane have spent the Mayday Bank Holiday weekend at the BMAD (Bikers Making A Difference) Festival in the lovely Devon seaside town of Paignton. And judging from th photos and the feedback, a damn good job they did of it too! Here is Adrians’s report: We are [...]

Press release begins: I can announce that the last tile has been laid at Gasthof Hochalmspitze.  This momentous event, the culmination of so much effort by so many people, took place at 17.52h yesterday, Saturday May 4th at a small private ceremony. The location of the actual “last” tile is not to be revealed. Each [...]

Wine Tasting and Toasting Gowers’ Towers. Hello my deprived readers – fear not, there is going to be another year of entertaining bulletins from the land of the failed house painter (thank you Mark – always acknowledge your sources, and he does appreciate the publicity).  I was here in March and have to confess that [...]

Season Opening Special – Friday May 11th from 19:00 – Vernon’s Beer-Battered Fish & Chips. Great with a glass of Guinness of course! Vegetarian/Vegan option available. Download details here. Fish & Chips EN Share/weitersagen:

…… well let’s start with this wonderful photo of the Lago de Predil in early May – gloriously unspoiled by anything other than the occasional visiting tourist and one of our favourite stops halfway round our 3 Countries Tour. By the time we get here we have already crossed into Slovenia via the Würzen Pass [...]

It’s already Easter Weekend and once the Easter Bunny has been and brought its annual chocolate delights, we will all get down to the really important stuff of planning the summer season! We already have a number of events booked in, which you can read about here. Keep this page as a link – we [...]

First of all we would like to wish you a Very Happy New Year! Hopefully, despite the doom and gloom in the media, the Mayan predictions of impending disaster and the increasingily strange global weather patterns, we will look back on 2012 as another great year for biking, hiking and generally enjoying the Carinthian hospitality! [...]

What a beautiful evening! And according to the weather forecast its going to be fabulous all weekend. Which is really lucky because this is just about the last weekend we will have to enjoy the sunshine before the season really kicks off! After spending a lot of time catching up with all the pre-season chores, [...]

This year’s very late Easter has left us all in a bit of a quandary – is it the end of the winter season or the beginning of the summer one? Up on the many ski slopes that are still open they look to the skies and pray for just a few more centimetres of [...]

I think most people who run a business would say that finding – and keeping – good staff is one of the hardest aspects. But it is also true, especially in hospitality, that having a good team is what can make or break you. John and I are very clear about certain things and one [...]