What youwant to know
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Arrival and departure
In high season daily from 3 pm to 10 pm: during the Austrian and German school holidays, i.e. Christmas to Epiphany, the February half-term and carnival, Easter and in summer from July to mid-September. Outside the holidays on request: let us know at least an hour ahead, that is how long it takes to heat up.
Yes, on request. The farmhouse sauna (Bauernsauna) at Beim Oswald is 200 metres away, just let us know beforehand.
From 4 pm on arrival day. Check-out by 10 am.
No, and that’s on purpose. You check in online before you arrive, and on arrival day your key lands on your phone. It opens your apartment, the sauna and the ski room. Everything’s ready for you from 4 pm.No, and that’s on purpose. You check in online before you arrive, and on arrival day your key lands on your phone. It opens your apartment, the sauna and the bike cellar. Everything’s ready for you from 4 pm.
Yes, we don’t have a restaurant. But every apartment has its own kitchen with oven and dishwasher, and the Greisslerei (village shop) at the village entrance has bread, cheese and eggs from Carinthian farms every day from 8 am to 10 pm.
Right outside the village, free of charge. No cars drive into the village itself, so you carry your luggage the last few metres.
With ÖBB (Austrian Federal Railways) to Spittal-Millstättersee, Villach or Klagenfurt, then by station shuttle to the village. Book the shuttle in advance.
Staying
Ceramic hob, oven, fridge, dishwasher, coffee capsule machine, crockery, cutlery, glasses. Bed linen and towels are ready for you.
Yes, at no extra charge. A video in your guest folder walks you through it in eleven steps, in 1:21 minutes. The fire-lighting kit is in the Greisslerei, and the wood outside your door is included in your stay. After the first evening you’re a fire devil.
You choose the type when you book. Requests about location, such as Upper or Lower Kirchleitn, can only be noted for direct bookings, and we’ll meet them if we can.
Yes, fibre broadband across the whole village.
Not in the apartments. Otherwise we charge a cleaning fee of 200 euros.
On the ground floor of house 14 there are washing machines with a drying function. Book and unlock them via the WeWash app.
In the village
Yes, the village sauna. Your phone key unlocks it.
Every part of the village has a shared ski room and a bike cellar. In Lower Kirchleitn there’s a bike-washing area.
Welcome. Up to two per apartment, you’ll see the fee when you book.
Yes, very happily. Up to two dogs per apartment, and you’ll see the dog fee when you book.
Booking
Free of charge up to 15 days before arrival; from 14 days before, 80% of the total price is charged. Over Christmas and New Year’s Eve free up to 60 days before arrival, 50% from 59 days before (30% deposit). All conditions
A 25 per cent deposit when you book, 30 per cent for Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The rest before arrival; your credit card serves as a guarantee.
The local tourist tax: from 1 November 2026, 4.50 euros per person per night. Dogs 20 euros per day, cot 15 euros per day. Everything else is included.
Yes. If you find the same apartment for the same dates cheaper elsewhere, send us a screenshot. You’ll get that price.
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Perks
Only on our website, not on booking portals.
Right now also
from 4 nights
A day at the thermal spa for two is included.
Day ticket for spa & sauna at Therme St. Kathrein for 2 adults. From 7 nights you can choose 3 spa days. Your voucher is waiting in your apartment. Until 24 December 2026 and from 7 January to 29 March 2027, direct bookings only.
Book the spa escape →from 7 nights
For stays from 26 December 2026 to 27 February 2027.
Stay a week or longer and pay around €85 less. In the booking, choose the rate “Anreisebonus” for your apartment; the bonus is already in the price.
Book with the bonus →book early
Plan early and pay around 10% less.
Pick your dates and choose the rate “Frühbucher” for your apartment in the booking, if it is offered for your dates. Cancellation stays free up to 15 days before arrival.
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