Open since November 15, 2024 • Skiing at over 3,000 m • Austria's largest glacier • 4 ski areas • Alpine pastures and mountain lakes • Stubai High Trail • Schlick 2000 Bike Park
At the Bikepark & Bergbahn St. Johann • only 20 minutes to Kitzbühel • Hiking and climbing at the Wilder Kaiser • SuperSki Card ski pass with 2,750 km of slopes
AREA 47 • 1,600 km of hiking trails • 870 km of mountain bike routes • WIDIVERSUM • Ötzi Village • Umhausen Birds of Prey Park • Stuibenfall
1,300 km of bike tours • Top bike destination in the Alps • Hiking & climbing • 179 lifts / 508 km of slopes • Only 600 m to the Hochzillertal ski area • 10 min to the Zillertal Arena
In town: St. Kathrein Thermal Spa & Römerbad • 15 minutes from the most beautiful bathing lakes in Carinthia • incl. Sunshine Card • September & October including Carinthia Card with free cable car & more
At the Alpspitzbahn in Nesselwang with summer tobogganing & Alpspitzkick • only 20 minutes to the royal castles • slopes, ski school, children's ski area & daily night skiing directly at the hotel
Great location in the Kuhflucht nature and recreation park with views of the Zugspitze and Alpspitze • 5km to Garmisch-Partenkirchen • Eibsee • Partnachklamm • Near the hotel: heated outdoor pool, sports center
Piz Buin, Silvretta-Montafon with 300km of ski slopes • Silvretta High Alpine Road • directly at the Mountain Beach, 270km of bike trails
Ideal location at the valley station of the Hinterstoder cable car • Just a few steps from the village center • Active Card: 40 free and 20 bonus services daily
Germany's southernmost holiday resort • perfect starting point for mountain hikes and bike tours • 200 km of hiking trails at all altitudes • Germany's largest and highest ski area
A few minutes from the famous Königssee • Berchtesgaden National Park • Watzmann • Kehlsteinhaus • Berchtesgaden Salt Mine • Outdoor pool only 200 m away • NEW: Jenner cable car
Sustainability & Sustainability Certificates of Explorer Hotels
The importance of sustainable awards for Explorer Hotels
As Europe's first certified passive house hotel, we took a step into a green future with the construction of the first Explorer Hotel in Oberstdorf. The motto "Sustainable by conviction" has been a firm and indispensable part of our brand profile ever since. We are very proud of every sustainability award we receive.
Sustainability certificates and awards build trust. They enable us to present our actions transparently to our guests and make our sustainability efforts more accessible to them. The sustainability certificates listed below in the tourism sector play an important role for us and demonstrate that we are always on the right track.
Sustainable certificates in the tourism industry for Explorer Hotels
There are numerous certificates covering various aspects of sustainability and often representing a combination of environmental, social, and economic criteria.
Since our early days, Explorer Hotels have taken on a pioneering role in climate-friendly tourism in the Alpine region with their 100% passive house construction and innovative energy concepts.
To ensure this remains the case, we maintain a secure quality management system. Explorer Hotels have been certified according to DIN ISO 9001 (quality management) and DIN ISO 14001 (environmental management) since 2011. Our processes are documented and standardized through checklists and manuals, for example, on waste prevention, separation, and disposal. Workshops and employee training programs also contribute to quality assurance.
The mountains are our second home, so we participated in the ClimaHost climate protection competition in 2019. We are delighted about this nomination, which underlines our contribution to sustainable tourism in the Alpine region.
We've done it and won the OSCAR of tourism. The German Tourism Award is the industry's highest honor and once again confirms that we are pioneering the future with our completely innovative and sustainable hotel concept, Explorer Hotels.
In the category "Innovative Investment Concepts in the Hotel and Restaurant Industry,"
Bayern Tourismus-Marketing GmbH and the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Tourism Association honored outstanding achievements and forward-looking concepts related to tourism development throughout Germany for the first time, and the Explorer Hotel Neuschwanstein took first place.
Since 2009, sustainable tourism projects and initiatives from Bavaria have been recognized annually. As Europe's first certified passive house hotel, we took second place in 2013 with our environmentally friendly hotel concept. The creativity and innovation of Explorer Hotels in terms of quality, service, and guest orientation were impressive.
As the first certified passive house hotel in Europe, we made it to the finals of theALPS Awards 2012. The theme of the award was "Sustainable Development in Alpine Tourism."
The Explorer Hotel Montafon has combined aspects such as location, building, architecture, investment costs, pricing structure and sustainability into a successful and economically viable hotel concept.
As one of the 100 most innovative German medium-sized companies with creative vision and a sense for new things.
The Top-Hotel publishing house honors the most interesting German newcomers of the year who have realized particularly professional and sustainable projects.
The Allgäu Energy and Environment Center (eza) and Allgäu GmbH evaluated the initiatives in the areas of energy saving, energy efficiency and the use of renewable energies.
The Explorer Hotel Oberstdorf won the first architectural award for tourism buildings with its innovative spatial concept and its innovative combination of energy-efficient construction and modern design elements.
Award from the Austrian Ministry of Economic Affairs for buildings with very good energy efficiency, comfort and indoor air quality.
The special award recognizes innovative tourism offerings, implemented marketing projects, innovations in human resources, or tourism projects that exemplify sustainability. These projects particularly express the values and qualities of the Vorarlberg tourism brand, as well as regionality, hospitality, and sustainability.
The real estate consulting firm STIWA and the magazine "hotelbau" present the "Blue Hotel Award", which recognizes outstanding commitment to the implementation of holistic sustainability concepts.