Hotels in Lienz, Austria

Hotels in Lienz, Austria
Lienz is a small town in the East Tyrol area of Austria, located on the Rivers Isel and Drau. The Lienz Dolomites mountain range is nearby, so the area offers wonderful walking and hiking trails as well as mountain climbing and mountain biking. The town is famous for being the start of the Dolomitenmann, a 50-kilometer extreme sport race that includes whitewater kayaking, mountain biking and paragliding. Lienz is popular with outdoor enthusiasts in both summer and winter and, luckily, has several hotel choices for those who'd like to stay a few days.

Hotel Traube

Hotel Traube is located on the Lienz main square, so perfectly situated for restaurants, cafes and walks around the medieval town. The hotel boasts 55 guest rooms, all with en-suite bathrooms with shower or tub, satellite TV and minibar. Room rates include the breakfast buffet with an Austrian muesli bar and a juice bar. The hotel also offers specialty coffees imported from an Italian roasting house. Hotel Traube has a roof terrace and a rooftop indoor swimming pool surrounded by windows that look out onto stunning mountain views. Hotel Traube is only minutes away from the River Drau where you can go kayaking or boating, as well as close to hiking trails.

Hotel Traube
Hauptplatz 14
A-9900 Lienz
Austria
Tel: 011 (+43) 4852 64444
www.hoteltraube.at

Hotel Gasthof Goldener Fisch

Located right next to the River Isel and only a couple of minutes from the town center, Hotel Gasthof Goldener Fisch boasts spacious double rooms with en-suite bathrooms with showers, satellite TV, hairdryer and telephone. Room rates include a breakfast buffet or, if you take the half-board choice, you'll also get a traditional Austrian four-course evening meal with a choice of several entrees and a salad bar. The hotel's restaurant specializes in home-style cooking, with meals served either outside on the garden patio or inside at one of the dining areas. Several nights a month, Hotel Gasthof Goldener Fisch even has barbecue nights where you'll enjoy a lovely meal and have the opportunity to talk to other hotel guests. The hotel is in a secluded location, great for a quiet, relaxing stay, yet only minutes from kayaking, boating and mountain biking.

Hotel Gasthof Goldener Fisch
A-9900 Lienz
Kärntner Straße 9
Austria
Tel: 011(+43) 0 4852 62132
www.goldener-fisch.at

Hotel Haidenhof

This traditional chalet-style hotel is in a secluded location close to the area's hiking and biking trails and ski slopes, but only minutes from the town center of Lienz. The hotel boasts modern single and double guest rooms, all of which offer en-suite bathrooms, satellite TV, radio and telephone. The recently renovated rooms either have a city view or one out over the Dolomite mountain range. Room rates include breakfast buffet. The Hotel Haidenhof is ideally located for nearby hiking and climbing, trekking, paragliding, nordic walking, rafting and tennis.

Hotel Haidenhof
A-9900 Lienz
Grafendorferstr. 12
Austria
Tel: 011 (+43) 0 4852 62440
www.haidenhof.at/en

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