{"id":46579,"date":"2026-10-20T11:59:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:59:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/?p=46579"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:59:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T09:59:05","slug":"christmas-new-year-hotels-zell-am-see-kaprun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/christmas-new-year-hotels-zell-am-see-kaprun\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas and New Year Hotels in Zell am See-Kaprun 2026\/27"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over Christmas and New Year many hotels in Zell am See-Kaprun sell fixed packages rather than ordinary nights: a set number of nights, sometimes set arrival days, a gala dinner, and a cancellation rule that is often stricter than in the rest of the winter. Whether that suits you depends on terms many hotels only reveal at the last step. So this list includes only houses that publish a 2026\/27 Christmas or New Year package on their own website, and ranks them by how much of it they put in writing \u2014 dates, nights, arrival days, what happens on 24 and 31 December, the price and the holiday cancellation rule. All of it was read on 20 October 2026.<\/p>\n\n<style id=\"zsk-aff-css\">.zsk-aff-btn{display:inline-block;margin:.6em 0 1.4em;padding:.75em 1.5em;background:#0a5ad4;color:#fff !important;border-radius:6px;font-weight:600;text-decoration:none !important;line-height:1.3;transition:background .15s ease}.zsk-aff-btn:hover,.zsk-aff-btn:focus{background:#084bad;color:#fff !important}.zsk-aff-btn--sm{margin:0;padding:.5em 1em;font-size:.85em;white-space:nowrap}.zsk-aff-note{margin:1.2em 0;padding:.85em 1.1em;background:#f4f6f9;border-left:3px solid #0a5ad4;border-radius:4px;font-size:.9em;line-height:1.55;opacity:.9}[dir=\"rtl\"] .zsk-aff-note{border-left:0;border-right:3px solid #0a5ad4}<\/style><p class=\"zsk-aff-note\">Transparency notice: this article contains advertising links to Booking.com. If you book through them we receive a small commission \u2014 the price stays exactly the same for you.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">At a glance: which festive stay suits whom?<\/h2>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>The full five-star Christmas, with every term published:<\/strong> Hotel Salzburgerhof, Zell am See.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Christmas with small children and Father Christmas at the tree:<\/strong> Familotel amiamo, beside the Schmittenh\u00f6he gondola.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A short Christmas or New Year with a thermal spa:<\/strong> TAUERN SPA in Kaprun, from three nights.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New Year&#8217;s Eve on the lake with a lobster buffet at midnight:<\/strong> Grand Hotel Zell am See.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Five nights in Kaprun with prices by room type:<\/strong> Das Alpenhaus Kaprun.<\/li>\n<li><strong>A quiet Christmas week for couples:<\/strong> Hotel Kaprunerhof.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Two gala dinners in a row:<\/strong> Hotel Sonnblick in Kaprun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Hotel Salzburgerhof, Zell am See \u2014 the most complete<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Salzburgerhof publishes more of its festive terms than anyone else here. &#8220;Stimmungsvolle Weihnachten&#8221; is four nights with gourmet full board, bookable between 20 and 27 December 2026. The programme is spelt out: a torch-lit walk through town to a &#8220;mountain Christmas&#8221; in the hotel&#8217;s garden with a campfire, mulled wine, chestnuts and wind players, a Christmas evening with a cocktail and a gala dinner from its three-toque kitchen, and Father Christmas for the children. It was listed from \u20ac1,200 per person in a Deluxe double facing the garden.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Year&#8217;s Eve is a full week: seven nights, either 26 December to 2 January or 27 December to 3 January, with live music, a New Year&#8217;s programme and three spa treatments included, from \u20ac3,380 per person in a Comfort double. And it is the only house in this list whose published holiday cancellation rule covers this season: for stays between 20 December 2026 and 6 January 2027, free cancellation up to 31 days before arrival, then 70 per cent, and 90 per cent from 14 days.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What it lacks:<\/strong> flexibility and a slope. New Year comes only as a whole week, and the hotel is in town \u2014 its own shuttle takes you to the cityXpress and Schmittenh\u00f6he valley stations.<\/p>\n\n<a class=\"zsk-aff-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-101855179-13397410?sid=zsk-festive-en&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fhotel%2Fat%2Fwellness-golf-und-geniesserhotel-salzburgerhof.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">Check availability<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. Familotel amiamo, Zell am See \u2014 Christmas built around children<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The amiamo sits right by the gondola up the Schmittenh\u00f6he and plans Christmas for families. &#8220;Weihnachtsurlaub im amiamo&#8221; is seven or eight nights between 17 and 27 December 2026, all-inclusive without alcohol, with Father Christmas and the giving of presents under the tree followed by a festive dinner. Childcare from age three is included at 72 hours a week, plus 18 hours a week of baby and toddler care, Sunday to Friday mornings. It was listed from \u20ac1,580 per adult for seven nights. If you only want the run-up, a two- to six-night pre-Christmas package runs in the same window, from \u20ac452 per adult for two nights.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Year&#8217;s Eve is seven or eight nights between 26 December 2026 and 3 January 2027, from \u20ac3,332 per adult for seven nights, with baby care bookable on top. Useful for short trips: the hotel sells remaining gaps &#8220;without a minimum stay&#8221;, from one night, between 11 and 26 December 2026 and again from 2 January.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What it lacks:<\/strong> the package pages give no holiday cancellation rule, so ask before you pay a deposit. All prices quoted are per adult.<\/p>\n\n<a class=\"zsk-aff-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-101855179-13397410?sid=zsk-festive-en&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fhotel%2Fat%2Famiamo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">Check availability<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">3. TAUERN SPA, Kaprun \u2014 the shortest festive stay<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If a week is too long, the TAUERN SPA is the one to look at. &#8220;Expedition Weihnachtsstern&#8221; is three nights, bookable from 23 to 27 December 2026 with arrival on a Wednesday or Thursday, with a Christmas programme, a gala on 24 December and a holiday programme for children; from \u20ac760 per person. &#8220;Expedition Silvester&#8221; is five nights between 27 December 2026 and 5 January 2027, arriving Sunday to Thursday, with a gala on 31 December and an extended breakfast on 1 January; from \u20ac1,880 per person. The spa covers more than 20,000 m\u00b2.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What it lacks:<\/strong> up-to-date holiday terms. On 20 October the offer pages still showed the special cancellation rule for Christmas and New Year 2025\/26 \u2014 free cancellation up to 28 days before arrival and full prepayment by then \u2014 so ask whether it applies to this season. Package extras cover up to two full-paying adults; children and further adults can cost extra.<\/p>\n\n<a class=\"zsk-aff-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-101855179-13397410?sid=zsk-festive-en&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fhotel%2Fat%2Ftauern-spa-zell-am-see-kaprun.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">Check availability<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">4. Grand Hotel Zell am See \u2014 New Year&#8217;s Eve on the lake<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grand Hotel&#8217;s New Year package is seven nights from 26 December 2026 to 2 January 2027 with half board, a New Year&#8217;s Eve gala in its lakeside restaurants and a lobster buffet at midnight. The week around it is described in detail: a torch-lit walk, a toboggan evening, a night-watchman walk, a caricaturist and a Schuhplattler dance show. The kids&#8217; club takes children aged three to ten, Monday to Friday.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before Christmas it sells &#8220;5=4 Bergweihnacht&#8221;: stay five nights, pay four, with half board, mulled wine on arrival, a small Christmas surprise for every guest on 24 December and free stays for two children under seven sharing with two full-paying adults, valid until 25 December.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What it lacks:<\/strong> prices. Neither package page showed a figure; the rate appears only in the booking engine, and the hotel notes its &#8220;from&#8221; prices are calculated in the cheapest season. The Christmas offer is dated 19 to 24 December, so check what nights after Christmas Eve cost before you build a stay around it.<\/p>\n\n<a class=\"zsk-aff-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-101855179-13397410?sid=zsk-festive-en&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fhotel%2Fat%2Fgrand-zell-am-see.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">Check availability<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">5. Das Alpenhaus Kaprun \u2014 five nights, priced by room<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Alpenhaus sells both holidays as five-night packages: Christmas between 20 and 28 December 2026 with a programme on Christmas Eve, and New Year between 27 December 2026 and 5 January 2027 with a New Year&#8217;s Eve programme. Unusually, it lists the price for every room type \u2014 Christmas from \u20ac1,046 to \u20ac1,212 per person, New Year from \u20ac1,732 to \u20ac1,898 \u2014 and spells out what comes on top: parking, and per person and night from age 15 a \u20ac3.50 overnight levy, a \u20ac0.50 mobility levy and \u20ac0.05 tourism contribution from 1 November 2026.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What it lacks:<\/strong> detail on the festivities themselves \u2014 &#8220;programme on Christmas Eve&#8221; is all the page says. Prices follow dynamic daily rates. And while the hotel&#8217;s FAQ says different cancellation terms apply over Christmas, New Year and the winter holidays, it does not say which.<\/p>\n\n<a class=\"zsk-aff-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-101855179-13397410?sid=zsk-festive-en&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fhotel%2Fat%2Fhotelkaprun.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">Check availability<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">6. Hotel Kaprunerhof, Kaprun \u2014 the Christmas week for couples<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Kaprunerhof describes itself as not specialised in families, which makes its Christmas the quieter one in Kaprun. The seven-night package runs from 19 to 26 December 2026 with the hotel&#8217;s &#8220;Verw\u00f6hnpension&#8221; board and a gala on Christmas Eve, from \u20ac1,328 per person; a four-night version is bookable from 20 December, from \u20ac781 per person. Its free ski shuttle starts running in mid-December.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What it lacks:<\/strong> a New Year&#8217;s package \u2014 none was published \u2014 and much description of the programme beyond the gala. Children&#8217;s prices are on request.<\/p>\n\n<a class=\"zsk-aff-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-101855179-13397410?sid=zsk-festive-en&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fhotel%2Fat%2Fkapruenrhof.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">Check availability<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">7. Hotel &amp; Apartment Sonnblick, Kaprun \u2014 two gala dinners<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Sonnblick&#8217;s Christmas package is five nights with breakfast, an afternoon snack and a three-course dinner, a seven-course gala dinner with sparkling wine on Christmas Eve and a five-course gala on Christmas Day, plus ten per cent off the room price. It was listed from \u20ac889 per person.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What it lacks:<\/strong> dates. The package page does not say which nights it covers, and no New Year&#8217;s package was published. Ask for the exact arrival and departure days before you compare it with the others.<\/p>\n\n<a class=\"zsk-aff-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-101855179-13397410?sid=zsk-festive-en&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.booking.com%2Fhotel%2Fat%2Fsonnblick.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"sponsored nofollow noopener\">Check availability<\/a>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Minimum stays and arrival days<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Over the holidays the package <em>is<\/em> the minimum stay. That ranges from three nights at the TAUERN SPA to a full week for New Year at the Salzburgerhof, the Grand Hotel and the amiamo. Some houses also fix the arrival day: Wednesday or Thursday for the TAUERN SPA&#8217;s Christmas, Sunday to Thursday for its New Year. Outside the packages the rules are tighter than they look \u2014 the Salzburgerhof&#8217;s regular prices assume a three-night minimum with a surcharge for one or two nights, and the amiamo advertises its gap nights precisely because they come without one.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">When to book, and the cancellation date that matters<\/h2>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The date to note is not the arrival but the free-cancellation cut-off. At the Salzburgerhof it is 31 days before arrival, which for a 20 December arrival means 19 November. At the TAUERN SPA last season&#8217;s rule was 28 days with full prepayment by then. Book the refundable version early, put the cut-off in your calendar, and decide once you can see the snow.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the skiing: the Ski ALPIN CARD main season starts on 19 December 2026, and from that day bus line 660 between Zell am See, Kaprun and the Kitzsteinhorn runs every 15 minutes outside the midday hours. The Schmittenh\u00f6he had not published its 2026\/27 opening date when we checked; the glacier on the Kitzsteinhorn has been open since October.<\/p>\n\n<aside class=\"zsk-facts\" aria-label=\"Ski ALPIN CARD \u2014 Zell am See-Kaprun\"><p class=\"zsk-facts__head\"><span class=\"zsk-facts__kicker\">Good to know<\/span><span class=\"zsk-facts__name\">Ski ALPIN CARD \u2014 Zell am See-Kaprun<\/span><\/p><dl class=\"zsk-facts__list\"><dt>Adults<\/dt><dd>\u20ac 82,00<\/dd><dt>Youths<\/dt><dd>\u20ac 61,50 (born 2008-2010)<\/dd><dt>Children<\/dt><dd>\u20ac 41,00 (born 2011-2020). Born 2021 or later ski free with an adult.<\/dd><dt>Season<\/dt><dd>Main season, 19 December 2026 \u2013 12 March 2027<\/dd><dt>Note<\/dt><dd>One pass for all three areas: Schmittenh\u00f6he, Kitzsteinhorn-Kaprun and the Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn. Bought from 8 am; from 11.30 am \u20ac 70,00. Winter start (27.11.-18.12.2026) and bonus season (13.03.-04.04.2027) cost \u20ac 74,00 \/ \u20ac 55,50 \/ \u20ac 37,00. KeyCard deposit \u20ac 2,00.<\/dd><\/dl><p class=\"zsk-facts__meta\">Prices checked 1 Sep 2026 &middot; Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zellamsee-kaprun.com\/de\/sport\/winter\/skifahren\/skipaesse\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">zellamsee-kaprun.com<\/a><\/p><\/aside>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What the towns themselves offer in those weeks, from the Advent markets to the start of the ski season, is in <a href=\"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/zell-am-see-in-december\/\">Zell am See in December<\/a>. If you are travelling with children outside the holidays, <a href=\"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/best-family-hotels-kids-zell-am-see-kaprun\/\">the family hotels round-up<\/a> compares childcare ages and room sizes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over Christmas and New Year many hotels in Zell am See-Kaprun sell fixed packages rather than ordinary nights: a set number of nights, sometimes set arrival days, a gala dinner, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4424,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_zsk_hscroll":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1132,722],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prozhivanie-oteli","category-winter-erleben-ru"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46579"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46619,"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46579\/revisions\/46619"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/zellamseekaprun.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}