Gästehaus Elisabeth

Stayed here for New Year with a family group in 4 rooms. Booked thru Iglu/Neilsons and this is a great resort with lots of bars and restaurants. Great apres-ski! We got a really good deal and with low expectations, we were all very impressed with the accommodation. The town is quite large but well laid out and nothing is too far from the "pension". The ski bus stops outside, the boot room is a good facility. The rooms are large, comfortable, traditional, warm and clean - I couldn't fault them and would stay again, all rooms have a balcony and most have chairs and a table in front of the beds, some with a sofa as well as the table and chairs!! The TV had at least 4 English BBC channels. Our bathroom was large, the shower quite small but powerful enough and always plenty of hot water. We had 4 out of 5 rooms on the top floor and the 3 rooms on the back were bigger and had more furniture, the middle room at the back was the only one with a bath. Rooms were cleaned each day and though basic breakfast was ok each morning with polite service offering fresh coffee. We opted for half board which is taken over the road at the Hotel Rose, this is literally a few steps away and a lovely hotel and the standard of food was very good. It was very warm in here! i have to mention it bcause it was bordering uncomfortably hot on some nights! We had 3 young children in our group and there is a childrens playroom downstairs which has a small soft play area, small climbing wall, table football and air hockey table and this made our evening meals and the children LOVED it! Little note that a bottle of wine in here works out ALOT more than a glass or 1/4 or 1/2 litre so that is the way to order wine! New Year in Mayrhofen was quite magical, they really know how to celebrate with fireworks here and the atmpsphere was amazing. Ski conditions were great, the best in years i believe and my 6 year old had great private lessons. This is an intermediate resort really and is limited for beginners, certainly on the Penken mountain. There are other options for skiing but these have to be accessed by train or bus (free on your lift pass). We did go on the train to Kaltenbach and it is easy enough but obviously just a bit more time on your day and a novelty for us as used to having ski areas all linked up. We ate most days at the Bergrast mountain restaurant for lunch at the top of the Penken, this does both self service or a la carte and we booked most lunch times in the restaurant and the food was great, service great and reasonably priced. I would definitely return to Mayrhofen and I hope the Gastehaus (Pension) Elisabeth doesn't change too much because i would stay here again, great value, great location, great stay!