St. Anton am Arlberg · Tyrol, Austria · Five-star hotel and private chalet

Raffl’s St. Antoner Hof

A five-star house in the village where Alpine skiing was born, kept by the Raffl family since 1969. Suites with open fires and decades-old floorboards, a hotel bar that is a St. Anton institution, Raffl’s Eat Art cooking around an open fire in the middle of the room, and a chalet of its own for families who want a house. Arranged privately by Exclusive Villa Collection on inquiry.

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The house

In stills

A first reading of the stay: rooms, light, and the quiet between them. Each still is a note, not a catalogue.

The arched entrance hall under painted vaults, with antiques and a crystal chandelier — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A tall stove of coloured glass tiles beside red leather chairs in the lounge — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A fire burning in the stone lobby fireplace, with pink velvet armchairs drawn up to it — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

An old carved door with a brass latch, a log fire glowing beyond it — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A log fire behind a vintage brass fan and a red velvet chair — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A lounge corner with a carved chest, deep armchairs and a fire under a copper hood — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A wood-panelled Stüberl with a glazed tiled stove and tables laid by the window — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

The hotel bar at night, its shelves of spirits glowing green and gold — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

The long bar counter and lounge seating of the hotel bar — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Leather armchairs and bar stools in the lounge beneath a painted arch — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Large-format bottles in the wine cellar behind glass — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Raffl's Eat Art restaurant, with painted murals, pendant lamps and wooden tables — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Banquettes with turquoise cushions beneath murals at Raffl's Eat Art — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Candlelit tables set for dinner under the murals at Raffl's Eat Art — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

The dining room at Raffl's Eat Art, laid for the evening under painted walls — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Small plates of the XS menu shared across a wooden table — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A whole table of XS small plates, seen from above — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Guests reaching across a table of small plates at Raffl's XS — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A delicate starter on a white plate at a candlelit table — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A plate of pasta with langoustine and herbs — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A dessert composition with ice cream and crisp tuiles on slate — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A dessert with a quenelle of sorbet on a white plate — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A deep red dish on a white plate from the XS menu — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A small plate served on a speckled stone dish — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

The breakfast room under crystal chandeliers, with old wooden floors — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

The breakfast buffet laid out beneath a chandelier — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A suite bedroom with a row of colourful paintings above the bed — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A Junior Suite with a fire, red curtains and a daybed by the window — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A Suite bedroom with a black and white mountain mural and pine cabinetry — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A carved wooden bed and snowy window in Raffl's Chalet — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Loungers in the spa relaxation room under timber beams — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Curved loungers with towels beside a birch trunk in the spa — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

The indoor pool beneath a painted mountain mural and stone wall — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

A treatment room in weathered wood, laid ready for a massage — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

The Landhaus of Raffl's Chalet in snow, the open-air whirlpool steaming in front — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

The chalet's timber sauna hut, its windows framing snowy mountains — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

The Experience

How the days feel

St. Anton am Arlberg is where skiing as we know it began. Hannes Schneider opened his ski school here in 1921, and the Arlberg technique travelled from this valley to the rest of the world. The village still lives for the snow: the slopes rise straight from the houses, and the Ski Arlberg area beyond them runs to some 350 kilometres of marked pistes and around 200 kilometres of deep-snow routes, across St. Christoph, Stuben, Lech and Zürs.

Raffl’s St. Antoner Hof has stood on the main street since 1969, and the Raffl family has made it something entirely its own. Antiques share rooms with bold colour, tiled stoves with contemporary art, and almost every room has an open fire. The house is warm, witty and a little theatrical, with a service style that treats unusual requests as a pleasure rather than a problem.

Evenings have a rhythm worth planning around: a drink by the fire in the hotel bar, a bottle chosen from the wine cellar, then Raffl’s Eat Art, where a menu of small plates is cooked and shared around an open fire in the centre of the room. After the mountain, a compact spa with an indoor pool, whirlpool, Finnish sauna and Turkish steam bath restores the legs for the next day.

Behind the hotel, Raffl’s Chalet in the old Landhaus gives a family or a group of friends a house of their own, with a garden sauna hut, an open-air whirlpool and a private chef on request, and the hotel’s service a few steps away. Your Exclusive Villa Collection advisor arranges the stay directly with the family, from a fireplace double to the two-storey Grand Suite Maisonette or the chalet, and shapes ski guiding, dinners and arrival around the way you travel.

Why EVC loves it

Why we would send you here

The cradle of skiing St. Anton is where the Arlberg ski school began in 1921, and the slopes of one of the largest linked ski areas in Austria rise from the village.
A fire in almost every room Doubles, suites and the Grand Suite Maisonette are warmed by open fireplaces or tiled stoves, over floorboards that have seen decades of winters.
Raffl's Eat Art Small plates for sharing, cooked around an open fire in the middle of the room and rated 15 points by Gault&Millau Austria 2026.
The hotel bar A St. Anton institution, with an open fire, a renowned cigar collection and a wine cellar that rewards curiosity.
A chalet of your own Raffl's Chalet in the Landhaus adds a private house with a sauna hut, an open-air whirlpool and a chef for dinners at home.

Accommodations

Rooms, suites and the chalet

Rustic old wood, bright colour and an open fire in almost every room, from cosy doubles to two-storey suites for families and a chalet of your own behind the hotel.

Room 01

Grand Suite Maisonette

Two storeys · Two bedrooms for two · Up to five guests

The house’s signature: two storeys of rustic style, with decades-old floorboards, two bedrooms for two each with an open bathroom, two WCs, and a Stüberl parlour warmed by a tiled stove. Room for up to five guests to spread out.
Room 02

Grand Suite

Two bedrooms for two · Open bathrooms · Living area with open fire

A study in contrast: the light of the fire, the winter forest beyond the windows, aged wooden floors, modern furniture and handmade fittings in gleaming chrome. Two bedrooms for two with open bathrooms, and a living area around the open fireplace.
Room 03

Suite

Up to four guests · Parlour · Open fireplace

Rustic Alpine style with fine elegance for up to four guests: a living and sleeping area, a parlour, a bathroom with shower, and an open fireplace in the living area.
Room 04

Junior Suite

Sleeps three · Living area with open fire

A spacious double room with a comfortable living area by an open fireplace, in homely rustic old wood. A glass of red by the fire after skiing is the whole idea.
Room 05

Double Room

For two · Most with an open fireplace

Rustic doubles for a couple, with an ample sleeping area and bathroom, and in most of them an open fireplace of their own.
Room 06

Raffl's Chalet

Maisonette 120 m² (1,292 sq ft) · Apartment 60 m² (646 sq ft) · Garden sauna and whirlpool

In the old Landhaus behind the hotel. The two-storey Maisonette has two bedrooms, one with a canopy bed, two bathrooms, a living room with an open fire, a Stüberl parlour with a tiled stove, a kitchen and a sofa bed in the gallery. The Apartment adds two bedrooms and a kitchenette. Both share the sauna hut in the garden and an open-air whirlpool, with daily housekeeping, the hotel spa and a private chef on request.

Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Inside the stay

The house, in notes

Where you sleep, what you eat, and how you arrive: the essentials, in brief.

The Grand Suite Maisonette, a gilded fireplace before the bed and a timber gallery above — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Rooms, suites & chalet

Old wood and an open fire

Rooms and suites in rustic old wood and bright colour, most of them with an open fire, from cosy doubles to suites for families and friends.

The suites. Junior Suites sleep three, with a living area by the fire; Suites take up to four, with a parlour and an open fireplace in the living area.

The grand suites. The Grand Suite and the two-storey Grand Suite Maisonette each have two bedrooms for two with open bathrooms; the Maisonette adds a Stüberl parlour warmed by a tiled stove and room for five.

The chalet. Raffl’s Chalet, in the old Landhaus behind the hotel, offers a two-storey 120 square metre maisonette and a 60 square metre apartment, with daily housekeeping and full use of the hotel spa.

The open fire at the centre of Raffl's Eat Art, with tables laid around it — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Dining & bar

From the bar fire to Eat Art

The house is known for its kitchen, and for an evening that moves from the fire in the bar to the fire in the restaurant.

Raffl’s Eat Art. The restaurant’s XS menu is a parade of small plates for sharing, cooked around an open fire in the centre of the room. Gault&Millau Austria 2026 awards it 15 points.

The hotel bar. A living legend in the Arlberg, with an open fireplace, cigars from a renowned collection and a cellar of wines from around the world.

Mornings and evenings. A generous breakfast of sweet and savoury dishes and regional specialities, and through the season themed evenings, wine tastings and live music in the lobby.

The spa pool under a coffered ceiling, with loungers along the windows — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Wellbeing

Small, and it packs a punch

A spa that is small but packs a punch, for the hours between the last run and dinner.

Water and heat. An indoor pool and whirlpool, a Finnish sauna and a Turkish steam bath, with a quiet relaxation room.

Treatments. Massages after a day on the mountain, best reserved together with the room so the time you want is held.

Fitness. A gym with Technogym equipment. Chalet guests also have a sauna hut in the garden with mountain views and an open-air whirlpool.

An old window open to the snowy village and mountains of St. Anton — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Experiences

The Arlberg at the door

Skiing on the Arlberg is the reason most guests come, and the village keeps the mountain close.

On the slopes. Ski Arlberg links St. Anton with St. Christoph, Stuben, Lech, Zürs, Warth and Schröcken, some 350 kilometres of marked pistes, with the Valluga above the village.

Off the piste. Around 200 kilometres of deep-snow routes make the Arlberg one of the great freeride areas of the Alps; your advisor arranges a private ski guide or instructor.

Beyond skiing. Snowshoe hikes, winter walks into the side valleys and the village itself, home of the 2001 World Ski Championships.

The hotel bar under a timber arch, its counter lit and shelves full of bottles — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Who it is best for

For two, or for the whole family

Family
Two travelers

Skiers who want a characterful house with a serious kitchen, steps from the lifts of the Arlberg.

Couples. A fireplace double or a Suite, the bar after skiing, and the shared plates of Raffl’s Eat Art by the open fire.

Families and friends. The Grand Suite Maisonette sleeps five over two floors, and Raffl’s Chalet gives a group a house of its own with a private chef.

Good to know. The hotel helps with packing and unpacking, and parking is available above and below ground.

A skier with skis on his shoulder beside the hotel's red shuttle bus in the snow — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Arrival

By air, by rail, by road

St. Antoner Hof stands in the village of St. Anton am Arlberg, in the west of Tyrol.

By air. Innsbruck is the closest airport, about an hour and a quarter by car; Zurich and Friedrichshafen are also convenient. Private transfers are arranged from each.

By train. St. Anton has its own station on the Arlberg line, with direct trains from Zurich, Innsbruck and Vienna, and the hotel’s shuttle meets guests in the village.

By car. Via the Arlberg road or the Arlberg tunnel, with parking at the hotel. Your advisor sequences flights, trains and transfers with the stay as one plan.

The open-air whirlpool at Raffl's Chalet, steaming between banks of snow — Photo: Raffl's St. Antoner Hof

Seasonality

A winter village

St. Anton is above all a winter village, and the season sets the rhythm of the house.

Early winter. December brings the first snow on the Arlberg, quieter slopes before the holidays and the village dressed for Christmas.

Christmas and New Year. The most festive weeks of the year, with a New Year’s Eve party at the hotel; they fill first and are best reserved early.

High winter. January to March for deep snow, long ski days and the full programme of themed evenings and tastings.

Spring skiing. Late March and April bring sunshine and softer snow before the season closes.

Awards & recognition

Recognition

Gault&Millau Austria 2026 15 points for Raffl's Eat Art. October 2, 2026

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Raffl’s St. Antoner Hof, St. Anton am Arlberg, Tyrol, Austria