Summer in the Kinderhotels

Why take a summer holiday in the mountains?

Every summer hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers slavishly beat a path to the overcrowded beaches of the Mediterranean. And what do they find there? Noisy tacky resorts, cloying humidity and roads clogged with traffic.

Here in the mountains we can offer you a refreshing alternative - warm summer sunshine, traditional village life and some of the most beautiful mountain scenery in all of Europe.

Imagine swimming in a clear Alpine lake where the water is an inviting 23C and clean enough to drink. Imagine cycling with your kids along safe valley trails bathed in bright sunshine. Imagine walking across lush meadows carpeted with flowers, or white-water rafting through dramatic river gorges. We offer you all these things.

A holiday in the mountains is the perfect complement to today’s healthy lifestyle. In the Alps we don’t serve food labelled as “free range” or “organic”. That’s because virtually everything we eat is organic, fresh from the local farm. Many of our hotels even grow their own fruit and vegetables. Your children can collect eggs from the chicken shed or help milk the cows - then toddle off to enjoy breakfast.

Our climate is also wonderfully healthy, with warm sunshine and low humidity. It’s perfect for stretching your legs and filling your lungs with clean mountain air, whether you want to take a cable car up to hike the high trails, or just play a gentle game of family tennis.

Try the mountains once in summer and you’ll never go back to the sweltering Med.