The accommodation
A source of income that keeps small mountain farms alive at all.
Farming & sustainability
Gentle hut holidays instead of mass tourism
A week in a place where your money stays – instead of a day at an overcrowded hotspot. That is not sacrifice, that is the better holiday.
01 · The difference
Few beds, long stays
Overcrowded places don't arise from guests as such, but from very many guests at very few points, usually for a very short time. The bus comes, the bus leaves, the coffee was too expensive – and what remains is mostly traffic.
A hut works exactly the other way round. Few beds, spread over many valleys, booked for a week. That eases the paths, distributes the value creation and turns visitors into neighbours for a few days.
02 · Value creation
What of your holiday stays in the region
With us you book directly with the host. What you pay goes to the farm that maintains the hut, mows the meadow and clears the path – and not to a chain whose headquarters stands elsewhere.
Shopping and stopping in
Farm shop, baker, inn – whoever stays a week shops several times.
Open landscape
Tended alpine pastures and meadows only exist as long as working them pays.
How this connects in detail is covered in One farm, several sources of income and in Direct marketing.
03 · Arrival
The biggest lever lies outside the front door
What weighs most in a mountain holiday is not the hut, but the journey there. Whoever comes by train and leaves the car standing locally changes the balance of their holiday more clearly than any energy-saving bulb could.
With us, each accommodation states whether it is easily reachable by train and bus. The last leg you organise yourself – depending on the location with a hiking bus, on-demand bus or taxi. Ask us before booking; we'll tell you honestly how involved it is at the hut in question.
04 · On site
Consideration that costs nobody anything
Almost everything that helps the region is no sacrifice, but simply more pleasant: setting off earlier instead of in the crowd, shopping in the valley instead of the discounter by the motorway, staying on the trails, closing gates, keeping dogs on a lead. Why that matters more on an Alm than elsewhere is covered in Why an Alm is more than a meadow with cows.
And perhaps the most important point: come outside the high season too. In June and October the valleys are empty, the farms glad and the prices lower.
05 · Matching accommodations
This is what gentle hut holidays look like in practice
Reachable by train and bus
Arriving without a car – possible at almost all of our huts.
Sustainably built and maintained
Wood from the area, economical technology, honest maintenance.
In a secluded location
Quiet that doesn't come at the cost of an overcrowded place.
Once more, briefly
Frequently asked questions
Are hut holidays automatically sustainable?
No. A hut you drive to three times a day and that is heated through the winter is not. What matters are the arrival, the length of stay and where you shop.
Do I have to give up comfort?
No. Sauna, hot pot and good cooking exist at small farms too. If you deliberately want it simpler, you'll also find huts without electricity with us.
Is it more expensive?
Not in principle. The low season is usually cheaper, and whoever stays a week and cooks for themselves spends less than on short trips with restaurant visits.
What if I need a car after all?
Then take it. Gentle holidays are not an exam. Even one drive fewer a day makes a difference – and the hut still remains a small farm instead of a corporation.
Read on
Sustainable holidays in the mountains
What an eco-conscious stay looks like in practice.
Arriving sustainably
By train and bus into the mountains.
Alpine pasture farming (Almwirtschaft)
7,971 managed alpine pastures – who does what up there and why.
Rather a valley to yourself than a hotspot with a thousand others
We know every hut ourselves and tell you honestly when and where it is quiet.