ARPURIA - 4 Star Superior - Adults Only

The Arpuria is at Gastigweg 37, at Sankt Anton am Arlberg, in Tyrol. Booking describes it as a quiet boutique hotel reserved for adults at the edge of the woods above the village, in a slightly elevated position, with an open view over Sankt Anton and the mountains around, away from the bustle but close to the centre, and adds that the house follows a modern, pared down design concept, intended for those looking for atmosphere, quality and rest rather than entertainment. The website calls it a hidden luxury mountain home. The category is four star superior, written into the name under which the house sells itself on the portal; Booking rates the location 9. The address at which the Booking page is still served carries the old name, fahrner, and the same is true of the canonical address of Expedia and of Hotels.com: the name written on the page is nevertheless Arpuria, and the address, Gastigweg 37, is the same across all the sources read.

Adults only from 16 years

The website's information pages, under Good to know, answer the question whether children are welcome: at the Arpuria guests aged 16 and over are taken, and the house explains the reason, namely keeping the quiet atmosphere of its retreat. Booking says the same thing in the children's conditions, where it writes that children of at least 16 years are welcome and adds that there are no cots or extra beds; on the minimum age for check-in it writes that none is required. Two lines of the Booking page do not fit this threshold and should be pointed out: among the general facilities the availability of family rooms appears, and the outdoor pool is marked as accessible at any age. These are entries from the portal's facilities dictionary, not statements by the property, and the rule that applies remains the one written in the conditions and on the website: sixteen years.

The Aria Spa

The wellness area is called Aria Spa and the website describes it part by part. There is a single swimming pool and it has an indoor part and an outdoor one: it can be used in rain or in sun, in summer as in winter, from early morning to late evening, and the website states that it is always kept at temperature; Booking records it as a free outdoor pool, heated, with a view and open all year round, with sunbeds, and in the description speaks of a heated indoor pool and a heated outdoor one. The sauna landscape comprises the panorama sauna, the hay sauna, the infrared salt grotto and the aromatic steam bath. The two lounges, the Relax Lounge and the Panorama Lounge, are on the fifth and sixth floors, with soft furniture and a corner where tea, cold drinks and fruit are to be found. The Aria Spa treatments are massages, peelings, waxing, facial treatments, manicure, pedicure and beauty programmes, and for each one the website publishes the duration and the starting price; Booking adds the hammam, the steam bath, the relaxation room, lockers and yoga classes among the wellness facilities, and the website devotes a page to yoga as well. There is also an Aria Day Spa for those not sleeping at the hotel. On the swimsuit rule in the sauna the property says nothing: it is worth asking at reception.

Table, rooms and services

The website lists several restaurants with different concepts, from the Pura Restaurant to ELEMENTS, which is the fine dining one, with the page The Art of Wine for the cellar and the Dine Around formula for half board; Booking confirms several restaurants, from informal meals to fine dining, and a bar, and lists breakfast among the most appreciated items, as well as the snack bar, the coffee shop on site and the possibility of breakfast in the room. The rooms and suites are described on the website in the Suiten and Zimmer section, and there is also the Stanton Lodge; Booking lists the flat screen TV with cable and satellite channels, the telephone, the bathroom with bathrobe and slippers, the balcony and the mountain view. Among the winter services the house gives a free shuttle within Sankt Anton and free ski storage right at the main lifts, and ski passes are bought at the hotel; those arriving by train are collected at Sankt Anton station with a free transfer, while parking, the website warns, is limited and assigned in order of arrival, and Booking gives it as chargeable with a valet parking service. In summer the website offers the Precious Moments programme, with experiences devoted to nature, movement and taste, and a page for cycling holidays. Booking also lists free wifi throughout the property, the electric car charging point, the concierge, private and express check-in and check-out, luggage storage, daily cleaning, laundry, ironing and dry cleaning services at extra cost, the airport shuttle at extra cost, evening entertainment, the lift, soundproofed rooms and the hypoallergenic room, and asks at check-in for photo identification and a credit card. Pets are not allowed: the website's information pages say so and Booking confirms it.