What can you do around here?
This is what our guests ask us most often. Here you will find our favourite tips around Riefensberg and the Bregenzerwald – for hiking, discovering and stopping for a bite to eat.
Straight from our doorstep
Kojenmoos & Kojenstein
Hike from Riefensberg to the Kojenstein – you start right from our house. Walking time from the house, uphill only, about 1.5 hours.
Tour description →Eulenweg Riefensberg
Experience the forest with all your senses: about 2.6 km, around 1 hour, easy. A perfect walk with a dog, also for children. Not suitable for pushchairs.
To the Eulenweg →Lecknertal & Rohnehöhe
By bike or e-bike you can reach the Lecknertal straight from the house. By e-bike about 2 hours there and back. For hiking, drive part of the way by car.
Tour description →Sennalpe Unteregg
By bike or e-bike to the alpine dairy in the Ehrenschwanger Tal (Allgäu): yoghurt, quark, cheese and cake made on site. By e-bike about 3 hours there and back. Open in the summer months.
To the alpine dairy →For young and old – four-legged friends welcome too
Quelltuffrunde Lingenau
Educational trail through the tufa spring area, mostly on a well-walkable gravel path, with wooden walkways and steps. Walking time about 1 hour. Suitable for children too.
To the Quelltuffrunde →Wasserwanderweg Hittisau
Mostly right along the water through light woodland – pleasantly cool on hot days. Walking time about 1 hour 15 minutes. Suitable for children too.
To the Wasserwanderweg →Eibele waterfalls
Circular walk at the Eibelesmühle, past the waterfalls. Walking time about 3 hours. Easy to reach from Riefensberg, too.
Tour description →Animal experiences for young and old
Alpaca trek Sulzberg
Walk with the Sonnenbühl alpacas across meadows, through the forest or to a waterfall – for young and old. Unfortunately, no dogs.
To the alpacas →Donkey trek Sulzberg
Guided hike with the donkeys Pauline and Stina, for young and old. Unfortunately, no dogs. Please arrange a date in advance by getting in touch.
To Eselzeit →To relax & for rainy days
Moorbad Oberköhler, Sulzberg
Our insider tip: forest and wellness in the moorland above Sulzberg, with rare plants.
To the moor bath →Frauenmuseum Hittisau
The first and only women’s museum in Austria, right in the heart of the Bregenzerwald.
To the museum →Aquaria Oberstaufen
Leisure pool with children’s pool, 100-metre slide and diving tower, plus sauna world and restaurant.
To the Aquaria →Good food nearby
Bartle, Riefensberg
Cooperatively run inn and café with regional dishes and homemade cakes.
To Bartle →Goldener Adler, Hittisau
Traditional Vorarlberg cuisine in the centre of Hittisau.
To the inn →Gasthaus Brauerei, Krumbach
Traditional cuisine with regional specialities, vegetarian dishes, terrace and bowling alley.
To the brewery →In winter: skiing nearby
Skigebiet Hochlitten, Riefensberg
A small but charming family ski area with 3 drag lifts and 1 practice lift.
By car 1.5 km · approx. 3 min
Alpenarena Hochhäderich
I always go here: close and good. A nice ski area with everything you need. 4 drag lifts, 1 chairlift.
By car 10.4 km · approx. 15 min
Balderschwang
Said to be the most snow-reliable ski resort in Germany. Over 40 km of pistes, 12 lifts, mountain huts with food and a parasol bar. Made for families.
By car 22 km · approx. 30 min
Skilifte Bödele
Family-friendly ski area with natural snow. 10 lifts and cable cars.
By car 25 km · approx. 30 min
Bergbahnen Diedamskopf
My favourite: a natural-snow area for the whole family with 40 km of pistes and 9 lifts and cable cars. Views of 300 peaks, all the way to Lake Constance.
By car 42 km · approx. 50 min
Mellau Damüls
The ski area of superlatives: sunny slopes and north-facing runs, 28 lifts and cable cars, mountain restaurants, huts and après-ski.
By car 31 km · approx. 43 min (park in Mellau)
In winter: cross-country skiing nearby
Höhenloipe Hochhäderich
One of the most beautiful and varied cross-country trails in the Bregenzerwald, looping through an alpine nature reserve.
By car 10.4 km · approx. 15 min
Loipen Hittisau · Balderschwang
A paradise for cross-country skiers: the trails between Hittisau and Balderschwang offer 41 km and cross the border into Austria. Relaxed on the sunny village loop, or sporty on the border trail. Skating and classic tracks are often perfectly groomed as early as December, an insider tip among cross-country fans.
By car: Hittisau 10 km · approx. 12 min, Balderschwang 22 km · approx. 30 min
Nordic Sport Park Sulzberg
My tip: a cross-country centre on a wide plateau at 1,015 m, for demanding training or a relaxed ride on the panorama trail with wonderful views.
By car 16 km · approx. 20 min
Opening times and closing days change – please take a quick look at the respective website before you set out. I am happy to share more tips in person.