Hotel Goldener Loewe

This hotel is shabby and old fashioned. Do not go there!

The staff were very friendly but had little English. Breakfast was good and I had a very pleasant stay. Despite advertising Internet, I could not connect properly from my room. The staff said that this was normal, bad luck. I ended up sitting in the dining room using their wifi. Not good!

This is a place to rest your bones. It is not a destination in and of itself. Under new management. Front desk very helpful. Standard single rooms are cramped, but this is not unusual in Europe. Beware if you are a single traveler; the restaurant staff will ignore you, no exceptions!

The four-bed room was large and comfortable for four friends, or a family. Very nice seating area to relax. Bathroom was a little small compared to the rest of the room, but we didn't expect luxury for the price. Good value. There is no air conditioning in this hotel, so a ceiling fan would have worked well, but there was none. It was comfortable to sleep with all the windows open once it cooled down at night, but it is in a busy, noisy square.

We came to Kufstein with a vague plan for a three-day hike on the Wilder-Kaiser Steig. The woman behind the desk at the hotel searched for the hotel's supply of maps for hikers, and didn't find any. So she promised to bring us one the next day from her house. She gave us great directions, although, since she was Austrian, her idea of a day of hiking was somewhere around double what we could do! She also helped us make reservations at our first mountain Hut (Hutte in German). The hotel was clean and comfortable. Our only complaint would be the lack of air conditioning, but that seems to be the case of every hotel around here. They also kept our extra bag for us, even though we weren't returning to that hotel. And Kufstein! This town is so cute you just want to eat it up!