Need to know
Rooms
68, including 20 suites.
Check–Out
Noon, but flexible, subject to availability. Earliest check-in, 3pm.
More details
Rates include an extensive buffet breakfast, with à la carte options, served at La Fucina.
Also
Hotel Schwarzschmied has ground-floor Garden Rooms that are wheelchair accessible, with widened doorways and bigger bathrooms that feature roll-in showers and lowered sinks; please note that there are no specific handles, grab rails or lowered controls.
At the hotel
Free bikes to borrow, (paid) e-bike hire, library, and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: TV, Marshall Bluetooth speaker, air-conditioning, minibar, yoga mat, bathrobes, and Susanne Kaufmann bath products.
Our favourite rooms
We’re applauding Hotel Schwarzschmied for the breadth of its room choices, from budget options to breathtakingly sleek suites, all with the hotel’s trademark pared-back contemporary decor. Choose between rooms in the main house, garden wing, or residence. In the latter, family rooms feature a bunk room for little Smiths. The Garden Suites have an appealing open-plan layout and are light-filled and airy. In the main house, Junior Suites and Suites occupy the middle floors, but we’re drawn to the Rooftop Rooms and Rooftop Suites for their cut-above outdoor spaces with across-the-valley views.
Poolside
Two pools – indoor and out at the hotel’s spa – are filled with revitalised Granderwasser, said to be restored to molecular superiority through careful processing, with the upshot that your skin feels softer. Both pools are heated and open from 7am until 8pm. Verdant valley views, a peaceful setting opposite the vine terraces, and an abundance of lounging spots, make either pool ideal for lingering.
Spa
As you’d expect of a wellness resort, the spa at Hotel Schwarzschmied is a polished Alpine number, featuring a heated outdoor pool, outdoor Finnish sauna, a bio sauna and steam bath. In the complex set back from the pool, you’ll find a tea bar, and panoramic relaxation lounges where you can pull up a lounger overlooking the garden or by the fireplace. Manicures, pedicures and waxing are available, but it’s the spa’s signature facials and massages, with amenities by Susanne Kaufmann, that top our wishlist (there are tailored therapies for Mr Smiths, too) – especially if taken at one of the new outdoor treatment cabins. There’s also a fitness room, where you’ll find free weights, machines, and stylishly timbered cardio equipment.
Packing tips
Fitness kit and outdoorsy gear should be your main focus – we’re talking yoga, swimming, and hiking – we’ll leave the dress code for stiller moments down to you.
Also
Daily yoga lessons and two guided hikes each week are included with your stay.
Pet‐friendly
Dogs are welcome at Hotel Schwarzschmied, for a fee of €25 a night for each pet, and you’ll need to provide your own food. See more pet-friendly hotels in South Tyrol.
Children
Very welcome. Most rooms have a sofa-bed. And during July and August, a yurt in the grounds is the site for organised activities (for four- to 14-year-olds).
Best for
All ages – although little Smiths aged four to 14 will benefit from the activities available in summer months.
Recommended rooms
There are Family Rooms with bunk beds in the Residence, and we’re eyeing up Rooftop or Garden Rooms, as well as Garden Suites (if your children will share a sofa-bed), all of which have family-friendly layouts and sleep up to four.
Crèche
There’s no crèche at the hotel, but during July and August, supervising adults run activities in the yurt and surrounding grounds for children aged four to 14.
Activities
The hotel has free bikes to borrow (mountain and road varieties), or you can hire e-bikes. Trails take you up into the mountains straight from Lana – reward your climb with a cooling dip in a mountain lake. And visit the Linterhof sheep dairy. In winter, the small ski field at Vigilhof/Monte San Vigilio is extremely family friendly, reachable by funicular from Lana, and stars alongside an ice rink and two-kilometre toboggan run.
Swimming pool
Children are allowed in both the indoor and outdoor pools, but will need adult supervision, as there’s no lifeguard.
Meals
High-chairs are available, the breakfast buffet is ideal for fussy palates, and at other times of day, this is a place to ‘mangiare in famiglia’.
Also
With toddlers in tow, you’ll find a baby-carrier backpack is your friend out on the trails.
Sustainability efforts
The hotel runs entirely on solar electricity. Whichever ingredients aren’t supplied by Hotel Schwarzschmied or Villa Arnica’s gardens, is sourced locally, either from within the valley or the wider Bolzano region. And the most recent overhaul of the rooms was put together by Tyrolean builders and makers.