This is Kristiania
Kristiania Lech is a private mountain house with taste, warmth and a point of view.
Above the village, with individually designed rooms and suites, candlelit dinners, art around every corner and a style of hospitality that is personal rather than performative, Kristiania offers something increasingly rare: a stay with soul, privacy and personality.
Why stay here
Private by nature
A smaller house with a calm rhythm, thoughtful service and the feeling of being truly looked after.
Rooms with character
No two are quite alike. Each room and suite has its own mood, its own story and its own sense of retreat.
Dining with atmosphere
From breakfast to dinner, from the bar to quieter corners of the house, Kristiania is made for long flavours and easy evenings.
Art, culture and conversation
This is a house shaped by collecting, curiosity and the pleasure of discovering something unexpected.
Lech, our way
Close to the mountain, close to the village, and always with the sense that there is a more personal way to experience both.
Rooms & Suites
Individually designed. Comfortably private. Distinctly Kristiania.
From elegant rooms for solo travellers and couples to suites with generous living space, the house is made for sleeping well, lingering a little longer and returning from the mountain to somewhere that feels entirely your own. Each category offers its own atmosphere, but all share the same essentials: warmth, comfort, character and the quiet assurance of a house that has never believed in one-size-fits-all.
Guest Rooms
Warm, individual and quietly comfortable, these rooms and junior suites are made for solo travellers, couples and the simple pleasure of settling in well.
Suites
More room to settle in, stretch out and stay a little longer. These are suites for softer evenings, slower mornings and feeling thoroughly looked after.
Signature Suites
The house at its most expressive — generous in size, rich in character and unmistakably Kristiania. For those who prefer their stay with a little more story to it.
Dining
Good things, beautifully done
Dining at Kristiania is guided by pleasure rather than ceremony: a very good breakfast, dinners with character, a bar with charm, and the kind of ease that belongs to a private house.
In the kitchen, Jürgen Dirkx brings refinement, generosity and a sure hand with flavour. Some evenings call for a beautifully set table. Others begin with a drink and unfold more spontaneously from there. Kristiania makes room for both.
Art. Culture & The House
A hotel, yes. A house of taste, too.
Art has always belonged at Kristiania. It lives in the rooms, the salons, the details and the atmosphere of the house itself.
Now, with Lilia Ezhelenko and Senses Gallery, a new contemporary layer enters the story — thoughtful, distinctive and entirely at home here. It is part of what gives Kristiania its texture: a sense of curiosity, character and quiet surprise.
Experiences
The mountain, our way
Lech offers no shortage of things to do. Kristiania prefers to think in terms of how a day feels.
A beautifully timed ski morning. A quiet hour in the spa. A long lunch. A walk with a view. A snow picnic, a salon talk, a détour worth taking. Some guests come for the mountain, some for the atmosphere, and many for the balance between the two.
Private Gatherings
For celebrations, conversations and occasions that suit the house
Kristiania lends itself beautifully to private gatherings: intimate weddings, multi-generational stays, discreet celebrations and selected occasions that feel more personal in a house like this.
Always carefully considered, never formulaic, and best when there is time to do things properly.
A House with a Heart
Kristiania has always been personal. That is not a slogan here. It is simply the way we like to do things.
That spirit is shaped by Gertrud Schneider, owner of the house and daughter of Austria’s first alpine Olympic champion, Othmar Schneider, whose legacy remains part of Kristiania’s story. Together with her team, she continues to shape the house with warmth, curiosity and a deeply personal sense of care.
We love welcoming guests who appreciate character, good conversation, a certain sense of humour and the feeling of staying somewhere that has been shaped with real thought and feeling. Whether you come for the skiing, the atmosphere, the art, the quiet, or a little of everything, we hope you will feel at home here in the best possible sense. Some people come as guests. Others become part of the House.
