Choose between apartments and suites tailored to families with both babies and older children. The smart Panorama restaurant offers a daily choice of three four-course menus, comprising regional, international and vegetarian dishes, using produce that is healthy, seasonal and fresh. Free coffee, cappuccino, espresso, tea, hot chocolate and non-alcoholic drinks 7 am to midnight.

The hotel has a private area on the shoreline of the lake, a 20-minute walk away, with swimming, boat trips and watersports. The Family Balance Centre spa has indoor swimming pool, splash pool, family sauna and steam bath. The huge outdoor swimming pool is landscaped and is a great place to relax. The whole hotel is nonsmoking.

Watersports at the lake. Free hotel shuttle takes you to four ski areas... the gondola to Zell am See's slopes is a couple of minutes away, Kaprun's Maiskogel area slightly further and the lifts to the Kitzsteinhorn glacier just beyond that, a total of 136km of runs. The Saalbach Hinterglemm ski circus, 200km of sunny, intermediate runs is 20 minutes away.

Included: Pongo's Jungle two-storey indoor play area with climbing frame, kamikaze slide, ropeway, jungle bridge and more. Pony riding, theatre, outdoor pool, splash pool.

Extra: swimming, magic and ski lessons.

The Mavida Spa is a unique feel-good area for adults with Asian, Persian and Western treatments. Biking, hiking, pilates, yoga. Hotel bus to nearby 36-hole golf course.