Hotel Feinschmeck

In the center of Zell. You can reach everything within minutes by foot

The rooms are quite old fashioned and matrass was not comfortable. The closet had a weird old smell.

Lot of extra costs (parking, breakfast etc.).

1) Summer Card: It is one of the few hotels in Zell Am See that offer Summer Card that saves you so much money by giving you FREE admission to many touristic places and cable cars/buses. I booked here specifically for that card and I was happy that each of us got a card in our name. 2) Perfect location. Elevator. Clean big and spacious room. Refrigerator was there. No balcony but nice full room sized windows. Fan was in the room- exactly as I requested prior to my arrival so we didn't need to keep the window open and thus enjoyed a good night sleep. Safe box was there. Beautiful lobby reception with nice baroque pics on the walls. Good free wifi. Bathroom was big, its shower water was amazingly strong, and had a bath tub which was a great advantage and it also had good toiletries: Shampoo, conditioner, lotion, small hairdryer, cottons, soap bar, towels etc.. The toilet itself was in another room inside your room. 3) Nice Helpful male owner at the reception: Emmanuel was very helpful even with personal needs and he was pleasant to deal with. Try to deal with him only and avoid the lady; she's strict if you asked for something and can become querulous if you checked out late.

1. Price was a bit too high but most zell am see hotels are like this - unreasonably expensive in the summer. 2. Early checkout: I didn't like the strict 10 am check out policy in some of zell am see hotels. It's way too early for international tourists who are used to 2 or 3 pm late check out. Being a genius member level 2, I was expecting my request to check out after 12 or 1 pm to be accepted as I needed to rest the morning before taking my 7 pm long flight plane. I appreciate that they allowed us to check out 11:15 am and they allowed to keep the luggage and I understand that they needed the room to clean for next visitor (as all hotels say) but many hotels would cheerfully go above and beyond in accommodating much late checkouts. I still think Feinshmech is a very good hotel compared to others in Zell am see because the summer card they give plus the nice personality of emmanuel make it a perfect stay.