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Rote Wand Gourmet Hotel
Lech am Arlberg, Austria · Independent · Accessible Luxury
A Walser farmhouse has stood on this Zug hillside since 1651; Josef and Burgi Walch opened a café and guesthouse in 1959, and their grandson Joschi, a chef and cookbook author, turned it into a hotel from 1989. House C, built in 1998, was Austria's first three-story hotel made entirely of wood. Michelin gave the house a Key in 2025.
- Opened 1959
- Neighborhood: Zug
- Rooms from 323 sq ft (30 m²)
About Rote Wand Gourmet Hotel
- The Altes Schualhus restaurant occupies a 1780 village schoolhouse where Josef Walch senior once studied; it opened as a gourmet room after four months of work.
- Cellar disco Sennkessel once lured Lech across the Arlberg to Zug for all-night parties until Joschi Walch ended the noise in 1999.
- Six buildings linked by the Red Corridor, designed with Dietrich Untertrifaller since 2007, keep Zug's rural alpine village scale.
- A ski lift is a five-minute walk; Formarinsee lake and Rote Wand mountain are about 11 kilometres away.
- Meals, snacks, and parking are included, with indoor and outdoor pools, a spa, and a fondue restaurant in the old schoolhouse.
History
House C, built in 1998, was Austria's first three-story hotel constructed entirely of wood, winning the Vorarlberg Timber Construction Prize and a national award.
The setting
11 km from Formarinsee lake.
Restaurants and bars
- Friends & Fools Lounge — Bar · Jamie Unshelm
Experiences
- Rote Wand Cookery Class — Weekly Tuesday 18.30 cookery class preparing a 3-course menu, with wines or non-alcoholic drinks; EUR 150 per person.
- Rote Wand Masterclass Fermentation — Weekly Wednesday 18.30 masterclass on lacto and lactic fermentation, kombucha and koji, with 4-course menu and wines; EUR 180.
- Friends and Fools Dinner Club — Weekly Thursday 18.30 six-course menu by Jamie Unshelm and team with paired wines and house-made drinks; EUR 180 per person.
- Rote Wand x Newcomer Wines — Four-day winter-season opening weekend with international chefs and winemakers, dinners, a wine fair and a closing with Bar Brutal Barcelona.
- Wine and Dine series — Monthly Monday wine dinners in the Friends & Fools Lounge with Austrian winemakers; EUR 180 per person.
- Pop up dinners — Guest-chef pop-up dinners in the Friends & Fools Lounge on Mondays at 18.30 with visiting chefs; EUR 180 per person.
Amenities
- Spa
- Indoor pool
- Sauna
- Fitness center
- Pet-friendly
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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