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Hotel Weisses Roessl
Kitzbühel, Austria · Independent · Core Luxury
The oldest stones in the Weisses Rössl are 15th-century blocks from Kitzbühel's town wall, still standing in the Ladies Dome, now the women's restroom. The building shows up in the town archive in 1582 as a coaching stop where horses were changed between Salzburg and Innsbruck, and in 1893, the year Franz Reisch brought skiing to this valley, the old Bichlwirt inn became the hotel. Dr. Christian Harisch's family bought it in 2006, and after a rebuild in 2017 it became the first, and still only, Kitzbühel member of The Leading Hotels of the World.
- 45 rooms
- Opened 1893
- Neighborhood: Ried
About Hotel Weisses Roessl
- Each winter since 2019, Rainer Becker's Zuma, the Japanese restaurant he opened in London in 2002, takes over the lobby with a sushi bar and a robata grill. It is a seasonal pop-up.
- The hotel counts 45 rooms and suites, from 25 to 85 square metres, split between the old Stammhaus toward town and the quieter Residence, where the pool and spa sit.
- From 1999 to 2000 the coaching inn went from four stars to five and gained the Residence annexe, years before the Harisch family bought the house.
- In 2025 Michelin gave the Weisses Rössl one Key, the guide's mark for the hotel rather than for a dining room.
History
The building at Bichlstrasse 5 in Kitzbuehel was first mentioned in the town archive in 1582, and its oldest part, the so-called Ladies Dome, incorporates 15th-century stone walls from the old defensive city wall. The name Weisses Roessl (White Horse) recalls its origins as a post and coaching station.
In 1893 - the year skiing was born in Kitzbuehel, thanks to local pioneer Franz Reisch, the 'father of skiing' - the inn was expanded and run as the Hotel Weisses Roessl. A 1999-2000 upgrade lifted it from four to five stars with a new Residence annexe, and in 2006 the Dr. Christian Harisch family acquired it. A complete reconstruction in 2017 made it the first and only Kitzbuehel hotel in The Leading Hotels of the World.
The setting
15-minute walk to fairways at Golf Eichenheim. 8 km from Hahnenkamm mountain.
Restaurants and bars
- Zuma — Restaurant · Japanese · Chef Rainer Becker
Awards
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
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