South Tyrol, Italy

Aki Family Resort Plose

Price per night from$932.68

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Style

A family affair

Setting

Brixen’s bucolic borders

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Rare find Aki Family Resort Plose is a luxury hotel designed exclusively around families. Set on the forest-draped slopes of Mount Plose in the Dolomites, this impeccably crafted all-inclusive retreat has everything sewn up for parents and offspring alike – and makes a convincing case that holidays can be just as swish as the ones you took before the kids came along.

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Facilities

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Need to know

Rooms

70 suites.

Check–Out

11am, and check-in is at 3pm. Both are flexible, on request and subject to availability.

More details

Rates include full board (breakfast, lunch and dinner), soft drinks, a baby corner with healthy food for children and bottle-prep kit; a daily entertainment programme, plus access to Aki Water World and the adults-only spa.

Also

There are lifts and some wheelchair-accessible rooms, though the resort’s mountainside setting means certain outdoor areas may be less accessible.

Please note

The hotel’s national identification code (CIN) is IT021011A1XGYD9BAM

At the hotel

Free WiFi throughout, bike rental, kids’ club, yoga pavilion, gym, farm, laundry room, free parking and free WiFi throughout. In rooms: smart TV, climate control, tea- and coffee-making kit, microwave, minibar with free soft drinks and bottled water, adult- and child-sized bathrobes, organic bath products, full baby equipment and a changing table.

Our favourite rooms

Plump for a suite in one of the three blocks at the sloped end of the resort for uninterrupted Dolomites panoramas. If you’re holidaying with tots, consider the Superior Family Suite featuring an all-important bath tub.

Poolside

The Aki Water World is made up of an impressive collection of swimming pools, from the baby and toddler pick to the main indoor-outdoor pool with a sloping beach-like entry. Lots of fun water features help keep the nippers entertained, while bigger kids can whiz themselves down various slides. All the pools are heated to a balmy 34 degrees, so year-round watery frolicking is a guarantee whatever the weather. 

Spa

While few hotel spas tolerate the presence of little ones, the main spa zone at Aki Family Resort Plose actively encourages them to join parents for pampering. Facilities such as a family-friendly (read: clothes-on) sauna, snowflake shower and relaxation rooms, alongside a range of all-ages treatments, make wellness a shared affair. But don’t worry, there’s a separate adults-only spa hidden in the woods, should you need well-deserved time away from your brood.

Packing tips

You can leave practically all your child paraphernalia behind, this place has it all – favourite teddy excluded.

Also

A serene forest yoga pavilion offers regular yoga classes and post-natal exercise sessions. 

Pet‐friendly

Aki Family Resort Plose does not accept dogs. See more pet-friendly hotels in South Tyrol.

Children

Naturally, little Smiths are extremely well taken care off at this family-friendly resort.

Best for

Babies and up.

Recommended rooms

As you’d expect, all three room types are supremely fit for families, which is best depends solely on the size of your brood. 

Crèche

Starting from one-month-old babies, even the smallest Smiths are catered for in the hotel’s nursery. Open from 9am to 9pm, the fully supervised crèche comes equipped with baby toys made from natural materials, crawling and play islands, playhouses and painting tables.

Activities

The kids’ club offers everything from woodworking and painting to theatre evenings and baking sessions — all a lively mix of creativity, learning and pure fun. The play barn in the reception area, with its maze, climbing path, and spiral slides between floors, is a perennially popular spot. For older kids and teens, a chill out lounge offers table games such as ping-pong, football and air hockey.

Swimming pool

Babies have both an indoor and seasonal outdoor pool with a slide and water buckets. For kids who are still learning, there’s a shallow non-swimmer pool, too. 

Meals

Lowered buffet stations mean even littler kids can serve themselves, plus there’s a corner with organic baby food open around the clock. For young diners keen to go it alone (or just away from the olds), there’s a supervised children’s bistro for lunch and dinner.

Babysitting

One-to-one babysitting can be arranged for a fee, and should be booked in advance. 

No need to pack

Almost everything baby-kit-wise is provided, including bottle warmers, baby bath tubs, changing mats, potty seats, baby carriers and even buggies (subject to availability).

Also

A games corner stacked with board and card games allows families to enjoy some simple fun together, too.

Sustainability efforts

Sustainability is certainly taken seriously here. Natural wood and stone feature throughout, solar power provides a good share of the electricity, and smart systems keep energy and water use in check. You won’t find any single-use plastics, recycling and composting are standard practice, and the kitchen leans heavily on local produce.

Food and Drink

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Top Table

A window table on the terrace side, where floor-to-ceiling glass frames sweeping views of the Plose mountains and the Eisack Valley. It’s especially lovely at sunset, when the peaks turn pink and the dining room starts to glow.

Dress Code

No need to break out the tux, but come dinner parents are free to play a little dress up.

Hotel restaurant

Aki Restaurant is the hub of this hotel, and where most families gravitate. In the morning, a generous breakfast buffet features a pick of local farm produce, and cooking stations whip up how-you-like-em eggs and pancakes. Lunch is mostly a mix of local-leaning cooking with broader Mediterranean flavours — and charred-to-perfection pizzas straight out of the oven. Evening meals go a little fancier, with daily-changing five-course menus for the grown-ups to graze on while pint-sized diners help themselves from lowered buffet stations.  

Hotel bar

Not so much a late-night cocktail lounge, more a relaxing spot where parents can grab pre-dinner drinks while keeping half an eye on the kids in the adjacent play zone. Alternatively, aperitif mocktails add some bar time fun for all the family.     

Last orders

Breakfast is served 7.30am to 10am; lunch is noon to 2pm, and dinner is between 6.30pm and 9.30pm. The bar closes at 11pm, but the altitude, adventure and mountain air have usually done their work well before then.

Room service

In-room dining is available around the clock, with a reduced menu between 9.30pm and 10am. The service fee is €25 for food delivery and €10 for just drinks.

Location

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Address
Aki Family Resort Plose
Via Koja 20 Meluno
Bressanone
39042
Italy

Resting above Brixen in South Tyrol, Aki Family Resort Plose is surrounded by the forests and alpine scenery of the Dolomites.

Planes

The closest place to fly into is Bolzano Airport, which welcomes regional flights and a few international connections, and is around an hour away by road. Innsbruck is a slightly further 90-minute drive, and Verona is closer to two hours. The hotel can arrange private transfers from all three airports, for between €180 and €390 each way.

Trains

Bressanone/Brixen train station is a 15-minute drive away, with direct services to a handful of domestic and cross-border transport hubs, including Verona, Innsbruck and Munich.

Automobiles

If you’re arriving with your own wheels, the hotel offers free underground parking, as well as six charging stations if you’ve gone electric.

Other

If you’re in a hurry, a helicopter transfer can be arranged in advance.

Worth getting out of bed for

Naturally, most of the outdoor activities at Aki Family Resort Plose are dictated by the season. Winter snowfall makes it perfect for skiing first-timers, with its own 80-metre run and free ski hire, for use inside the resort. You can even arrange complimentary lessons with the hotel’s instructor. 40 kilometres of piste lie just minutes away for more advanced adventurers, or you can send little Smiths off for day-long trips with a local ski school before heading back to the spa or for a restorative yoga session.   

Autumn sees the landscape burst into fiery gold and reds, inviting hiking and biking along crunchy-leaf-lined trails, or in spring, surrounded by wild-flower meadows and blossoming apple orchards. Come summer, the waters of Lake Varna offer a cooling reward at the end of a picturesque stroll. There are plenty of cross-seasonal activities, too, with visits to the on-site petting farm topping lists for its immersive animal-centred pursuits — you can even take one of the alpacas out for a walk around the grounds.  

 

Local restaurants

The nearby postcard-pretty town of Brixen offers a slew of leaving-the-hotel-worthy dining options. Try Traubenwirt for a menu heaving with hearty Alpine classics such as wiener schnitzel and goulash with dumplings. If you’re eating with younger kids, get a table at Brix 0.1, where parkland, playgrounds and more international fare keep everyone happy. 

Local bars

Wander around Brixen’s old town arcades and you’ll soon stumble across a decent spot for a child-free drink. Vitis Vinothek is one: a stylish wine bar with a serious South Tyrolean wine list. For a bit more buzz, Viertel Bar combines an urban atmosphere with craft ales and top-notch Negronis.  

Reviews

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By Mr & Mrs Smith

Every hotel featured is visited personally by members of our team, given the Smith seal of approval, and then anonymously reviewed. As soon as our reviewers have returned from this family-forward hotel in the Dolomites and unpacked their loden wool cape and speck sausage, a full account of their Alpine break will be with you. In the meantime, to whet your wanderlust, here's a quick peek inside Aki Family Resort Plose in South Tyrol… 

In a world full of adults-only sanctuaries, Aki Family Resort Plose flips the script with a sleek Alpine space that caters to families of all kinds. Set on the forest-carpeted slopes of Mount Plose and embraced by sweeping Dolomites views, days here drift between pine-scented mountain adventures, splashy pool sessions and stints at the kids’ club, where little ones can bounce between play zones and supervised activities. There’s plenty to keep slightly older Smiths entertained, too, with a packed programme of seasonally suitable pastimes. But, crucially for parents, this family-friendly format doesn’t forgo factoring in a little grown-up time; while children disappear into cookie-baking workshops or the next play session, you’re invited to retreat to the spa, linger over dinner or simply soak up the scenery in peace. Holidays may be serious fun here, but the occasional child-free moment is very much part of that plan. 

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