Need to know
Rooms
28, including 19 suites, plus a two-bedroom chalet.
Check–Out
You’re invited to embark on a journey back to balance at Castel Badia’s spa, where the Tyrolean landscape’s botanicals, hay and mineral muds are harnessed for use in body therapies and facials across four treatment rooms (in-room massages can also be arra
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Rates include breakfast, served daily at Stube Badia and featuring a buffet of pastries, cold cuts, fresh fruit and yoghurt, plus sweet and savoury dishes cooked to order (some choices are charged a supplement).
Also
Castel Badia has wheelchair-accessible rooms across five categories: Splendida, Sublime, Preziosa, Magnifica and Meravagliosa. If it’s connecting rooms that you’re after, pair a Sublime room with a Bella, or Magnifica with Preziosa (subject to availability).
Please note
The hotel’s national identification code (CIN) is IT021081A1AZIX6F8W
At the hotel
Bikes to borrow, gardens, children’s play area, shuttle services to Brunico (and Kronplatz ski area in winter, where the hotel also has a private lounge), ski storage and free WiFi throughout. Laundry service is offered through an external provider with a 48-hour turnaround. In rooms: TV, minibar with free soft drinks, coffee- and tea-making kit, free bottled water, bathrobes, slippers and luxury bath products.
Our favourite rooms
Splendida rooms are generous in their proportions for a mid-level category and come with a guaranteed bath tub. First-floor Stupenda suites have incredible views and covetable living space, as well as original features — secure the one with a private sauna if you can. It’s impossible, however, to ignore the storied, curvaceous beauty of the standalone, three-floor Chalet, set in its own historic tower.
Poolside
Cardinal-red parasols and loungers border an infinity-edge outdoor pool that’s heated and open year-round. You’ll find similarly rosy-hued furniture beside the hotel’s other outdoor bathing spot — unheated and open between May and October. Supervised junior bathers are welcome only during family hours (10am to noon and again from 3pm until 5.45pm). For indoor dips, a heated pool is set into the rock-hewn spa, edged by day-beds and illuminated by candle-lit recesses along one side.
Spa
You’re invited to embark on a journey back to balance at Castel Badia’s spa, where the Tyrolean landscape’s botanicals, hay and mineral muds are harnessed for use in body therapies and facials across four treatment rooms (in-room massages can also be arranged with notice).
A relaxation area overlooks timeless valley scenery, and you can prolong any resulting sense of peace from your lavender-oil-infused harmonizing body ritual with spells in any of the three saunas (one is alfresco), the Turkish bath or spa pool. The space’s stone-cooled Benedictine heritage super-charges a sense of serenity, too.
For workouts, the hotel’s 24-hour fitness area is kitted out with Technogym equipment. Private and personalised sessions in breathwork, meditation, yoga and Pilates, as well as personal training, can be arranged on request for an extra charge.
Packing tips
Your kit list may be naturally focused on the Alpine adventures that await in this breathtaking Dolomiti scenery — but don’t overlook your indoor sportswear, whether for private yoga sessions, gym workouts or to sustain multiple daily dips across the hotel’s pools.
Also
Convent ruins are visible in the inner courtyard (the 11th-century Chapel of St Vigilius) and in the garden, where remnants of the Chapel of St Gottard stand beside its reimagined form, crafted in golden tubes by artist duo Schwarzenfeld.
Pet‐friendly
Dogs are welcome in all rooms at Castel Badia for a nightly fee of €55 each, which includes a mat, bowls and treats. Please note that pups are not allowed in the spa area. See more pet-friendly hotels in South Tyrol.
Children
Extremely welcome and well provided for.
Best for
All ages are made welcome.
Recommended rooms
The two-bedroom Chalet, which sleeps five, is the obvious contender. An extra bed can be added to Sublime and Preziosa rooms; if you need two extra beds, Stupenda and Magnifica are your choices.
Crèche
Open 9am until 6pm, the Kids’ Club is free for children aged four to 12 years old. A curated programme of activities features culinary workshops (baking cookies, mixing bread dough, making pizza or pasta), creative sessions and interactive games. A role-playing workshop introduces little Smiths to the castle’s past life (no holy orders required).
Activities
Concierge-arranged outings can be tailored to tots, covering horse-riding, trips to Funpark Kronplatz in winter and summer toboggan runs at FunBob San Candido. Kronplatz is a notably family-friendly ski area with a Snow Playground dedicated to juniors, as well as a family zone for learners and a ski-cross run to thrill established skiers.
Swimming pool
Children must be supervised by adults wherever they swim, and all three of the hotel’s pools operate family slots between 10am and noon, and then again from 3pm until 5.45pm. Outside these hours, it’s adults-only bathing.
Meals
Stube’s casual dining is implicitly family-friendly, but if you’re struggling to placate fussy eaters, ask staff about simplifying dishes for junior palates.
Babysitting
With at least 48 hours’ notice and subject to availability, nanny services for under-fours (or babysitting for any age) can be arranged from €30 an hour, with free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.
No need to pack
The Kids’ Club’s indoor play kit includes a wooden table football game, Lego sets, board games and more.
