Hotel · Inn

Saalerwirt

Maria Saalen near St. Lorenzen · Puster Valley, South Tyrol

Inn in the hamlet of Maria Saalen at 978 m, above St. Lorenzen in the Puster Valley. First mentioned in 1587 as a lodging house and wine tavern, owned since 1887 by the Tauber family, who now run it in the fifth generation.

Address
Saalen 4 39030 St. Lorenzen, Italy
Restaurant open
10:00–22:00Hot food 12:00–14:00 and 18:30–20:30Seasonal break 9 Nov – 15 Dec 2026

At the hotel

  • RestaurantGood, healthy country cooking
  • Indoor poolHeated with wood chips from the own forest
  • Natural swimming pond18–24 °C in summer
  • Bathhouse & day spaThree saunas, daily infusions
  • MassagesDaily in the nature spa
  • YogaOne free class every day
  • Breakfast buffetWith home-baked bread and cakes
  • Vegetarian & veganDinner menu with half board
  • ChildrenPlayground, games room with climbing wall
  • DogsOn request, €20–30 per night
  • Wi-FiFree
  • Bruneck Kronplatz CardBuses and trains in South Tyrol included

On the hotel’s website

RestaurantCountry and Alpine cuisine
To the restaurant
From the farm and forest
  • Beef partly from the farm’s own suckler cows
  • Pasta made with the farm’s own free-range eggs
  • Mushrooms from the family’s own forests
  • Home-baked bread and cakes
  • Water from the house spring
Wine

South Tyrolean wines. Weekly wine tasting with sommelier Gabriel Tauber in the historic wine cellar.

Seating

Old stone-pine parlours with tiled stoves, conservatory, sun terrace

Open

10:00–22:00Hot food 12:00–14:00 and 18:30–20:30Bar, coffee and cake all day

Seasonal break 9 Nov – 15 Dec 2026