Four generations, one farm, and the question of why we still do all this

Sometimes guests ask us how we manage it all. The hotel, the farm, family life – all at once. And to be honest, we’ve asked ourselves the same question.
The answer is always the same: because it feels right. We are four generations in this house. The knowledge of how to welcome guests, how to run a farm, how to keep both together – that was never written down. It was passed on. At the table. In the stable. In the many little moments when you were simply there, watching. My grandmother showed my mother. My mother showed me. And now we’re passing it on.
Our guests notice this. Not because we make a big deal of it, but because that’s how it feels: like coming home to someone who genuinely cares about how you are. Some have been coming for years. Some for decades. Guests become friends. That’s not a marketing slogan; it’s just how it’s turned out.

Our llamas and alpacas live right next to the inn. They were here long before anyone would have called it a ‘unique concept’. To us, they are animals that need looking after. Morning and evening, whatever the weather, no matter what else needs doing.
Anyone who has ever stood in front of a llama that simply looks at you without haste, without expectation, might understand why we have never given this up. This calmness is contagious. Our guests sometimes just stand by the fence and watch. That is enough for them. It is enough for us too.
The blankets in the rooms come from our animals. The pillows too. We didn’t buy them just to make things look nice. It simply made sense.

We’ve been part of Quality Hosts Arlberg for a few years now. What we love about it is that we’re no longer on our own. There are other hosts who think along the same lines. They don’t focus on sustainability just because it’s trendy, but because they live here and know what’s at stake.
Joint projects, local collaboration, networking within the region. For us, there’s a simple idea behind all this: that in twenty years’ time, the Arlberg should still be just as we know and love it.

We’re not doing this just for the moment. We’re doing it for the fifth generation.
We look forward to welcoming you to Freisleben.

Hotel Gasthof Freisleben
Arlbergstr. 8
6580 St. Anton am Arlberg

Telefon: +43 664 883 856 36
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