Hotel Kirchboden by Alpeffect Hotels

We've just returned from a summer holiday (via Tui). Overall, the hotel was very good (with a couple of issues, see below). The food is buffet style and great for kids. At dinner, there's always some salad, pasta, chips, along with different mains per day. No lunch but you can pack a lunch at breakfast time (bags are provided). Facilities-wise, there's a nice little pool in the basement with some saunas nearby. Also a table tennis table but we didn't try this. Not much else. In the summer, you get a free summer card which gives you free daily access to the nearby Water World, and small discounts in various places (and 1 euro bus rides). It's worth getting the 5 for 7 gondola ticket online for the Flying Mozart etc, you need to get this from the Snow Space website and it's the cheapest option even with the summer card discount. Lots of great hikes from the tops of the gondolas. Now the negatives. The location of the hotel is in Kirchboden which is up on a hill above Wagrain "proper". If you go down into Wagrain then it's a hefty climb back up unless you're fortunate enough to sync with the free bus. The hotel is near the Water World and the Flying Mozart, but the Grafenberg gondola is down in Wagrain itself. Otherwise, it was very hot when we were there and the rooms have no aircon or fan (which is fine), meaning during the night we wanted to keep the balcony door open to get some airflow going. However, people can smoke on the balconies (just not in the rooms) which was a major pain. Finally, the wifi isn't great in rooms (much better in the dining area). Overall, we had a great time, many thanks to everyone in the hotel.