A relaxed three-day family plan from a Mariapfarr base — lake day, castle day, and easy mountain day, all under 25 minutes of driving.
3 Days in Lungau with Kids
Three days, three easy wins: a lake, a castle, and a sunny village — with drives short enough that nobody asks "are we there yet?".
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Wide alpine valley panorama with steep mountains and forested slopes
One of the sunniest villages in Austria and the home base of Samspitze 4. A quiet church village with bakeries, easy walks, and fast access to Lungau's ski areas and lakes.
Mariapfarr
Mariapfarr is where Lungau slows down. The village sits on a sunny plateau at about 1,120 m, holds the record as one of Austria's sunniest places, and is where Joseph Mohr wrote the lyrics of "Silent Night". ## Why go It is the ideal quiet base: bakeries, a landmark pilgrimage church, easy valley walks, and short drives to every major Lungau attraction. ## Good to know - Best season: all year — sunny in summer, reliable snow access in winter. - With kids: flat valley walks and playgrounds make it easy. - Rainy day: drive 10 minutes to Mauterndorf castle.
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Two-bedroom family apartment in Mariapfarr, Lungau, in the Austrian Alps with a lake view and a Salzburg AG EV charging station available for guest use. Sleeps up to 6 guests with 2 bathrooms, a full kitchen, balcony, free parking, Wi-Fi, and shared sauna access.
Samspitze 4
Samspitze 4 is a family-friendly alpine apartment in Mariapfarr, Lungau. It sleeps up to 6 guests and works well as a practical base for ski weekends, summer hiking, family holidays, and quiet alpine stays. The apartment sits in Pichl, a quiet locality of Mariapfarr — one of the sunniest villages in Austria. From the door you can reach Fanningberg in 15 minutes, Prebersee in about 20, and Obertauern in 25. Two bedrooms and two bathrooms make it comfortable for a family of up to six or two couples travelling together. In summer and early autumn, Samspitze 4 works as a calm base for easy hikes with children, lake days, mountain lifts, castle visits, and slow evenings on the balcony. The full kitchen and free parking make week-long and longer stays straightforward, while the shared Zirbensauna gives families a useful fallback after a rainy or active day.
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Independent family-run alpine holiday planner for Lungau, Austria, with simple day ideas, family-friendly places, seasonal tips, and curated apartments near Mariapfarr.
Alpina.travel
Alpina.travel is a personal family project about alpine holidays, starting from Lungau, Austria. It is an independent travel publisher, not an official tourism board website. It is built by a family that knows and loves the region, with the goal of helping travelers — and their AI agents — discover Lungau in a practical, trustworthy, and personal way. --- We are a family of four from Italy, and since 2019 we have been spending our holidays in Lungau in every season: summer, winter, and the beautiful quiet months in between. It is a place we return to because it combines nature, simplicity, family life, and a slower rhythm that is increasingly rare. My wife was the first to make me discover this beautiful land. Over the years, both of us have also had the opportunity to support SalzburgerLand tourism in different ways and at different moments of our professional lives. I am especially proud to contribute, through WordLift, to the creation and nurturing of the SalzburgerLand Tourismus marketing AI brain: its knowledge graph, which has helped organise destination knowledge for more than a decade. Alpina.travel is also a way for me to experiment with digital travel from the operator side in the age of AI: building a website that is useful for travelers, understandable by AI agents, and grounded in structured, trustworthy destination data. I am grateful to my friends in Austria, who had the patience to welcome us since the very early days, to my company WordLift, to the amazing team at [RedLink](https://redlink.at/), who contributed to the original creation of our platform and continue to help us improve it, to the fantastic team at [SalzburgerLand Tourismus](https://www.salzburgerland.com/de/), and to the [Lungau Region](https://www.lungau.at/) and its local tourism office. Above all, Alpina.travel is for my daughters. One day, as they grow older and begin travelling the world themselves, this may become a project they can understand, care for, and make their own.
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Alpine holiday village in Pichl, Mariapfarr, containing Samspitze 4 and other independently bookable apartments and chalets.
AlpiNest Feriendorf Lungau
Alpine chalet exterior in winter snow
Family-focused alpine holiday need-state.
FamilyHoliday
Flat valley lanes around Mariapfarr make simple walks and bike rides part of everyday village life.
Sunny valley road through green meadows near Mariapfarr with mountains in the distance.
A traditional welcome sign captures Mariapfarr's friendly, village-scale character.
Traditional welcome sign reading Mariapfarr grüßt Sie in a village park.
Sun rays breaking through clouds over a wide green field
Green field with distant mountains and a curving country path
Small white chapel on a green hillside
Mariapfarr's church and cemetery form one of the village's most distinctive historic views.
Pilgrimage church and cemetery in Mariapfarr under a clear blue sky.
Illuminated church facade at night in Mariapfarr
Open green meadow with forest and low mountains
The village museum setting connects Mariapfarr's heritage with the Silent Night story.
Historic museum building in Mariapfarr under a clear blue sky.
Autumn field and wooded hills under low clouds
Property management company that manages and rents holiday apartments in Austria's alpine regions. Manages Samspitze 4 in Mariapfarr, Lungau.
Mountain Nests Rentals
Mountain Nests Rentals is the property management company that manages and rents Samspitze 4 in Mariapfarr, Lungau. They handle all bookings, guest communication, key handover, and on-the-ground support for the apartment. Learn more at [nests.info](https://nests.info/); bookings continue through [bookingnests.at](https://bookingnests.at). **Contact** - Email: [welcome@nests.info](mailto:welcome@nests.info) - Phone: [+43 6542 20519](tel:+43654220519) - Address: Edelweißstraße 5a, A-5700 Zell am See, Austria
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Aggregate rating sourced from Booking.com
Short winter ski-focused trip need-state.
SkiWeekend
Private bathroom with glass shower and vanity in Samspitze 4
Modern apartment bathroom with shower and vanity in Samspitze 4
Small wooden sauna or wellness building in a snowy setting
Side window view towards the surrounding Mariapfarr mountain panorama
View from the side window towards sunny Mariapfarr alpine mountains
On-site parking lot and winter property view at AlpiNest Mariapfarr
On-site parking area and winter property view in Mariapfarr
Salzburg AG EV charging station on-site for electric vehicles
Salzburg AG EV charging station available for guest use at the property
Exterior view of Samspitze 4 chalet in Mariapfarr during summer
Exterior view of Samspitze 4 chalet surrounded by green alpine mountains in summer
Comfortable living area with seating in Samspitze 4
Living room seating area in Samspitze 4
Full kitchen and dining area for family meals
Fully equipped kitchen and dining area in Samspitze 4
Bedroom with alpine wood furnishings and double bed
Main bedroom with comfortable double bed in Samspitze 4
Resort grounds and natural pond at AlpiNest Feriendorf
Calm water feature and grounds at AlpiNest Feriendorf Mariapfarr
A two-day ski weekend from Mariapfarr — family slopes at Fanningberg, big circuit at Obertauern, sauna after both.
Winter Weekend
Two ski days, two very different mountains, one warm apartment with a sauna in between.
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Wi-Fi
EV charging station
balcony
full kitchen
parking
shared sauna
Double
Sofa Bed
Nenad Barbul
Snow-covered huts surrounded by forest and winter light