Hotel Kiendl
Five minutes from the Merano 2000 cableway
About this hotel
Hotel Kiendl sits in the Alpine mountains around Merano with the Merano 2000 cableway a five-minute walk from the door, about as close to ski-in convenience as Schenna offers. Rooms are spacious with oak floors, wooden furniture, satellite TV and a balcony, and an extra-large double bed comes with soft bathrobes and slippers. The wellness centre holds an indoor pool and sauna for the evenings, and the restaurant grows its own vegetables for a mix of local South Tyrolean and international dishes, including a homemade apple juice at breakfast. Half-board guests get a five-course dinner, and buses to Merano's train station stop seventy metres from the hotel, with a shuttle to the town centre bookable at reception.
- Wellness centre with sauna
- Five-course half-board dinner
- Cableway five-minute walk
- Family-run
Our take
Skiers who want the shortest realistic walk to the Merano 2000 cableway from anywhere in Schenna get exactly that at Kiendl, paired with a proper wellness centre for the evening. The half-board five-course dinner makes life easy for families who would rather not plan meals out. Anyone chasing a livelier village-centre address with restaurants and bars nearby should look elsewhere in Schenna, since Kiendl trades that for proximity to the lift.
- Book the half-board rate if you're staying more than two nights, since the five-course dinner is one of the better values in Schenna.
- Head to the cableway early on powder mornings, since five minutes on foot is genuinely fast compared with the rest of the village.
- Ask reception about the town-centre shuttle rather than driving in for an evening out.
Why we love it
- Five-minute walk to the Merano 2000 cableway
- Indoor pool and sauna wellness centre
- Restaurant with its own vegetable garden
- Half-board five-course dinner included
Why guests love itThe five-minute walk to the Merano 2000 cableway makes early mornings easy, boots on and out the door before the queues build up top. Dinner is the highlight of the evening, five courses built partly from the restaurant's own vegetable garden, and the wellness centre's indoor pool is a welcome stop before that. Rooms lean traditional, oak floors and wooden furniture, extra-large beds that make a difference after a full ski day. It rewards guests who'd rather stay put than head into the village for dinner.