Around the valley

Some of it is close enough to reach before the coffee goes cold, and the rest is worth the drive. These are the places we send our own friends.

Around the valley

Some of it is close enough to reach before the coffee goes cold, and the rest is worth the drive. These are the places we send our own friends.

Around the valley

Some of it is close enough to reach before the coffee goes cold, and the rest is worth the drive. These are the places we send our own friends.

Lane covered in fallen leaves between tall trees

Stream running over rocks through a dark forest

Dirt path winding through green hills towards distant ridges

Grassy field and pond with a small hut on the hill

Sunlit meadow with fir trees and blue hills beyond

Enjoy the nature

The Weir Pool

12 minutes on foot

Deep, cold and clear, with a flat rock for your towel. We swim here from May, and the brave ones start in April.

The Weir Pool

12 minutes on foot

Deep, cold and clear, with a flat rock for your towel. We swim here from May, and the brave ones start in April.

Tollgate Bakery

8 minutes by car

The bread comes out at eight and is usually gone by ten. Get the rye, and don’t skip whatever’s still warm.

Tollgate Bakery

8 minutes by car

The bread comes out at eight and is usually gone by ten. Get the rye, and don’t skip whatever’s still warm.

A walker on a green hillside in low cloud

Long Ridge

20 minutes by car

A five-hour loop with the whole valley below you. Take a jacket, because the top keeps its own weather.

Long Ridge

20 minutes by car

A five-hour loop with the whole valley below you. Take a jacket, because the top keeps its own weather.

A log fire burning in an arched brick hearth

The Drovers Arms

15 minutes by bike

A log fire, a short menu and a dog under most tables. Book ahead on Fridays, and ask for the room with the hearth.

The Drovers Arms

15 minutes by bike

A log fire, a short menu and a dog under most tables. Book ahead on Fridays, and ask for the room with the hearth.

Wooden crates of red apples on a grass field

Beech Hollow Farm

10 minutes by car

Apples by the crate from September, plus eggs and honey on the honesty table. Bring some coins.

Beech Hollow Farm

10 minutes by car

Apples by the crate from September, plus eggs and honey on the honesty table. Bring some coins.

Getting here

Old Mill Lane, near Oberau

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By car

Leave the valley road at the old mill sign and follow the lane for two kilometres. There’s room to park at every stay.

By train

The nearest station is Oberau, twenty minutes away. Tell us your train and we’ll come and collect you.

By bike

The valley path passes the end of our lane. We have a dry shed for bikes and a hose for muddy ones.

Spend the evening here

Tell us your dates and who’s coming. We’ll reply ourselves, usually within a day.

Talk to the hosts

Your questions go straight to us.

Arrange the details

Early arrivals, cots and dogs can be sorted out before you come.

Book with us directly

Your booking comes straight to the people who run the place.

Spend the evening here

Tell us your dates and who’s coming. We’ll reply ourselves, usually within a day.

Talk to the hosts

Your questions go straight to us.

Arrange the details

Early arrivals, cots and dogs can be sorted out before you come.

Book with us directly

Your booking comes straight to the people who run the place.

Spend the evening here

Tell us your dates and who’s coming. We’ll reply ourselves, usually within a day.

Talk to the hosts

Your questions go straight to us.

Arrange the details

Early arrivals, cots and dogs can be sorted out before you come.

Book with us directly

Your booking comes straight to the people who run the place.