travel42 Hotel Review: Sonnenalp Hotel

Sonnenalp Hotel travel42 Professional Hotel Review

Location and History

Located across the river from the superior Lodge at Vail, close to lifts, shops and restaurants, this is one of the most engaging deluxe-style establishments in town—and throughout the Rocky Mountains.

Done up in a more convincing mode than the Marriott Mountain Resort, the family-owned and operated hotel prides itself on its European lineage. This is a sister hotel to the famed Sonnenalp in Ofterschwang, Germany, and Vail's second-oldest, family-owned b...