Where do I start?
We have just spent the most amazing 2 weeks staying at Karl's chalet on the outskirts of St Johann (my husband, son and myself, and my husband's parents).
The chalet is in a beautiful quiet location with easy access to St. Johann and local walking paths from the house. It is well equipped, beautifully furnished and comfortable with some lovely personal touches, and provided ample luxurious space for our whole family, with room to spare.
The chalet makes a great base from which to explore the local area either by car or bus with some really entertaining and educational places for children (and adults too) to visit (don't miss the Hexenwasser at Soll or Timok's Alm at Fieberbrunn with it's Alpine Coaster) as well as some fantastically varied walking suitable for 5-70 year olds (and that was just our group) as well as harder routes for those who want them.
We purchased the Kitzbuhler Alpen Sommer card, which gives you access to 29 lifts in the surrounding mountains, and discounts on other things such as local swimming pools etc.. It can be purchased from 3 to up to 14 days and is very very reasonable, giving you freedom to visit so many places, virtually all of which have something for children as well as amazing walks and views. Please take a look at the link:
http://www.kitzbueheler-alpen.com/en/summer/hiking/sommer-card.html
Karl is a wonderful host, and a mine of very useful information, making our stay here so good that it felt as if we really lived there. Thank you so much for our fabulous stay - As I keep saying to my son Thomas - "find another describing word" but I keep getting stuck on wonderful, beautiful, amazing, fabulous and any other positive words about the house, Karl and the whole area. I couldn't recommend this chalet and the area enough, and we are already working out when we can come next year!
Thank you!