“The forest arrives at the window before breakfast does.”— Guest · Spa wing
Nature
Alpine
silence
Forest paths, Zugspitze light, and a Spa Retreat of over 3,000 square metres — where the Bavarian Alps hold the day.
Culture
Castle
of art
Concert hall, library light, Michelin dining at Luce d’Oro — a cultural hideaway in family hands since 1916.
Nature · Outdoor
Paths toward
Zugspitze
Schloss Elmau sits in a private valley near Krün — trails open toward Wetterstein peaks, pine scent on cold air, and the quiet gravity of Germany’s highest mountain on the horizon.
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Mountain walks
Guided alpine routes and valley trails for every pace — dawn mist to afternoon light.
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Outdoor living
Terrace hours, forest edges, and seasons that rewrite the same view each week.
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Zugspitze gaze
Clear days reveal the massif; cloudy ones turn the valley into a soft green room.
Nature · Spa
Water,
stone, air
The Spa Retreat spans more than three thousand square metres — pools, saunas, and quiet rooms tuned to alpine recovery rather than spectacle.
3,000+
Square metres
Pools
Indoor & outdoor
Rituals
Treatments & rest
Culture · Music
A hall for
listening
Regular international performances fill the concert hall — chamber evenings, soloists, and programmes that make the castle a destination beyond the overnight stay.
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Concert hall
An intimate stage for artists who travel for the valley’s particular silence between notes.
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Library
Rooms of shelves and soft light — reading as a cultural act, not a filler hour.
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Ideas & dialogue
A house long associated with conversation — art, politics, and the long table.
Culture · Gastronomy
Luce d’Oro
One Michelin star — cuisine that speaks in clear courses, alpine produce, and the unhurried cadence of a house that treats dinner as culture.
★ 1
Michelin star
Season
Alpine produce
Evening
Reservation advised
History · One line
Host of the G7 Summit
2015 · 2022
“We came for the mountains. We stayed for a string quartet.”— Guest · Concert evening
“Three thousand square metres of quiet — and still room to breathe.”— Guest · Spa Retreat
“Luce d’Oro tasted like clarity after a day on the trail.”— Guest · Dining
“A castle that never asks you to choose between nature and culture.”— Guest · Return visit
Nature
Outdoor
hours
From valley walks to high viewpoints — the property is a basecamp for those who measure a stay in kilometres of trail and degrees of cool air.
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Guided hikes
Local knowledge of weather windows and quieter routes.
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Seasonal light
Snow silence in winter; long green evenings in summer.
Culture
Rooms of
thought
Libraries, salons, and the concert programme — Schloss Elmau has always been more than lodging: a place where ideas are part of the hospitality.
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Reading rooms
Quiet corners for books between spa and supper.
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Programmes
Music and conversation woven through the calendar.
Culture · Legacy
Family hands
since 1916
Over a century of stewardship in the Elmau valley — a luxury spa retreat and cultural hideaway shaped by continuity rather than fashion.
1916
Founding
The house begins its life in the Bavarian Alps as a place of recovery and gathering.
Culture
Music & words
Concerts and conversation become part of the Elmau identity across decades.
2015
G7 Summit
The world arrives in the valley — a chapter written in one careful line of history.
2022
G7 returns
A second summit; the same mountains; the same quiet after the motorcades leave.
Nature · Retreat
Five-star
alpine hush
Rooms and suites open toward forest and peak. The Spa Retreat anchors the day; the valley resets the night. Luxury here is measured in unhurried space.
5★
Alpine retreat
Krün
Bavaria, Germany
Culture · Stay
Hideaway,
not hotel
Schloss Elmau is a cultural hideaway — dining, music, and dialogue held inside architecture that still feels like a house in the mountains.
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Suites with view
Windows framed for weather and silence.
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Evening programmes
From concert tickets to a long table at Luce d’Oro.
Arrival
Into the
valley
Elmau 2, 82493 Krün — south of Munich, beneath the Wetterstein range.
Helicopter from Munich
25 min
Routes
How guests
arrive
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By air & helicopter
Munich Airport (MUC). Helicopter transfer arranged to the property — approximately 25 minutes.
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By car
About 90 minutes from Munich via the A95 toward Garmisch-Partenkirchen, then into the Elmau valley.
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By train
Rail to Garmisch-Partenkirchen or Klais, then taxi or hotel transfer into the valley.
Contact
Both worlds,
one address
Reservations for rooms, spa, dining, and concert dates — including helicopter arrangements.
Address
Schloss Elmau
Elmau 2, 82493 Krün
Bavaria, Germany
Telephone
House
Luxury Spa Retreat & Cultural Hideaway
Family-run since 1916
Enquiry
Plan your stay
Share dates and interest — nature, culture, or both.