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POOL PARTY
Feldkirch's old public swimming pool in the Reichenfeld district has been born again as the ultrahip
Poolbar
MAP
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(Reichenfeldgasse 9), the venue of the summertime
Poolbar Festival
(
www.poolbar.at
;
Jul & Aug). If you're in town during the festival be sure to check out the top-notch line-up of mostly free
events, skipping from concerts, dance and poetry slams to juggling shows and DJ nights.
Sleeping
Junges Hotel Feldkirch
( 731 81;
www.oejhw.at
;
Reichsstrasse 111; dm/s/d €14/28/42; )
A 700-year-old infirmary has
been converted into this HI hostel, which exudes charm with its creaking beams, vaulted
lounge and ivy-clad courtyard. A spiral staircase twists up to light-filled dorms with pine
bunks. Buses 59, 60 and 68 stop here.
HOSTEL
€
Waldcamping
( 760 01 3190;
www.waldcamping.at
; Stadionstrasse 9; camp sites per adult/child/car & tent €6.40/3.75/11;
Apr-Oct; )
Pine trees shade this quiet camping ground, where facilities include a
barbecue area, playground and free entry to the Waldbad leisure pool. Take bus 2 from
the train station to the last stop (3.5km).
CAMPGROUND
€
Hotel Alpenrose
( 721 75;
www.hotel-alpenrose.net
;
Rosengasse 4-6; s/d €91/160; )
Hidden down a quiet old-
town backstreet, this 16th-century merchant's house is a touch of old-fashioned romance,
with its dusky pink facade, rose garden and Biedermeier salon. The rooms blend contem-
porary and classic - polished wood, muted colours and flat-screen TVs.
BOUTIQUE HOTEL
€€
Montfort
( 721 89;
www.montfort-dashotel.at
; Galuragasse 7; s/d/tr €95/149/160; )
Run by the friendly
Oberhöller family, Montfort is a business hotel with personality. Set in attractive gardens,
the hotel has bright, contemporary rooms with flat-screen TVs and monochrome bath-
rooms. It goes the extra mile at breakfast, with freshly baked croissants, eggs and bacon,
salmon and antipastos. Montfort is a 10-minute stroll northeast of the centre.
HOTEL
€€
