Hotel Blog
The Hotel Elephant is a house rich of history and full of stories.
In our Elephant blog we present all news from our hotel as well as from our two restaurants. Let us tell you the stories which matter most and be inspired by the many moments making a stay at the Elephant so unique.
The Heiss-Falk family and all employees of the "Elephant" survived the past weeks in good health. In the meantime the preparatory work for our new start has also begun: From 12th June 2020, we will start again. We are opening the doors of the Hotel and Restaurant Elephant for you - and we are really looking forward to w...
W From 8th to 31st May 2020 the Brixen Water Light Festival powered by durst takes place again. ...
The sculptor Karl Grasser made over 520 woodcuts. The artist from Vinschgau area in South Tyrol is one of the most important living artists of our country. His graphic work is as impressive as it is varied. More than 100 woodcuts from the last twenty years can now be seen - mostly for the first time - in an exhibition at the Ho...
A good two years after its opening, the Apostelstube at Hotel Elephant was awarded a star. On 6 November 2019, the renowned gourmet guide Guide Michelin presented this prestigious award to chef Mathias Bachmann and Michael Falk, who together with Eleonora Corazza are responsible for the service in the Apostelstube. ...
Enjoy the most atmospheric time of the year here at Hotel Elephant! During the festive season enjoy special menus of our head chef Mathias Bachmann. Menu on Christmas Day (25.12.2019) ...
Did you know? The mountain huts on the Plose have addressed the issue of sustainability and saving resources and banned all plastic water bottles from the mountain. A stainless-steel bottle is available at the huts as an alternative to the plastic ones. With the "Refill" campaign, this bottle can be refilled at the drink...
Special exhibition at the Hofburg Brixen from 15 June to 31 October 2019 Martin Rainer (1923-2012) is a sculptor known beyond the country's borders for his monuments, fountains, church furnishings and grave signs. The exhibition at the Hofburg brings a hitherto little-known aspect of his oeuvre to th...
A guided tour at the Hofburg Brixen on a Summer evening - a special event you should not miss! Each Wednesday at 8:30 PM you have the chance to join a guided tour at the Hofburg Brixen, former seat of the Bishop and nowadays a well-curated Diocesan art museum. Start your tour in the inner courtyard with a glass of fine S...
South Tyrol Jazzfestival: "New Sounds - Fresh Perspectives" The soloists and ensembles at the Südtirol Jazzfestival Alto Adige not only venture forth to dizzying musical heights but quite literally ascend the “real” heights of the mountains, instruments on their backs, and entertain the public against a breathtakin...
In the Hofburg Brixen, from 17 May to 11 August 2019: Rendezvous with Regensburg. Art from Brixen's sister city. For 50 years, the sister cities of Brixen and Regensburg have deep relations between each other, originally dating back to the Middle Ages. The exhibition spans a period from...
See, read, listen, buy and create books. In short, love books! Brixen Book Days 2019 After the success of last year's first edition, the "Brixen Book Days" will be back in April in Bressanone/Brixen. The Bishop's city will once again be full of publications and invites everyone to immerse oneself in the fantas...
Enjoy Easter here at the Hotel Elephant! Let yourself be pampered on Easter Sunday with an charming menu from our chef Mathias Bachmann. Take a first look at it today: Lake char on Terlan asparagus with bolzanina sauce foam and herb salad Risotto...
Our winter break is over: On Friday 15th March from 7 pm we re-open our Restaurants Elephant, Apostelstube as well as our Hotel Elephant after a short winter break. Please book your table in advance. We are happy to see you again at the "Elephant"! ...
Brixen, the bishop's town at Eisack and Rienz, is the focus of the exhibition. Numerous graphics and drawings show city views and paintings, views of individual buildings and motifs from the surrounding area. The drawings range from the oldest graphic view of Brixen from 1588 to the early 20th century. ...
The Gault&Millau editors Martina and Karl Hohenlohe had invited to Vienna to celebrate the fortieth edition of the renowned gourmet guide. In the same way Hotel Elephant's owner family Heiss-Falk and all employees with its new Apostelstube and the well-known restaurant Elephant, were able to celebrate several high awards, too....
Hotel Elephant closes its doors for a short winter break from 21 February 2019. From 15 March 2019 we will be happy to be back for our guests. We look forward to welcoming you here again in spring. We have already compiled ...
Some weeks ago, a strange photo appeared on the hotel's livewall. The photo was location tagged with «Hotel Elephant», and posted on Instagram with no other «explanation» than the hashtag «Zwischen den Bergen» (Between the mountains), and the title «Room with a view». The photo shows a part of the inte...
Christmas is soon in the air! Enjoy the most atmospheric time of the year in the Hotel Elephant, in one of our wonderful rooms and with the excellent gourmet menus of our head chef Mathias Bachmann. The Advent season starts this year in Brixen on 23rd of November, when the ...
The unique light and music show during Christmas time in Brixen, from 22nd November 2018 to 6th January 2019. After the great success of the last three years with more than 150,000 enthusiastic spectators, Brixen still dresses up with a completely new spectacle of the "masters of light" Spectaculaires-Allumeurs d'Images....
The mountain Festival IMS celebrates its 10th birthday - and Hotel Elephant joins the party with a special offer for IMS participants! The International Mountain Summit, one of the world's largest mountain festivals, celebrates its 10th edition this year. Once again there will be an extensive range of speakers, topics an...
Holger Theunert already exhibited at the Hofburg Gallery last year. Once again this year, gallery owner Jakob Kompatscher has succeeded in bringing the German painter to South Tyrol for a certainly unique exhibition. From 24 August a new exhibition will take place in the impressive atmosphere of the Engelsburg - directly...
Around 150 years ago the well known writer and journalist Otto Julius Bierbaum was born in Grünberg / Schlesien. He was also known as „Martin Möbius“ and „Simplicissimus“ and became world-famous with his book „Eine empfindsame Reise im Automobil“ 1903 (A sentimental journey by car). On this journey he drove...
Sounding out the Codex Buranus: Thirteenth-Century Songs from Brixen Friday, July 27, 2018, 8 p.m. Hofburg Palace Brixen Codex Buranus is one of the most famous manuscripts of the Middle Ages - not only because of Carl Orff's familiar new setting of some of its texts. Despite a 200-year hist...
Experience an unforgettable sunrise on Mount Gabler with a unique view on Mount Peitler and the Dolomites. Almost an hour before sunrise and still covered by the darkness of the night the new Pfannspitz cable car opens for one ascent to bring all the early birds from the starting point at Skihuette up to Mount Pfannspit...
Internationally renowned geology experts will meet again in Bressanone to discuss the topic "Diamonds: Geology, Gemology and Exploration". The Hotel Elephant coordinates the accommodation and catering of all participants on site. In a few days, a new edition of the "International Diamond School" in Bressanone ...
Mathias Bachmann is one of the emerging chefs of the year in South Tyrol: Gault & Millau pays homage to the successes of our chef in the 2017/2018 season with clear words. "You notice a remarkable refinement in the dishes and a bold but well tempered change in the interpretation of taste." This is worth 15 points and two t...
The garden and private park of the Elephant Hotel, approximately 17.000 m2 in the city center of Bressanone, owes his name his former owner, the public officer Michael von Marzari. With his family, he lived in the villa which now serves as dependace of our hotel. After Michael von Marzari, Mr Mayrhofer was the owner of this beautiful gar...
The International Mountain Summit 2017 is about to begin: From 9th to 15th October 2017, Brixen in South Tyrol will be the world capital of mountains. The lovers of mountains and alpinism have a unique opportunity to meet the world's best mountaineers, climbers, mountain scientists, philosophers and many other extraordinary people explai...
150 years ago the "Brenner Railway", connecting the Austrian and Italian railways from Innsbruck to Verona, was opened. The end of the construction works in 1867 heralded a new era for the city of Brixen and especially for its then-developing tourism. The lithographic print shown above by Gustav Täubert presents one of ...
Hotel Elephant in Brixen / South Tyrol (Italy) now offers two charging points for electric vehicles and is one of the very first hotels in South Tyrol providing this cutting edge technology. Drivers of Tesla or other e-cars are able to recharge their car while staying in our hotel or in our Gourmet restaurant. "By installing two Tesla wa...
Recently, the Director of the Office of Apprenticeship of South Tyrol, Gertraud Aschbacher, handed over the plaque "We train apprentices" to the Hotel Elephant. This plaque documents the fact that the house gives young people the opportunity to qualify for a job in the kitchen or in the service of the hotel. The achievements of the Eleph...