Family holidays in Vorarlberg are tantamount to excitement and fun. Several resorts arrange supervised programmes.

Local and regional summer programmes for children

- Between end of  June and end of August, the Kids Active Club in Lech am Arlberg looks after children aged 4 and older. The programme features games to make friends, fishing at the fish pond, climbing, and an adventure day in a forest camp. Participation is free for holders of the Lech Active Inclusive Card (www.lech-zuers.at).

- Between 23 June and 5 September, the Family Fun Club Gargellen has entertainment and activities, fairy-tale walks, mountain biking, climbing and gorge tours on offer. Kids may join the programme at any time. Free for children born until before 1993 holding a guest card of Gargellen, St. Gallenkirch or Gortipohl (www.gargellen.at).

- Kid's summer in the Brandnertal: in July and August supervised activities for children are offered free of charge. The programme promises adventure, games and fun and includes outdoor excursions, forest, water, creativity, gorge and alp days, as well as beginner's classes in golfing, tennis and horse-back riding, Punch & Judy shows, and magician shows. (www.brandnertal.at/familie).
- The fam Family Hotels Scesaplana and Lagant in Brand are never at a loss for fresh ideas, from a sleep-in service for parents to fanciful outdoor programmes. For the first time this summer, sports activities for the whole family will be organised on five days a week, featuring hiking, archery, beach volley ball to a first taste of golf. (www.scesaplana.at, www.lagant.at).

- With “Burmi“ through the Kleinwalsertal: Burmi, the happy marmot, is the mascot of the Kleinwalsertal programme for children, which is staged Mondays to Fridays during the summer and autumn holidays. Activities include a stone-age walk, a wilderness day, a treasure hunt in the Schwarzwasser, or Flying Fox rides across the creek.
The 500m long Burmi educational trail informs about the life of marmots at nine different play and activity stations. There is also a barbecue site and a water treading pool. (www.kleinwalsertal.com/kids-co).

Game worlds and adventure trails 
- The Golm in the Montafon has become a genuine attraction for families in recent years. Popular attractions are Golmi's Discovery Trail, the first Alpine Coaster in Vorarlberg, a crossbreed of a summer tobogganing run and a roller coaster, and the forest rope park. In this rope garden with different exercises at one to 15 m height, visitors must overcome obstacles climbing from tree to tree. (www.golm.at).
- For adventure-hungry kids, the Bear Land at the Sonnenkopf in the Klostertal, a themed mountain-top adventure land for families in search of thrilling entertainment, comes close to heaven. Bear gondolas will take them up the mountain. At the summit, there is a bear's cave, a bear's playground, water features, raft rides on the bear lake, and a lot more. Jolly entertainment programmes for kids on Saturdays and Sundays. (www.sonnenkopf.com).


Milka Chocolate Festival in Bludenz
The annual international Milka Chocolate Festival, hosted on 10 July in Bludenz for the 27th time, is an irresistible event for those with a sweet tooth. Visitors will find 60 activity stations, a show programme and countless possibilities to taste chocolate to their heart's content. (www.bludenz.travel).

Stay and Play - The "Family Club"
6 resorts, 22 hotels and self-catering agents have joined to form the "Family Club". Family-friendly amenities, equipment, events and prices are the ingredients for this quality seal. The resorts of Au/Schoppernau, Brand, Kleinwalsertal, Lech-Zürs, Schoppernau, Schruns/Tschagguns, Gargellen are part of the team effort.

Award-winning! Naturhotel Chesa Valisa in the Kleinwalsertal
In early 2008, the German magazine GEO SAISON selected Europe’s best hotels from a short-list of 90 candidates. The panel of experts awarded the first rank in the category “family hotels” to Naturhotel Chesa Valisa in Hirschegg in the Kleinwalsertal. Katja Senjor, GEO SAISON editor and expert on travelling with kids, writes: “Free all-terrain buggies and a philosophical innkeeper. This hotel is so relaxed in the way it treats families – even though it does not really care much for this type of label”. For Klaus and Sieglinde Kessler, the Chesa Valisa is a nature hotel for guests who appreciate unspoilt natural surroundings, sensible nutrition and vitality programmes. The farmhouse is 500 years young and enjoys a plum position on a mountain side. In recent years, the Kesslers had parts of the building carefully redesigned in the style of contemporary Vorarlberg architecture (www.naturhotel.at).