Bregenz & the surrounding area
Wolford
The "Kunsthaus"
The "Martinsturm"
The "Pfänderbahn"
Are sightseeing, art, culture and shopping what you want to enjoy during a fantastic city holiday? In Bregenz you’ll find everything, just a few minutes walk from Best Western Premier Hotel Weisses Kreuz.
The regional capital directly borders Lake Bodensee and the mountains of Bregenz Forest, and is inspiring, with a mix of medieval walls, new architecture and also a wide and varied cultural and leisure time activities in Bregenz Festival Theater, the numerous theaters and galleries, Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) and the casino. Not to be missed is the upper part of Bregenz, into which all too few tourists stray. Holiday-makers will find the landmark of Bregenz there, ‘Martinsturm’, with its famous wooden onion dome.
Excursions in the surrounding area - Pfänder Mountain and Pfänderbahn cable railway, Bregenz forest, Lake Bodensee boat trip, Mainau flower island and the towns of Dornbirn, Feldkirch, St. Gallen, Lindau, Meersburg, Friedrichshafen and Constance, all invite you to come and pay a visit!
Of course lots of shopping tours are a part of a holiday. There are opportunities to shop in Bregenz’s pedestrianised area and in GWL department store. The Sagmeister fashion boutique, directly opposite our hotel, has become a household name. Or visit the outlet store for Wolford, which is right in Bregenz. You’ll find Vorarlberg and international speciality cheeses in Fredi’s cheese shop. Browse the wide assortment of top quality Austrian wines at Wein&Co, or taste the fine oils, vinegar, schnapps and liqueurs at Bernhard Kuster, which are ‘on tap’. You will find home-made Bregenz speciality chocolates in the Theater Café.
Take a look at the packages for Hotels Weisses Kreuz. Whether it’s the Bregenz Festival, James Bond, indulgence, cuddling up or dinner & casino – we are sure to have just what you want for your holiday.