Oberstdorf is a very scenic German town of around 11,000 residents and is popularly known for being a rather stylish skiing and hiking resort for many tourists. It’s based in the Allgau district which is on the south-western part of the country in the breathtaking Bavarian Alps.

Oberstdorf has done well to earn its reputation for being one of the best ski resorts in Germany – if not the best. The town is also in a fortunate position to be a regular host of famous international ski-jumping contests and figure-skating competitions such as the World Junior Figure Skating Championships and the Four Hills Tournament.

In light of its world-wide reputation and appeal, it’s actually quite surprising and impressive that the town offers a wide sprawl of hotels to cater to a range of budgets – from the up-market to the basic and everything in-between.

One hotel that looks pretty impressive is the aptly-named Hotel Oberstdorf. It has a well-designed website with an image of Oberstdorf’s snow-capped peaks in the background and a cow that looks like it’s staring straight at you!

Most of the content on the four-star hotel’s site is available in 5 different languages including German, English and French. One can imagine that this would be really useful for non-German speakers who might be interested in finding out more about the hotel and what it offers.

Hotel Oberstdorf’s guest rooms look quite lush and spacious, each equipped with its own private bathroom, TV, broadband internet access and boasting a captivating 180° outside view of green, green and more green, accentuated by clear blue skies and startling mountains.

The hotel also offers an impressive range of treatments in its health spa varying from massage and therapy to flax baths to Oriental Rasul baths, as well as a state of the art gymnasium and swimming pool. Plus they seem to have an entertainment section that offers a different event almost every hour.

For travellers on a somewhat tighter budget, or for those who anticipate hardly being in their rooms and instead being out there in the fresh outdoors all day and everyday, there’s the 3-star Hotel Restaurant Café Fuggerhof. With only 22 guest rooms, it’s an intimate and homely affair. Though the hotel’s quite central, it’s mostly quiet as the area around it is pedestrianised. It’s the best of both worlds really as it’s very close to the ski resort but one can make a quick retreat to the peace and quiet of the hotel when needed while still enjoying the amazing mountains and meadows from one’s window.

Hotel Restaurant Café Fuggerhof offers single to apartment-sized rooms with each having its own bathroom/ toilet, satellite TV, hairdryer, phone, safety deposit box and balcony (amongst other things).

The hotel also has a gymnasium, a solarium, a terraced garden and fast-speed internet access. And for golf lovers, there’s a golf course less than 3km away as well as horse riding.

Last, but not least, there’s the Hotel Kurparkhotel which hovers between a 2 and 3 star. Like Hotel Restaurant Café Fuggerhof, Hotel Kurparkhotel is centrally located and its guest rooms are equipped with all the necessary basics. One apparent difference seems to be that it offers high-speed wireless internet access in each guest room which is quite rare for a hotel of that star (but very welcome nonetheless).

There are many other hotels in Oberstdorf, most which appear to offer a clean and comfortable stay even at the most basic-facility accommodations.

A range of different Allgau hotels (or Hotel Allgäu) are also available if the plan is to see more of what Allgau has to offer; however, Oberstdorf itself should be more than enough to keep one occupied for a single visit!

From luxurious hotels to discount hotels, there are definitely a range of places to stay in Oberstdorf to suit most people’s budgets – from families to the solo traveller to couples. The best thing about it is that it would appear that quite a few hotels tend to offer panoramic views of the town from the comfort of one’s bedroom window or balcony, regardless of the hotel’s ratings.