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Holidays on an organic mountain farm
With the mountains in view and nature at heart, we warmly welcome you to the Ederhias organic mountain farm in Obergail in the Lesachtal!
- 11th
- generation of the Guist family
- 270+
- years of farm history
- 1,100 m
- above sea level in Obergail
- 10
- organic dairy cows on 10 ha of mountain pasture
- 6
- rooms & holiday apartments
01About us
The Guist family, 11th generation
The farm is more than 270 years old and sits on a rise in the Carinthian Lesachtal, framed by the imposing peaks of the Carnic Alps with a sweeping view down the valley. Calling this place home is not only a great piece of luck — it is a way of life.
Elisabeth and Martin run the Guist family farm in the 11th generation since it was first recorded in writing. With a feel for the whole picture, the necessary long view, and as close to nature as the many generations before them, they look after the farming and forestry, the animals, the buildings, the processing of their produce — and their holiday guests. Together as a family business, where each of the three generations living on the farm contributes something valuable, they make their organic mountain farm something you can experience.
Organic mountain farm in the Lesachtal · Carnic Alps
Close to nature,
authentic,
Lesachtal through and through
02Staying at the Ederhias
Solid wood, mountain views and fresh bread from the wood-fired oven
Whether a room or an apartment, in the farmhouse or in the log house next door — whichever you choose, your holiday on the organic mountain farm will stay with you. You sleep in rustic, traditional solid-wood rooms, largely furnished by the carpenters of the house and the surrounding area. With a view of the mountains around, of the farm's own chapel, of the meadows where the animals graze, and down into the valley. Let the calm and freshness of the mountains inspire you, let the warmth of the people here rub off on you, and be thoroughly spoilt. When the farm parlour serves as the breakfast room each day, filled with the most delicious homemade and regional produce, that is lived regionality — and you can taste it. And the scent of freshly baked farmhouse bread from the wood-fired oven drifting through the house makes the holiday day perfect.
In the farmhouse & the log house
Our rooms
Three double rooms with solid-wood furniture, a balcony and a wide view up and down the valley — with breakfast in the farm parlour.
54 to 65 m²
Our apartments
Three fully equipped holiday apartments with two separate bedrooms, a living kitchen and a balcony — for a week or for several.
03Slow Food Travel
The taste of organic meadow milk
Ten dairy cows share around 10 hectares of untouched mountain pasture at 1,100 m above sea level. What comes of it lands on the table at the Slow Food breakfast — honest, fresh and made with a great deal of heart.
04The Lesachtal
Europe's most unspoilt valley
Summer
Winter
Set off straight from the door by mountain bike, on snowshoes or on touring skis, and experience the mountains as they are — original and real. Simply head out and feel the untouched nature of the Lesachtal. Flowering meadows or snow-covered fields, depending on the season. Steep slopes, dense forests and striking summits as far as the eye can see. Europe's most unspoilt valley earns that title. Fresh water bubbles from countless springs and feeds the small mountain lake in the Obergail valley, which on hot days invites you in for a refreshing swim.
05Something for you
Yoga at the farm
What began as “doing a bit of yoga now and then” has turned into a passion. Together with my sister Helga, it is now possible to do something good for body, mind and soul here at the farm a few times each summer.
Alongside that: fresh natural skincare, and workshops and small retreats at the farm from time to time.
Guest voices
What our guests say
“A very restful holiday with clean rooms. I would particularly like to mention the lovely hosts and the wonderful view. The Trueffelhang team thanks you for a restful holiday.”
“Dear Elisabeth, dear Martin, dear Ederhias family. We spent wonderful days with you, full of calm and nature, but also with great experiences and conversations we valued.”
“Dear Elisabeth, dear Martin, dear “extended” Guist family — we've long known that the Lesachtal is a very special corner of the Alps. After all, we have now been to this valley 11 times.”
“Three years without the Lesachtal — we simply had no choice, it was high time again. However long and arduous the journey, we had to visit our second home — and book with Elisabeth.”
Photographs
A walk around the farm
All photographs taken at the Ederhias in Obergail. © Familie Guist
Partners & awards
To the Ederhias by public transport
Arriving without a car is possible: the Bahnhofshuttle brings you from the railway station into the Lesachtal. Just tell us when you book what time you arrive.
Contact
We look forward to meeting you
Questions about rooms, apartments or how to get here? Just give us a call or drop us a line — we reply promptly.
- Address
- Familie Guist
Obergail 17
9653 Liesing, Austria - Phone
- +43 (0)4716 292
- info@ederhias.at