Family travel demands a lot from a hotel. It needs to be comfortable without seeming inauthentic, child-friendly without losing its sense of style, and organised enough to make every day effortless. AKI Family Resort Plose has mastered this balance. Set on the sunny Plose mountain above Bressanone in South Tyrol, this five-star resort places families at the heart of the experience, with the Italian Dolomites providing a natural playground of forests, farms, trails and picture-perfect alpine vistas.
Opened in 2024, the resort has a fresh, contemporary aesthetic that suits this mountainous setting: large glass panels draw the light and views in, wood and stone complement the earthy palette, and wide, airy spaces create a calm, open backdrop for days shaped by nature, play, and quality time together. Owned by the Sanoner family, AKI follows the broader spirit of the ADLER Spa Resorts & Retreats, pairing a high level of hospitality with a strong connection to place. The resort’s philosophy is simple but sensible: to make family travel feel easy, relaxing, and genuinely memorable.
To achieve this, the accommodations are deliberately spacious and practical, without losing the warmth expected of an alpine retreat. The resort is home to 70 rooms in total, including 40 Family Suites at 50 square metres, 22 Family Suite Superiors at 55 square metres, and eight Family Homes at 70 square metres, the latter sleeping up to seven guests. These rooms are designed for real family life, with enough space for children to run around, for luggage to be unpacked, and for parents to steal a quiet moment on the couch or balcony.
As is to be expected, a large part of the resort’s charm comes from its relationship with the outdoors. In winter, Plose offers ski slopes and hiking trails, while summer brings walking routes, biking, forest play, and picnics in the meadows. The resort also makes good use of its agricultural surroundings, with visits to local farms and producers forming part of the family programme. Children can meet different animals, learn where eggs come from, see how cows are milked, and get a closer look at the working landscape around them.
Back at the resort, the AKI Kids Club is one of the biggest draws, with indoor and outdoor areas designed for different ages and energy levels. Inside, children can explore a play barn with slides, suspension bridges and climbing ropes, while toddlers have their own area with a bobby-car track, a baby slide, a tree house and a play island. Older children and teenagers are catered for, too, with a teen lounge, ping pong, foosball, air hockey, and a digital game table. There is also an indoor gym, theatre, painting studio and wood workshop, giving the programme both a creative and active dimension.
Outdoors, the facilities include a natural-wood playground, a climbing tower, a slide, swings, a children’s cable car, a small farm with a petting zoo, a duck pond, a river, an adventure course, treehouses, and a climbing wall. Open daily from 09:00 to 21:00, the Kids Club gives children freedom to explore in a safe, well-considered environment, while giving parents the flexibility to enjoy the resort at their own pace.
AKI Water World further adds to the resort’s appeal. Created as a family-friendly spa and pool area where play and relaxation sit comfortably side by side, it features a selection of indoor and outdoor pools heated to 34°C, an indoor non-swimmer pool, numerous water games and attractions, plus three slides: a speed slide with timer, an adventure tyre slide and a wide wave slide. Babies have dedicated indoor and outdoor pools, while families can also enjoy a steam sauna, a hay sauna, an ice fountain, and several relaxation rooms with double loungers. In addition, there is also an adults-only spa area and a spa area for all ages.
After all this activity, guests are sure to work up a healthy appetite, and AKI operates on a full-board gourmet concept, meaning all meals are included. Built around seasonal regional produce, local farms and producers supply many of the ingredients, creating a dining experience that feels generous, relaxed and rooted in South Tyrol.
Breakfast is served as a family buffet with produce from nearby farms, dedicated children’s zones and high-quality baby food made with natural and organic ingredients. Lunch includes antipasti, live cooking, pizza, children’s dishes and a dessert buffet with ice cream. At dinner, families can choose from a more expansive selection, spanning appetisers, salads, a daily five-course menu, warm dishes from the buffet, freshly baked pizza from the show oven, children’s menus, cheeses and homemade ice cream.
The small details are just as important. Parents travelling with babies are particularly well supported, with a round-the-clock parent-baby station offering fruit, baby food, porridges, milk powder, utensils and microwaves, while baby meals can also be prepared in the restaurant on request. Between mealtimes, the bar also serves snacks and warm dishes from 11:00 to 23:00.
What AKI Family Resort Plose does particularly well is understand that family luxury is not about formality. It is about space, ease, thoughtful details, and the freedom for every generation to enjoy the same holiday in different ways. Children can climb, splash, paint, build, feed animals and explore the mountains; parents can rest, dine well, use the spa and share in the adventure without having to plan every moment.
In a part of South Tyrol already known for its natural beauty, AKI Family Resort Plose offers something carefully tuned to modern family travel: a five-star alpine retreat where comfort and play are given equal importance, and where the best memories are allowed to happen naturally.
To find out more about AKI Family Resort Plose and book, visit the links below:
AKI Family Resort PLOSE
Via Koja, Meluno, 20
39042 Bressanone BZ, Italy
Web: aki-plose.com
Tel: +39 0472 317 000
Email: info@aki-plose.com
Instagram: @akifamilyresort
Facebook: @akifamilyresort
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