Getting Around Lech am Arlberg
Lech sits at 1,444 m, and the name covers more than one village. Lech itself is on the valley floor, Oberlech is on the plateau above it, and Zug and Stubenbach are close by. In winter they are not all reached the same way.
There is no railway station in Lech. The nearest is Langen am Arlberg, 15 to 17 km away, with the 750 bus taking about 20 minutes to the village; St. Anton, 20 km away, is the alternative. Either way the last part crosses the Flexen Pass, which with skis and a week's luggage is easier in one car. Give us the train and its arrival time and the car is booked to meet it.
Zürs is a few kilometres up the same road, and St. Anton about 20 km over the Flexen and the Arlberg Pass. The lifts tie them into the Arlberg ski area, so friends meet on the slopes by day, but the way back from dinner is by road. Booked by the hour, one chauffeur and one vehicle stay with you for the time you reserve, and the evening ends in the car it started in.
Since June 2024 Lech has had its own conference venue: the Lechwelten Convention Centre in the village centre, whose main hall takes up to 650 people and divides into three. When a programme is yours to run, it sits in one account, and every guest has a separate car and confirmation, from the keynote speaker off the Zurich flight to the colleague who only makes the last day.
Oberlech is car-free from December to April. Guests leave their cars in the Anger garage in Lech, where luggage is handed over and sent up while they ride the cable car, so a transfer for an Oberlech hotel ends down in Lech. Send the full address with your booking; the confirmation then tells you where the car will stop.
Airport Transfers to Lech am Arlberg
Lech is a long way from any runway, so the airport is a real choice. Innsbruck is the nearest, about 120 km and an hour and a half or a little more. Zurich, about 200 km and roughly two and a half hours away, is the international hub on this side of the Arlberg and usually the one with the widest choice of flights. Friedrichshafen is about 130 km away. Munich, at about 270 km, is the long option, worth it mainly when the flight you want lands there.
The route depends on which side you come from. From Zurich and Friedrichshafen you take the A14 to Bludenz and the S16 to the Lech Zürs exit, then climb to Alpe Rauz. From Innsbruck and Munich you come along the Inn valley to St. Anton and over the Arlberg Pass to the same point. From Alpe Rauz every arrival shares one road, through the Flexen gallery and over the Flexen Pass, and in winter there is no other way in: the road from Warth in the north is a summer route.
With a single road for the last part, it pays to let the flight set the timetable. Book with your flight number: your chauffeur checks the flight status and times the pickup to when you actually land, and your booking confirmation shows where to meet the chauffeur. For the flight home, you set the pickup time yourself, and the confirmation shows it.
Long-Distance & Cross-Border Travel from Lech am Arlberg
Some stays in Lech end somewhere other than the airport. Innsbruck, about 120 km east, is close enough for a few days in the city before going home, and St. Anton, 20 km over the passes, is the obvious move if the second week is booked there. Neither Lech nor Zürs has a railway, so by public transport even the short move starts with a bus down to Langen or St. Anton. By car it is a single booking, hotel to hotel.
Switzerland is nearer than most of Austria. Zurich is about 200 km away and Munich about 270 km, and either can be the start or the end of the trip, flight or not. Liechtenstein and Lake Constance lie on the A14 side of the route for a day out. Crossing a border is an ordinary booking, with one chauffeur and one car for the entire journey and no vehicle change at the frontier.
On a Zurich journey the route crosses the Rhine at Feldkirch, Hohenems or Lustenau. Switzerland is part of Schengen but sits outside the EU customs union, so whichever crossing is used, it is a customs border. And because checks on internal borders come and go, everyone travelling should carry the travel documents their nationality and itinerary require.
Groups, Ski Equipment & Winter Travel in Lech am Arlberg
The Flexen road is what shapes winter travel to Lech. Austrian law requires winter tyres from 1 November to 15 April whenever roads are wintry, and buses are fitted with them for the whole season regardless of the weather. Beyond that, the resort reports the Arlberg Pass and the Flexen Pass separately on its road status page, because either section can be closed on its own. Watching both and choosing the timing around them is the driver's job on the day.
Groups are the other thing to plan. A family with boards and boot bags needs more room than its headcount suggests, and a conference team brings cases of its own. A Sprinter van carries up to 12 people with their bags, and bigger groups go by coach, with up to 56 seats. Tell us what the group is bringing and the vehicle is matched to the load; if people land on different flights, every arrival gets a transfer of its own. Conference groups at the Lechwelten tend to arrive and leave together, on their own schedule rather than the Saturday one.
For ski weeks, book the holidays around Christmas and New Year and every winter Saturday first: local vehicles and drivers are booked up early. For anything outside a standard booking, such as cars for a conference group on a fixed programme, speak to support and they will put the arrangement together.
