German winter school holidays 2027: a ski week in Mayrhofen

Bavaria's 2027 Fasching holidays (officially "Frühjahrsferien") run from Monday 8 February (Rosenmontag, the Monday of carnival) to Friday 12 February, so the ski week is Saturday 6 to Saturday 13 February. Baden-Württemberg and North Rhine-Westphalia have no winter holidays in 2027; schools there only get a few movable days off, which they set themselves (four in Baden-Württemberg, three in NRW).

Dates are from the holiday calendar of Germany's Standing Conference of Education Ministers (KMK) and the Bavarian Ministry of Education, checked on 14 November 2026. If your child goes to an international school, check its own calendar.

The week of 6–13 February in Mayrhofen

Germans are Mayrhofen's largest group of guests, with 44.1% of guest nights in the Mayrhofen tourism area in winter 2025/26. Across Tyrol, 23.5% of German guest nights came from Bavaria.

The Bavarian week comes just before the biggest overlap of holidays in February. Flanders (8–14 February) and Wales (8–12 February) are off at the same time as Bavaria, but Tyrol's own February school holiday (Semesterferien, 15–20 February), most English councils' half term (15–19 February) and the Dutch spring holiday for the south (13–21 February) only start the following week. There is more on that week in February half term 2027 in Mayrhofen.

Driving down

• Vignette: from 1 February 2027 only the digital vignette is valid on Austrian motorways and expressways; sticker vignettes expire on 31 January 2027 at the latest. An annual or 2-month digital vignette bought online as a private customer is only valid from the 18th day after purchase, so buy it early. One-day and 10-day vignettes, and anything bought at a sales outlet or vending machine, are valid immediately.
• Distance: from Munich Airport it is 196 km to our door, about 2 h 18 min without traffic; from the A12 exit 40 "Zillertal" it is 30.5 km, about 30 minutes.
• Parking: every apartment has its own space in the underground car park, included in the price, with a lift straight up.

Check-in is from 15:00 with a door code, check-out by 10:00.

On the slopes

The Penkenbahn and Horbergbahn run daily from 8:00 to 17:00 in February (last lift up at 16:30), the Ahornbahn from 7:30 to 17:00. Children born in 2021 or later ski free with an adult; lift pass prices for everyone else are on our Zillertal Superskipass page.

Available apartments in the Bavarian holiday week

To see which of our apartments are still free for 6–13 February or 30 January to 6 February 2027, go to available apartments in Mayrhofen.

For larger families, each of our Lofts has 85 m², two bedrooms and two bathrooms, and sleeps up to six. The two new Base apartments (50 and 55 m², ground floor) sleep up to four and can be booked from December 2026.

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