Sexta, a guesthouse in Sexten

Five peaks keep the hours here. At noon the sun stands over the Zwölfer.

Twelve rooms in a family house at the edge of Moos, below the five peaks that tell the time.

The village is named after noon. We kept the clock.

Sexten is said to take its name from sexta hora, the sixth hour of the Roman day. Above the Fischleintal five peaks mark the hours from nine to one, and farmers once read the time from them. The house still runs on it: breakfast while the sun is on the Neuner, packed lunches ready by the Elfer.

Rooms by the hour

Every room is listed by when the sun reaches its window. Early risers take the Neuner side.

Wooden balcony above a green valley and wooded slopes

Room 4 · Morning sun from 9

Balcony Double

A balcony wide enough for two chairs and breakfast, facing the Neuner.

From €158 a night

Room lined in light pine with a double bed

Room 3 · Morning sun from 10

Larch Room

Walls of untreated larch that still smell of the sawmill in Moos.

From €138 a night

Lounge chairs facing the mountains at sunrise

Room 9 · Late morning sun from 11

Meadow Room

Level with the meadow. In June the grass reaches the windowsill.

From €152 a night

Bedroom with a large window onto the mountains

Room 12 · Noon sun

The Noon Room

Due south. At noon the sun stands over the Zwölfer, right in the middle of the window.

From €188 a night

All twelve rooms

Rooms in the house: 12
Hours the peaks keep: 9 to 1
The Zwölfer, at noon: 3,094 m

December to Easter

Winter

The Rotwandwiesen lift leaves from Moos and links into the Drei Zinnen ski area. The cross-country track up the Fischleintal starts where the road ends. Boots dry overnight in the room by the stove.

June to October

Summer

Walk into the Fischleintal to the hut at its end and the whole sundial stands above you, nine to one. From there the path climbs to the Drei Zinnen. We pack lunch the night before.